Diane's+Roadmap

= =  = = = Ed Tech Locator—CITEd Site = My overall score after completing the Locator Self-Assessment placed me in the area of Early Technology. As an unemployed teacher, I scored only zeros on the first four questions. Fortunately as an “Astech” student, Advancing my Professional Knowledge is my one strength. When I do reenter the classroom, the remaining four focus areas will be key to developing my skills in regards to integrating technology into all scopes of my teaching responsibilities.

I have prioritized the following two areas to begin to strengthen with the intention that I will secure a teaching position for the fall: · [] -- 21st Century Information Fluency Project is a site that includes technology-related lesson plans, implementation tips, tutorials and links to an abundance of additional resources. The content of this site offers a great deal of support and strategies to help with implementing new tools. This will be an excellent resource for me to use to improve my skills. 2. **//Communicates with Parents and Guardians://** · [] -- The Family Center on Technology and Disability is a resource that supports programs and families with a range of information and services on topics of assistive and instructional technology. This will be a resource for me to become familiar with for my own needs and to share with parents to help meet their needs. · [] -- This is another great site filled with ideas and resources for educators created by an educator (Lucy Gray) that includes web 2.0 lessons, activities, articles and links to other blogs, twitters, and professional development information. This is a resource that I can use to stay current and search for information in order to expand my knowledge so that I can effectively and creatively service students and their families.
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For the fact that technology and instructional strategies have advanced in so many directions since having my own classroom for many years, I consider myself a “new teacher” rather than a teacher with experience. Because of this, I will continue to seek technical support, training and resources in order to progress from my current level on the EdTech Locator to the next. Combining resources that include articles and “how-to’s” related to Web 2.0 tools in the classroom, I plan to create an informational page that would be useful to educators searching for guidance and instruction on ways to begin implementing and embedding these tools.

The article that I have included from The International Journal of Teaching and Learning compares traditional teaching approaches to the teaching of today that includes the integration of interactive teaching and learning with the use of powerful tools. The framework described is a starting point for a “new teacher” such as myself that will help me to begin to move towards my ultimate destination on my “Roadmap”. []

Here is a Wiki that I created for teachers like myself who are at the early stages of technology implementation: Wanna Know 2.0