CO-PBST+7

Standard Seven: Knowledge of Technology: The teacher is skilled in technology and is knowledgeable about using technology to support instruction and enhance student learning.

The teacher has demonstrated the ability to:

7.1 Apply technology to the delivery of standards-based instruction: I have met this standad my creating and devloping a working WebQuest. This particular WebQuest allowed students to learn about nutrition at a 4th grade level, meeting the Colorado Science standards for 4th grade. I created this website through Google Sites, allowing me to apply technology to deliver standard-based instruction.

7.2 Use technology to increase student achievement: I met this standard through the SMART Notebook presentation. This presentation is designed to meet the standards for history and geography for 4th through 6th grade. It helps students learn the location of states and captials. It also helps students to recognize, identify and correctly place the states in the correct location as seen on a map.

7.3 Utilize technology to manage and communicate information: I have met this standard by reviewing the Visual Literacy advertisement. This specific assignment allowed for me to see the effective and ineffective ways in which visual literacy can be used. Through the identification of effecting and ineffective ads, I have learned how to appropriately communicate information through the use of visual aids to my students; this concept can be exemplified through PowerPoint presentations and various other presentations that convey visually stimulating information. Visual aids can be comprised of both pictures ans visual text- both of which strongly help to communicate information in a worthwhile manner.

7.4 Apply technology to data-driven assessments of learning: This standard was met with the creation of my WebQuest. This assignment allowed me to understand the process of creating a lesson plan that allows students to engage with technology.. The assignment requires students to use the internet as a form of technology to complete a data-driven assignment.

7.5 Instruct students in basic technology skills: I have met this standard by creating interactive activities for students through a SMART board presentation, a podcast, a digital story, and a WebQuest. All of these programs require basic skills and knowledge about technology.