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=﻿Module Six: 21st ePortfolio and Field Experience= ==== **//Reflection Prompt://** How did understanding the standards and the Pre-Admission Competencies Verification help you design your Field Experience plan? How can your use your ePortfolio to help others understand how to integrate technology more effectively in the classroom? ====


====**Description:** For this module we were assigned to read chapter eight about leadership and vision in our //Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards// textbook. We also began working on the ePortfolio and Field Experience Plan by re-reading the National Educational Technology Standards and by reviewing our own pre- competency verifications. ====

====**Impact:** In reading chapter eight, re-reading the National Educational Technology Standards, and by reviewing my pre-competency verification I realized the importance of having a technology vision, creating goals, and developing plans to reach those goals. An action plan with short and long term goals along with strategies to reach these goals will help me design my field experience artifacts for my ePortfolio and will help me implement effective uses of instructional technologies. The National Educational Technology Standards for teachers and students have provided me with performance indicators to help me to identify what I need to implement into my classroom. To be an effective technology teacher I now know what is expected of me and what I can do to advance student learning and creativity through the use of technology. The technology standards have also provided me with the knowledge of what my students should be able to do with technology in order to successfully compete in an ever growing digital world. My pre-competency verification provided me with the opportunity to reflect on how technology is being used in my classroom with my students and individually as a professional to enhance productivity. I was able to acknowledge my technology strength and weaknesses. I now have a technology foundation to build on and improve upon. ====

====In understanding the technology standards I am able to develop lessons that incorporate technology in a way that positively impacts my students’ learning experiences. I now can monitor my own technology growth and how I am using it to enrich my students’ education. The pre-competency verification has allowed me to identify my areas of weakness and plan for improvement. ====

====**Intent:** The technology standards and my pre-competency verification have helped me design my field experience plan dramatically by helping me identify what I need to work on. I intend to implement my field experience plan by using the skills I have learned from this class, online research, professional development, and by reflecting on my classmates weekly postings to help me guide my own experiences. Right now I know I want to be a part of my building’s Tech-Team for next year and help create effective technology learning environments. Because I am dedicated to the effective use of technologies to improve learning I want to be a model for other teachers to follow. I intend to create a webquest to support my science unit on space and help my students understand the various aspects of space on a higher level. I feel like I have a lot of good idea going through my head right now but little time to actually create them. I know what I will be working on this summer! ==== ====Since my ePortfolio will include artifacts of how I am effectively integrating technology in the classroom I can use this ePortfolio to help guide other teachers in becoming successful technology integrators. This will be a great way to model effective use of technology and share my ideas with others. ====