Saturday, November 28, 2009
My opinion - Week 2
Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020: Teaching and Learning
Because the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology is targeted at educating everyone involved in the educational system in Texas I chose one of the most important areas, Teaching and Learning. The teaching and learning strategy consists of three entities; 1.The Learner, 2.The Educator, and 3. The Leader. All three play a critical part in carrying out the teaching and learning strategy in the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology. All three classifications of participants have certain objectives and responsibilities that will be implemented effectively throughout the state by the year 2020. The overall targeted goal is for these three groups to become more technological advanced and aware. This is an awareness that spreads slowly. The know how and technological information learned by one member of the participating class will infiltrate the community slowly. This in turn will change society as a whole. Technology and its features will become more common than it is today. New concepts such as email conferencing, and personal barcodes,etc. will be more readily accepted with a society awaiting its arrival. Unsought-of of concepts will invade our homes, cars, and work places and even today’s advanced concepts will be outdated. It is important that the learner, educator, and leader have the skills to process future concepts. This will ensure a more globalized society.
In essence the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology is a blue print for a successful existence when the old traditional way that past generations have carried on has diminished and all that is left is "new".
Because the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology is targeted at educating everyone involved in the educational system in Texas I chose one of the most important areas, Teaching and Learning. The teaching and learning strategy consists of three entities; 1.The Learner, 2.The Educator, and 3. The Leader. All three play a critical part in carrying out the teaching and learning strategy in the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology. All three classifications of participants have certain objectives and responsibilities that will be implemented effectively throughout the state by the year 2020. The overall targeted goal is for these three groups to become more technological advanced and aware. This is an awareness that spreads slowly. The know how and technological information learned by one member of the participating class will infiltrate the community slowly. This in turn will change society as a whole. Technology and its features will become more common than it is today. New concepts such as email conferencing, and personal barcodes,etc. will be more readily accepted with a society awaiting its arrival. Unsought-of of concepts will invade our homes, cars, and work places and even today’s advanced concepts will be outdated. It is important that the learner, educator, and leader have the skills to process future concepts. This will ensure a more globalized society.
In essence the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology is a blue print for a successful existence when the old traditional way that past generations have carried on has diminished and all that is left is "new".
Pre-K Technology Applications TEKS.
Pre-K students can benefit from the use of technology in the classroom. Children who engage in age-appropriate and challenging software will maximize their knowledge and reinforce the curriculum. Children are taught the basic functions and key vocabulary terms. They will become proficient in handling output devices and will establish a comfort level with technology.
How do the Pre-K TEKS lay the foundation for student performance in future grades?
Pre-K TEKS lay the foundation for student performance in the future grades by introducing and applying procedures, equipment, vocabulary, and variety of software packages with audio, video and graphics to enhance learning experience. Each year the student will build off of learning expierences from the previous year and will be totally computer literate by the eigth grade.
How do the Pre-K TEKS lay the foundation for student performance in future grades?
Pre-K TEKS lay the foundation for student performance in the future grades by introducing and applying procedures, equipment, vocabulary, and variety of software packages with audio, video and graphics to enhance learning experience. Each year the student will build off of learning expierences from the previous year and will be totally computer literate by the eigth grade.
spiraling or scaffolding curriculum
Students have multiple opportunities to master texts, audio, video and graphics. It is located in 3rd-5th (1) Foundation (A)-terminology, (5) Information Acquisition (A)-acquiring information including text, audio, video and graphics, (7) Solving Problems (A)-using software problems with audio, video and graphics to enhance learning experiences, (11) Communication (A)-publish information in a variety of media, including not limited to printed copy, monitor display, Internet Documents, and video and presentation software (B).
Other Knowledge and Skills that spirals vertically is (11) Communication (A) and (B). It is taught from the K- to High School.
Other Knowledge and Skills that spirals vertically is (11) Communication (A) and (B). It is taught from the K- to High School.
My analysis of the Long-Range Plan
How can your new learning assist you as an instructional leader who is guiding technology use and integration at a campus?
I can utilize the Long - Range Plan as an instructional leader on my campus by offering my team members more solutions and activities allowing more computer integration lesson plans with even more interactive capabilities.Ensuring that my team members will be able to effectively make use of the information given I must also provide more technology driven professional development opportunities.When implementing these two changes it is important that my team have access to my unyielding support and knowledge. Because most people are uncomfortable with change it is most important to gradually shift my team in a new direction. In order to maintain the stability of my team and its members I have only chosen to work on certain aspects of the Long - Range Plan at a time.
I can utilize the Long - Range Plan as an instructional leader on my campus by offering my team members more solutions and activities allowing more computer integration lesson plans with even more interactive capabilities.Ensuring that my team members will be able to effectively make use of the information given I must also provide more technology driven professional development opportunities.When implementing these two changes it is important that my team have access to my unyielding support and knowledge. Because most people are uncomfortable with change it is most important to gradually shift my team in a new direction. In order to maintain the stability of my team and its members I have only chosen to work on certain aspects of the Long - Range Plan at a time.
Reflection
Part 1 of week 1 enrolled in course EDLD 5352 at Lamar University required me to complete two assessments; 1. Technology Applications Inventory, http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/techapp/assess/teksurv.pdf, and 2. The SETDA Teacher Survey, http://www.setda-peti.org/tools.html. Both of these surveys are geared towards personal knowledge of technology. While completing survey 1, I noticed that I answered a majority of the questions with a“yes”. “This is good”, I thought especially when my technology skills are being questioned. Of course, I want to be current with the new technological advances. In this century staying current with technology is the pathway to opportunity. Especially when you are preparing students for a future and are unaware of what uncreated jobs await them there. This makes survey 2 helpful to a teacher. Survey 2 consists of a mixture of questions ranging from your personal computer time to your classroom computer usage during a lesson. This is great because the survey forces you as a teacher to recognize how often you are exposing your students to more modern methods of instruction. If you are not then hopefully it will inspire you to reach your students on their creative wavelengths. Before this takes place you will have to gain more technological knowledge but survey 2 will help you pin-point what you might need training in or what you may just need to brush - up on.
Each one of these surveys can serve a purpose for ensuring that technology is being integrated into the classroom, how often it is being implemented, and what is the result of technology usage.
Each one of these surveys can serve a purpose for ensuring that technology is being integrated into the classroom, how often it is being implemented, and what is the result of technology usage.
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