Educational technology facilitators plan, design, and model effective learning environments and multiple experiences supported by technology. Educational technology facilitators:
TF-II.A. Design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners. Candidates:
1. Provide resources and feedback to teachers as they create developmentally appropriate curriculum units that use technology.
2. Consult with teachers as they design methods and strategies for teaching computer/technology concepts and skills within the context of classroom learning.
3. Assist teachers as they use technology resources and strategies to support the diverse needs of learners including adaptive and assistive technologies.
TF-II.B. Apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences. Candidates:
1. Assist teachers as they apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences.
TF-II.C. Identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability. Candidates:
1. Assist teachers as they identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability based on district and state standards.
2. Model technology integration using resources that reflect content standards.
TF-II.D. Plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities. Candidates:
1. Provide teachers with options for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
TF-II.E. Plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment. Candidates:
1. Provide teachers with a variety of strategies to use to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment and support them as they implement the strategies.
TF-II.F. Identify and apply instructional design principles associated with the development of technology resources. Candidates:
1. Assist teachers as they identify and apply instructional design principles associated with the development of technology resources.
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 focus of Standard II is the Technology Facilitator's commitment to the teachers in her district. She needs to help the teachers identify and utilize all the district technology resources including the hardware, software, and Internet research capability. In addition, as the facilitator I would provide assistance with curriculum units and lesson plans that integrate state content standards with technology operations. This language arts lesson plan on writing poetry that I designed combines student writing objectives with technology goals. The children will use an Excel Spreadsheet to help them with their brainstorming and prewriting, create a slide for a class PowerPoint presentation, and upload a picture from the Internet to illustrate their poem. This lesson demonstrates one way that I can help teachers meet the challenge of integrating technology into the subject areas.
Teachers can spend many hours looking up useful sites on the Internet to utilize in their own lessons and with their students as they assign projects throughout the year. I have included of a detailed annotated list of Inernet Research Sites that I would maintain and update for various grade levels. As Technology Facilitator, I would maintain a link to this list on my website so that it would be available to the teachers whenever they have a chance to access it. Periodically, I would canvas the teachers for addtional useful sites that I would add to this list.
The Technology Facilitator must also consider weaknesses in the district and make software and online courseware recommendations that give teachers additional resources to improve test scores and meet the district's objectives. Suggestions of this type would be presented to the principal in the form of a white paper like the one I wrote. I include it here to explain several ways for district administrators and teachrs to address student problems with mathematics through technology solutions.
Language Arts with Technology Lesson Plan
Research Sites
Math Initiative to Improve Test Scores