3.6 Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools & Resources
Candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure. (PSC 3.6/ISTE 3f)
Artifact: Evaluating Emerging Technologies
Reflection:
During the course ITEC 7445, Multimedia and Web Design we were asked to complete the Evaluating Emerging Technologies Project. For this artifact we researched and prepared a presentation on an emerging technology in education. As I took this course during the summer, this project was completed alone.
Standard 3.6, Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools and Resources asks that candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure. For this project, I selected and evaluated TED-Ed. TED-Ed is an online tool that allows you to turn a YouTube video into a thought-provoking online lesson. TED-Ed allows teachers to create research-based, learner-centered lessons for any content area that will help their students meet both content and technology standards. For this artifact, I chose to use TED-Ed as a presentation tool, but it can be used in a number of different ways to meet the needs of your classroom or to take learning beyond the walls of your classroom.
Evaluating and using TED-Ed has shown me how easy it can be to add technology into my classroom. Like any tool, though, it is all in how you use it with students that will make the difference. There are just as many ways you could use this tool that would not promote higher-order thinking as there are ways to make powerful lessons with it. If this project had been completed during the school year instead of the summer semester, I would like to have used TED-Ed with my students. This would have given me a better idea of its ability to engage students and of how I could use it to differentiate instruction to meet their different needs.
The work that went into creating this artifact could impact both faculty development and student learning. With very little training, teachers could use this free tool to create a variety of different lessons for their class, small groups, and/or individual students. Students could use this tool to create presentations and to collaborate with their classmates online. Everyone is already using YouTube, so why not use TED-Ed to create engaging lessons and projects around it?
During the course ITEC 7445, Multimedia and Web Design we were asked to complete the Evaluating Emerging Technologies Project. For this artifact we researched and prepared a presentation on an emerging technology in education. As I took this course during the summer, this project was completed alone.
Standard 3.6, Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools and Resources asks that candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure. For this project, I selected and evaluated TED-Ed. TED-Ed is an online tool that allows you to turn a YouTube video into a thought-provoking online lesson. TED-Ed allows teachers to create research-based, learner-centered lessons for any content area that will help their students meet both content and technology standards. For this artifact, I chose to use TED-Ed as a presentation tool, but it can be used in a number of different ways to meet the needs of your classroom or to take learning beyond the walls of your classroom.
Evaluating and using TED-Ed has shown me how easy it can be to add technology into my classroom. Like any tool, though, it is all in how you use it with students that will make the difference. There are just as many ways you could use this tool that would not promote higher-order thinking as there are ways to make powerful lessons with it. If this project had been completed during the school year instead of the summer semester, I would like to have used TED-Ed with my students. This would have given me a better idea of its ability to engage students and of how I could use it to differentiate instruction to meet their different needs.
The work that went into creating this artifact could impact both faculty development and student learning. With very little training, teachers could use this free tool to create a variety of different lessons for their class, small groups, and/or individual students. Students could use this tool to create presentations and to collaborate with their classmates online. Everyone is already using YouTube, so why not use TED-Ed to create engaging lessons and projects around it?