Technology+Autobiography

**Assignment #1 - Technology Autobiography ** **10 points**
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**OBJECTIVES** Using National Technology Standards to assess your level of expertise related to: =BACKGROUND = = = Essential Conditions - []
 * 1) Basic computer operations and concepts
 * 2) Personal and professional use of technology tools including but not limited to:
 * 3) Word processing
 * 4) Email
 * 5) Internet Use
 * 6) Desktop publishing
 * 7) Spreadsheets/Databases
 * 8) Presentation software
 * 9) Concept mapping software
 * 10) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Listservs/Blogs/Wikis/RSS
 * 11) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Web authoring software
 * 12) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Probe-ware
 * 13) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Hand-held devices
 * 14) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Graphics/Digital camera
 * 15) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Video
 * 16) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">The application of these skills and concepts to assessment, instructional and evaluative processes.
 * 17) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Measuring your growth over the course of this class.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read ISTE **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (International Society for Technology in Education) standards project **NETS** (National Education Technology Standards) **for Teachers**.

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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read NETS for Students **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">.

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">**PROCEDURE** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">In this assignment you will assess your own level of technology expertise against NET standards for teachers and students. You will need to provide a detailed profile of your present level of technical expertise and comfort as well as outline a procedure for how you will demonstrate growth in this course.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">It is unreasonable to expect you to master in a single course all of the concepts, skills and technical knowledge which you, as an adult learner and certified teacher, may need to efficiently integrate technology into your teaching. Likewise, it is beyond the purview of this course to provide instruction in all of those areas. It is expected that during the course of this class you will set goals for yourself, spend time in the technology lab, and work towards raising your level of competency in selected areas. The grading of this assignment will ultimately depend on the progress you make and the improvement you show in the depth of your understanding of the integration process.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">To meaningfully integrate technology into your teaching you need at least a basic level of understanding and skill. This alone will not ensure the successful application of those skills to the teaching and learning process. Your intention and direction are crucial to accomplishing this end.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">The first requirement for this assignment is that by your self-assessment, you define your present level of development. Use an organized approach to your product. You could use a rubric you develop to create a personal profile of technology concepts and the integration process. You will need to consider how you will show growth over the term of this course. Here are some examples of rubrics: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"> [] [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">The second requirement is to document by illustration and example how you presently use technology in personally, professionally and instructionally. This portion of the assignment should be a narrative.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">The third and final requirement of this assignment is to identify specific goals to be accomplished for this course and specific means for assessing those goals. Since the final assessment is not due until the end of this course, this part of the assignment might be somewhat fluid and change as a result your other readings and assignments.

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