Module+2+Reflection

=== //Reflection Prompt: How the artifacts in your pre-competencies verification reflect your technology use as an educator? In light of your learning about TPACK, identify areas of improvement needed.// ===


 * __Description:__ ** We had to create a pre-admission competencies verification showing artifacts and reflections of the ISTE NETS-T standards. We had read Chapter 1 of the Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge and also choose a chapter of our content area. Then we had to read chapter 2 of the Technology Facilitation and Leadership Book.


 * __Impact:__ ** When I looked at the project sheet of the assignment, I was nervous that I wasn’t going to have artifacts for the 5 standards. To my surprise I was able to read through the standards and almost immediately think of an artifact from my previous planned lessons for most of the NETS-T standards. Comparing my lessons to the NETS-T rubrics, it reinforced that I am in the beginning and developing stages; but I was able to think of ways to improve the lessons by better integrating the technology into the lesson. I also learned that there were some of my artifacts/lessons could be used for more than one technology standard.

I also learned about TPACK, Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge, and how you’re suppose to plan how to integrate technology into the content lesson as tool for the students to learn the objective(s) and not to plan the lesson and it’s activities then pick the technology tool just to use the technology. (That’s being technocentric.) If you choose appropriate objectives, and you choose the appropriate pedagogical methods, choosing the technology tool to fit the content and pedagogical method should be clear and easy to do. TPACK blends together what we need to teach with how we’re going to teach with the appropriate technological tools to achieve the learning goal.


 * __Intent:__ **I will continue to think of ways to incorporate technology into my lessons. I would like to incorporate a variety of technology tools when I plan; new and different is always fun! I will try to plan my lessons to blend my technology tools as an integral part of achieving the learning goal rather than just as a supplement. And I am going to be a transformative level teacher!