TF1

Technology Operations and Concepts. ** Educational technology facilitators demonstrate an in-depth understanding of technology operations and concepts. Educational technology facilitators: 1. Assist teachers in the ongoing development of knowledge, skills, and understanding of technology systems, resources, and services that are aligned with district and state technology plans. 2. Provide assistance to teachers in identifying technology systems, resources, and services to meet specific learning needs. //A training was given at Waters Landing Elementary School on the use of Delicious as a collaborative resource for the first grade team. The teachers requested resources to help support their curriculum. Delicious is a great resource that not only connects teachers to each other but also other teachers in local schools.//
 * // Technology Facilitation Standard I. (TF-I) //****
 * TF-I.A. Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to technology (as described in the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers). Candidates: **

1. Model appropriate strategies essential to continued growth and development of the understanding of technology operations and concepts.
 * TF-I.B. Demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies. Candidates: **
 * //A training was given to student interns at Mt. St. Mary's University on three separate occasions. The training was a brief overview of Audacity and how it can be integrated into instruction in the classroom. An example of how to record sound and then embed the audio recording is demonstrated in the tutorial below. The other technology is Blabberize which allows the user to take a picture and embed audio to the picture.//

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Audacity Training Power Point
 * //__Unit Title: __ Unit 2: Technology and Society //
 *  //__Lesson Title: __ The Lost Empires and Their Technology //
 *  //__Standards Addressed: ____Standard 6 __ - Students will develop an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology. //
 * //The students will be researching five different cultures that created technology unique to their culture. The students will investigate the culture and report the information through a PowerPoint presentation as well as a podcast. The format for the podcast will be chosen by the students and information has been provided to help support this exercise.  //



Reflection: The Delicious training very interactive as the teachers had not seen this resource before. The first grade team was excited to be able to share websites that they found and begin to compile useful websites to support their instruction. They also mentioned they had friends from other schools that would be interested in networking and sharing sites as well. I think the goal of the lesson was achieved and will be a good resource for their team. The Audacity training was a great opportunity to work with some aspiring teachers. I could tell right away at each session that the teachers were tired from a long day of working. This is the normal routine at training and therefore as the facilitator I needed to engage the students better. I think the students liked the application of Audacity and Blabberize, but they need to be motivated better. Also, the first session started slow because of slow login and some small technical difficulties. This was improved for the second and third session but I changed the activator to ensure the lesson got started. Definitely something to think about as a technology facilitator is to show up early and make sure all your technology is working the way you want it.