Educational technology facilitators apply and implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for utilizing technology to maximize student learning. Educational technology facilitators:
TF-III.A. Facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards. Candidates:
1. Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of technology productivity tools (refer to NETS for Students).
2. Use and apply major research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support integration throughout the curriculum.
3. Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of research tools (refer to NETS for Students). 4. Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of problem solving/decision-making tools (refer to NETS for Students).
5. Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support use of media-based tools such as television, audio, print media, and graphics.
6. Use and describe methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support use of distance learning systems appropriate in a school environment.
7. Use methods for teaching concepts and skills that support use of web-based and non web-based authoring tools in a school environment.
TF-III.B. Use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students. Candidates:
1. Use methods and strategies for integrating technology resources that support the needs of diverse learners including adaptive and assistive technology.
TF-III.C. Apply technology to demonstrate students' higher order skills and creativity. Candidates:
1. Use methods and facilitate strategies for teaching problem solving principles and skills using technology resources.
TF-III.D. Manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment. Candidates:
1. Use methods and classroom management strategies for teaching technology concepts and skills in individual, small group, classroom, and/or lab settings.
TF-III.E. Use current research and district/region/state/national content and technology standards to build lessons and units of instruction. Candidates:
1. Describe and identify curricular methods and strategies that are aligned with instrict/region/state/national content and technology standards.
2. Use major research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support integration throughout the curriculum.
ISTE Standard II
ISTE Standard III
ISTE Standard IV
ISTE Standard V
ISTE Standard VI
ISTE Standard VII
ISTE Standard VIII
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The Technology Facilitator's role for Standard III is to focus on the state core content curriculum stantards for students, paying special attention to the integration of student technoloy goals (NETS for Students) with the subject area goals. As Facilitator, I must lead and assist teachers with advice on curriculum units and lesson plans. The teachers can then integrate productivity tools, research tools, and media-based tools into a variety of settings to support student learning and stimulate the use of higher order thinking skills. I have included a two page Microsoft Publisher document I created to advertise Microsoft Publisher as an example of the kind of project students could do to showcase their use of this authoring tool.
Before students begin to use the Internet for research, they must be taught how to evaluate the sites they find, to see if these sites are user friendly, have accurate and timely information, and are reliable sources. The small group Evaluating Websites Lesson Plan I created for elementary students is utilized to help children focus on these details before doing a project that combines Language Arts and Science where each child describes their fantasy pet. This plan to evaluate websites can also be used three or four additonal times throughout the year as a warm-up for other projects and subjects.
The six Social Studies Internet Projects I describe utilize a graphic organizer, an Excel spreadsheet, a database, and a Power Point to help children learn about various units as they organize and present their material.
Audio and video are extremely powerful ways to present information that children have researched. My Digital Media Project is a two to three week step-by-step unit on Explorers that utilizes a graphic organizer for research, a word processing program for writing a script, Audacity, an audio recording program, clips from United Streaming to introduce the topic for the student film, and Windows Movie Maker to create the film. This exciting product will show competency in many student core content and technology standards. If you would like a copy of the movie I created as a model project about Ponce de Leon please email me and I will send it to you.
Microsoft Publisher Sample Document
Evaluating Websites Lesson Plan
Social Studies Internet Projects
Digital Media Project