Module+6+Reflection

Reflection prompt: How did understanding the standards and the Pre-Admission Competencies Verification help you design your Field Experience plan? How can your use your ePortfolio to help others understand how to integrate technology more effectively in the classroom?

**Description:** Understanding the standards and the Pre-Admission Competencies Verification truly helped me design my Field Experience plan. By using the Pre-Admission document I was able to see my strengths and weaknesses in technology. One of my biggest goals of this masters is to improve my integration of technology in the classroom, so I need to build off of my weaknesses. I can take my weaknesses and plan field experiences that will enhance my learning and make me a better technology coordinator. I was very intimidated by this document and the standards in the beginning, but as I have gone through the coursework and the readings I have been able to see that I use technology more than I realized and more than many others, but I still have a long way to go.

**Impact:** I learned so many ideas and concepts from these documents and the readings. I think the most important thing I learned is the need for professional development, training and collaboration. It is through PD that I will truly learn the advantages and benefits of these technologies. I have always been an independent learner and taught myself what I need to know, but I think in order to make these technologies effective I need to learn for PD's and trainings on using the technologies correctly and to their fullest extent. I also learned that collaborating with other teachers will help them and myself. I can share technologies that I find and learn from other teachers and the technologies that they use.

**Intent:** I am going to focus my attention on learning about the benefits of as many Web 2.0 technologies as I can and find ways to integrate them into my LA and SS classrooms. I am going to continue to work with programs such as Schoology and other emerging technologies to make my classroom a digital friendly workspace. I am going to follow my Field Experience plan not just as an assignment, but as a means to grow and become a better educator. I will look for ways that my teaching partner can use these technologies in her content areas and share my findings with her and all of the teachers I teach with. I will search for Redbooks (professional developments) and trainings on technology to enhance my knowledge, and I will teach Redbooks on them as well to help share my knowledge with others. I will continue to grow my blog and collaborate with teachers around the world!