Blog Post 1: Technology Strengths and Weakness

I feel that educators naturally share their knowledge with their students in any subject or media. For example, I try to use videos and educational websites like Brainpop to help jumpstart lessons whenever possible. I think it breaks up the routine of textbook and journal type schoolwork. I use the internet to find different activities for extending or enhancing my lessons and share what I find with my coworkers. Our campus recently purchased All In Learning software and clickers. This little bit of technology has been very useful! It is great to see immediate results after a lesson as opposed to waiting until I get home to grade and find that that my students did not master the skill. Using this technology helps me to turn right around and help the students who need a little more attention and support. I was hesitant to use this resource but I see just how beneficial it is to me as well as my students. Most of my experience is simply from my standpoint. As awful and inexperienced as it sounds, I have not actually taught very much of it to my kids.  After reviewing the ISTE list, I found that my technological weaknesses are many, unfortunately. When communicating with parents, I usually type up a letter or quick note and make copies of it. I know that some teachers have websites set up or regular newsletters to communicate with parents but I haven’t tried that. With practice and exposure to different forms of technology, I believe that I will become more confident with this aspect of being a librarian. I can’t say exactly what I would like to learn because there is so much that I am not familiar with. Simply glancing at the assignments ahead shows me just how much I have yet to learn. I would like to learn about how to be a great resource for my school. It seems that ideas are popping up all the time and it is hard to get them implemented. When I think of myself in a technological aspect, I realize that I don’t know how to teach my students about technology. I can sort of navigate the internet, use a computer and tablet pretty well. I just need to learn how to help my students grow and really use technology to their academic advantage. It is hard to admit being less than capable at something but I hope that I can turn that around once everything is said and done.

International Society for Technology in Education, 2008. ISTE Standards Teachers, International Society  

            for Technology in Education, p.1-2. Retrieved from

            http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-14_ISTE_Standards-T_PDF.pdf

Instructional Resource

https://www.brainpop.com/