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=Module Two: Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge= ====**//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:** For this module I created a Wiki Space which holds artifacts and reflections that demonstrate my competencies with the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. This pre-admission competencies verification is necessary to pursue the Technology Facilitation Endorsement at The University of Akron. ====

====**Impact:** The NETS-T pre-admission competencies verification helped me to identify my technology strengths and weaknesses as a teacher. Although I am not at the “transformative” level of the five NETS-T standards, I have recognized the growth I have gained in implementing lessons where my students are actively engaged in their learning process with the use of technology. This is only my second year teaching and I am proud to say that I am definitely using more technology on a daily basis in my classroom then I did as a first year teacher. However, I realize I still have room to grow even more and develop more technology integrated lessons. I feel that I spend hours and hours at home on the internet searching for new idea, programs, and technologies to use in the classroom and to share with my colleagues. The rubrics in the //NETS for Teachers// booklet has greatly helped me to see where I am as a teacher and what I need to do to become a more proficient and well round technology rich teacher and facilitator. I am glad that we had to do this assignment because it forced me to really reflect on all the NETS-T and decide if I was really meeting them or not. It was easy to say I was meeting a standard but having to provide an artifact really provided me with the proof of whether or not I was meeting each standard. I have realized that I have not fully mastered any of the five standards but, I feel I am in the developing and proficient levels. One performance indicator that I truly felt that I was lacking in and felt shameful of was to “communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats.” I have always sent home weekly newsletters in which I had designed the template myself using Microsoft Word but I have always wanted to do more and realized I needed to! ====

====**Intent:** In interpreting the impact that the pre-admissions competencies verification had on me, I intended to make a classroom website to help myself communicate with my students and their parents on a daily basis. I have always wanted to do this and this project made me set another technology goal for myself. Since our district had two snow days I decided to begin creating a website for my fifth grade class. I spent the full two days making a website using Google Sites but, I was not satisfied with my final outcome. I wanted a website that was colorful and more student friendly so I went searching on the web for various website creations. I came upon a website called “teacherpage” that allows teachers to create their own teaching website for FREE! It was much easier to navigate through than Google Sites and I was much happier with my final product. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, again.” Also, although I have begun to use a program called iEARN to help my students connect with others from around the world I would like to take more advantage of the cultural and global activities they are always offering. ==== * // Great! I enjoyed reading this reflection...glad that looking at the standards and having to think about an artifact impacted you so much! Wow, those snow days can come in handy. Teachers are so dedicated...you stayed home and created materials for your students instead of shopping! :) Glad you are becoming a better consumer of tech resources (Google sites versus your TeacherPages) understanding what best meets your needs is important! Dr. Ward //