Kentucky Experienced Teacher Standard 10: Implementation of Technology  

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 CRITERION

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10.11

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What criterion 10.11 says:

The teacher uses computers and other technologies such as interactive instruction, audio/video conferencing, and other distance learning applications to facilitate the lifelong learning of self and others through the use of technology.

Translation and Discussion:

Teachers can integrate technology into the curriculum by using all possible sources, including those sources that are not in direct contact.  

"As schools continue to acquire more and better hardware and software, the benefit to students increasingly will depend on the skill with which some 3 million teachers are able to use these new tools," a presidential advisory panel on education technology concluded in 1997 after reviewing a wide array of research.

• Technology Leadership

• Technology in the Classroom

  The Teacher Tap

  Educator's Edge

  Converge Magazine

  Technology Leadership in Kentucky

  the Technology Education Lab

  Technology and Learning

  Tech4Learning - Professional Development

Teachers who meet this criterion will:

• Has a positive attitude in using technology.
• View professional growth as ongoing by assisting and staying connected with peers, teacher educators, and students, and collaboration over the internet (e-mail, websites, listservs).
• Continues to be actively involved in Professional organizations (NCTE, NCTM) and professional development (conferences, visits to other schools)
• Seeks new ways to teach using technology and assumes responsiblility for updating curriculum, including integrating technology across the curriculum, learn technological ways to do daily duties (plans, attendance, notes, giving of tests or quizzes), and keeping up to date on hardware as well as software.
• Requires students to learn new technology, examine, evaluate,and apply to instructional activities and assignments to improve learning and productivity.
• Motivates adults to learn about technology and more productive ways to do regular tasks.
• Be able to download, install and evaluate software and know where to seek educationally appropriate applications for utilizing the software and technology across the curriculum.

Possible teacher assessment tools or methods could include:

• The Profiler's question 13 helps with a self assessment based on this standard as to the extent one facilitate the lifelong learning of self as well as others.
• Profiles for Technology Literate Teachers lists professional preparation performance profiles by state.
• Technology Profiency Indicators (especially indicator #11)
• List of Professional Developments and Conferences attended.
• Documentation in Lesson Plans on uses of technology across the curriculum, interactive instruction, record keeping audio/video conferencing, and/or distance learning.

To Improve your skills on this criterion, consider the following sites and online resources:

Professional Growth:

1) Online Professional Development/resources: Make sure you check out Newt at KDE which is a new print and online PD resource for teachers! ITLUniversity Resource Library and Intel give a wide variety of professional development and resources. These are divided by standards in beginning, intermediate, and advanced training. Light Span Study Web, World Wide Learn, and Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators also contains professional development and resources, not only for teachers, but students as well. Others that may/may not cost a little fee are Learning Technology for Teachers Homepage, Riverdeep, Element K press, and KY Virtual High School.

2) Tutorials: KY Virtual Library Tutorial and Marco Polo have tutorials on how to use their sites. ActDen , The Learning Space, JITT (Just in Time Training),for just about anything including MSOffice.  Copyright Tutorials are also available from NCSU Libraries.

3) Conferences: There are alot of conferences available in Technology, some area specific which one can search for with a search engine. At the international level you have ICTE (International Conference on Technology and Education), M/SET (International Conference on Mathematics/Scence, Education and Technology). On a more local level, a good conference is the Ky Technology and Learning Conference.

Professional Organizations:

1) Listservs and online forums: A good place to begin. Some listservs to check out are EDTECH, Education Service District 105, KATE-The KY Academy of Technology Education, Listservs for Teachers, Educational Listservs, and the Educational CyberPlayGround, just to name a few. Also, though it is not exactly a listserv, Jerry Taylor's "Topics" is a categorized list of listserv questions he posted and the answers he received and cached for reference.

2) National Technology Standards/Organizations: Check the national technology standards at ISTE and NETS whereby you can also be a member.. Other good locations are Education World locate by subject and Technology Standards for Teachers which stresses the importance of technology on teacher evaluations.

3) State Standards/Organizations: A listing of all sixteen components of Standard 10 may be found at KY Department of Education website and KDE Office of Education Technology offers more insight. Other sources to check are Education World for your state and the KY Technology Standard Webquest.

Integration of Technology and Other Resources:

1) There are several great sites for integrating Technology in the class. Some are Teaching Resources, Integrating the Internet, Light Span, The Knowledge Loom, Community Learning Network, Internet Content for the Classroom with Marco Polo, Web to the Classroom.However, it is important to remember Copyrights and Fair Use Policies in regards to citing/copying internet sources.

2) Create Websites with Homestead or Teacher Web without having to learn HTML. But it you want to learn HTML and web design, try Bare Bones, WebMonkey, A Beginner's Guide, Page Resource, Web Building Tutorials, and Writing HTML.

3) Learn about WebQuests from Bernie Dodge at The Webquest Page or Tom March's Ozline.

4) Create quizzes, worksheets online and have results e-mailed to you at FunBrain, Discovery School and 12Teach. You can also find other teacher tools at Teacher Tools of the Week,

5) Use technology to create standards based lesson plans, record grades, scheduling, attendance, and communicate with parents. You can buy software from Teachers' Office that will allow you do most of this.

6) Learn about Distance Learning and other wonderful resources.

7) To Brush up on Computer terminology, try Webopedia, WhatIs?, Glossary, Matisse Glossary of Internet Terms

This resource for teachers was created by students in Dave Forman's EDU 556: Integrating Technology and Teacher Standard 10 class at Georgetown College. (May 2001, updated Spring 2002)