Journal+1


 * Module Reflection #1 **
 * How has your knowledge of technology standards changed after this module? Reflect on your own use of technology standards in your classroom and personal use. **

Module One content covered the National Educational Technology Standards for students, teachers, coaches and administrators. What I found to be the most helpful was the NETS for students’ curriculum plan, specifically the skills acquired by 14 with examples. That document truly helped ease the overwhelmed feeling I had.
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The examples in the NETS curriculum plan showed me I do have some properly implemented technology standards in my lessons, but I definitely have a lot more I can/need to do. One of the first things that came to mind was my summer reading project. As extra credit I offer my students an opportunity to make a movie trailer for the novel. The reason why I offered it as extra credit was because I was intimidated by the unfamiliarity of the programs available. Whenever I find a site that seems user friendly it requires some sort of downloading of software to the computer which is not allowed at my school. A teacher has to get approval and the technology administrator has to be the one logged in to download the program. People have been waiting for over a year for programs they requested….. so I guess overall, I am very excited to be more aware of the NETS curriculum, but also am a little skeptical due to the lack of technology opportunities in my district. (To put the technology issues into perspective for my district, I do not have any sort of smartboard or student computers in my classroom, just a projector and my teacher computer.)

 After learning more about the standards one of my goals for next school will be to actually include the standards in my lesson plans. That way I become more aware of the frequency and levels of my usage. I would like to try to include at least 1 standard per week. Besides my research projects and persuasive unit, I am really only using technology, in a mandatory form, towards the end of the units, averaging about every 3-4 weeks. After this module I have come to the conclusion that although I am using the standards, I need to frequent them more, and not just for options or extra credit. I also need to stop letting my technology insecurities and administration obstacles inhibit my student learning. I have a fabulous librarian who is also titled a technology coach who I would definitely like to utilize more in the upcoming school year.  
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