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| Taking these courses in the Educational Technology Program is an important step in meeting this standard.� We are learning how to improve our productivity as well as that of our students through the help of the knowledge from these courses.� Throughout my studies at NJCU, I have learned much about technology integration.� I use the curriculum pages that I was taught in Introduction to Educational Technology.� I use Excel for my grade book after learning how to use it during Integrated Software.� I use data base software that I also learned from Integrated Software, to gather information about the fifty states in order to make comparisons.� These skills and methods have increased productivity for my students and me.� | ||||||
| Our portfolios are helping us show what we have learned and what we are using in professional practice.� It is an excellent way for us to evaluate and reflect upon what we have learned.� I feel that good teachers automatically reflect and evaluate their performance.� It is essential that we look at ourselves critically in order to do the best job possible, not only when using technology but with all our teaching practices and methods.� The evaluation stage is critically important when using technology.� We need to be sure that we are using as an integral part of lessons as opposed to an add-on.� Through practice and evaluation we can make the right decisions to help student learning.� In the article that I read this week, "Technology Integration Practice as a Function of Pedagogical Expertise" teachers at various stages of technology integration are interviewed and observed.� One of the three clearly does not reflect upon his use of technology.� His professional practice is to use it as entertainment, even though this person is knowledgeable about technology and its functions.� If he would look back upon his practices through a journal or videotaping himself he might be able to grow as a professional.� | ||||||
| This past year through two grants I was able to purchase a digital camera and a digital video camera.� My class put together a class year book and began to produce a bullying video to share with the school.� These tools helped the students create professional looking items, which showed how much they had learned.� The use of these tools was very motivating to the students, and I saw many students excited and enthusiastic about these class projects. | ||||||
| Over the past few years my district has made changes across the board to the way the staff uses technology.� About 4 years ago we began using an online professional development management service called mylearningplan.org where we keep track of conferences, graduate courses, workshops, and in-service programs. ��This has been helpful in keeping track of our hundred hours, learning about district workshops and courses being offered, and the status of tuition reimbursement.� We also updated our email and communication system to eChalk.� This new system allows a very user friendly interface for emailing.� We have the ability to manage and update our class webpages quickly and easily, making communication with home and school simple and efficient.� Finally, we have space on the system to upload important files that we can access from anywhere.� Most recently I began writing curriculum and learned of a new web tool to help with writing curriculum called edsolution.org.� A template has been created for the school system to make designing curriculum a much more efficient process.� We can write from anywhere there is internet access.� These systems are helping the district improve productivity and improve communications throughout the district, staff, and community. | ||||||
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