Hamilton MS STaR Chart 2009
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Pre-K TEKS
The TEKS plan for Pre-K students in Texas is a great plan for laying a foundation of technology application for our youngest students. The ability to provide a solid foundation using playful and purpose driven instruction allows for students to begin their journey in technology.
The spiraling curriculum concept whereby information constantly connects itself in relevant ways is a popular concept in education. The ability to use technology to weave through information, software and hardware to enhance ones education allows for multiple opprotunities to master technology skills as they relate to technology TEKS.
The spiraling curriculum concept whereby information constantly connects itself in relevant ways is a popular concept in education. The ability to use technology to weave through information, software and hardware to enhance ones education allows for multiple opprotunities to master technology skills as they relate to technology TEKS.
Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology Summary
The Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology is a plan set to prepare Texas students to be competitive savvy producers in society.
The realization that students, parents, educators and community members can benefit from the inclusion of technology in the classroom is no surprise. The detail of the plan is fairly comprehensive and covers all aspects needed to produce quality producers.
The one aspect of the plan that is possibly most behind is regarding the infrastructure of technology in our schools. I believe that there are too many fiscal roadblocks that prevent our schools from providing the necessary equipment, training and labor dedicated to such a large plan.
This plan should be a great resource to provide guidance for technology integration at my campus. Having the necessary background and timeline will help in my preparation of the students, staff, and community for the incluson of technology in our classrooms.
The realization that students, parents, educators and community members can benefit from the inclusion of technology in the classroom is no surprise. The detail of the plan is fairly comprehensive and covers all aspects needed to produce quality producers.
The one aspect of the plan that is possibly most behind is regarding the infrastructure of technology in our schools. I believe that there are too many fiscal roadblocks that prevent our schools from providing the necessary equipment, training and labor dedicated to such a large plan.
This plan should be a great resource to provide guidance for technology integration at my campus. Having the necessary background and timeline will help in my preparation of the students, staff, and community for the incluson of technology in our classrooms.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Technology Assessments - Week 1
My first weeks posting for Instructional Technology course has me completeting two technology surveys.
The first survey was the Technology Applications Inventory. This survey dealt mostly with my knowledge of software and hardware in and out of the classroom. It appears by this survey that I am fairly knowledgable about the basics of computing and technology. I am also fairly proficient when it comes to acquiring information and knowledge through the use of technology. Solving problems through the use of advanced technological applications would be my weakest area surveyed. I just don't have much experience at higher level use of the software available to us. I consider myself more pedestrian when it comes to creating collaborative software and productivity tools to create products, etc. The final topic surveyed dealt with my communication skills relating to technology. Having some basic skills in creating posters, mass mailings, email newsletters helps me in this surveyed field.
The second survey is the State Educational Technology Directors Assocoiation (SETDA) survey. This survey is most interested in understanding my use of technology in the classroom. How I use it? When I use it? How often I use it? It is fairly clear to me that because of my classroom setting in the band hall, that I am doing a fairly good job of implementing technology, especially with the use of SmartMusic software. If I was in the academic areas of the school (language arts, math, sciences) I am certain that my responses would have been much different as our district is very current and expects its staff to use technolgy to enhance and promote lessons.
Overall I would say that these surveys are good launching points for the academic teacher and their use of technology in the classroom, however i'm not sure that the SETDA survey couldn't be designed to be a bit more content area specific.
The first survey was the Technology Applications Inventory. This survey dealt mostly with my knowledge of software and hardware in and out of the classroom. It appears by this survey that I am fairly knowledgable about the basics of computing and technology. I am also fairly proficient when it comes to acquiring information and knowledge through the use of technology. Solving problems through the use of advanced technological applications would be my weakest area surveyed. I just don't have much experience at higher level use of the software available to us. I consider myself more pedestrian when it comes to creating collaborative software and productivity tools to create products, etc. The final topic surveyed dealt with my communication skills relating to technology. Having some basic skills in creating posters, mass mailings, email newsletters helps me in this surveyed field.
The second survey is the State Educational Technology Directors Assocoiation (SETDA) survey. This survey is most interested in understanding my use of technology in the classroom. How I use it? When I use it? How often I use it? It is fairly clear to me that because of my classroom setting in the band hall, that I am doing a fairly good job of implementing technology, especially with the use of SmartMusic software. If I was in the academic areas of the school (language arts, math, sciences) I am certain that my responses would have been much different as our district is very current and expects its staff to use technolgy to enhance and promote lessons.
Overall I would say that these surveys are good launching points for the academic teacher and their use of technology in the classroom, however i'm not sure that the SETDA survey couldn't be designed to be a bit more content area specific.
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