Technology Education Portfolio
As part of my graduation requirement in the Educational Technology department at PACE University, I completed a technology internship and compiled my work into a 5-section portfolio.
Planning – Assessment of candidate’s ability to plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology. (Assessment of candidate’s ability to coach teachers to apply knowledge skills and dispositions effectively in practice)
** Worked with second grade teachers to come up with a project that ties into the curriculum, worked out communities project.
** First grade teacher were working on writing complete sentences, so had students type complete sentence about a picture their parents emailed in.
** Collaborated with each grade level team to design curriculum-aligned technology projects for the classes.
** Updated Briarcliff Manor's elementary school curriculum webpage by gathering curriculum information from each grade level team.
Applications – Assessment of candidate’s ability to apply knowledge skills and dispositions effectively in practice. (Assessment of candidate’s ability to coach teachers to apply knowledge skills and dispositions effectively in practice)
** Work with teachers to develop their own class notebooks in OneNote, add students, set up content area, etc.
** “On-Call” with fifth grade teachers, whenever they have an issue with their computers, or student laptops, or SmartBoards, I go around and help
** Teaching computer classes, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes
Effects on Student Learning – Assessment of candidate’s ability to student learning. (Assessment of candidate’s ability to coach teachers to enhance student learning.)
** Habits of Mind Project
Assessing the Use of Technology – Assessment of candidate’s knowledge of social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in PK-12 schools and their ability to apply that understanding in practice. (Assessment of candidate’s knowledge of social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in PK-12 and their ability to coach teachers to apply that understanding in practice.)
** Roll-out of devices
** AUP explanation
** Worked with student “experts”
Additional Skills – Assessment of candidate’s ability to use technology for assessment and evaluation. (Assessment of candidate’s ability to coach teachers to use technology for assessment and evaluation.)
**Excel Habits of Mind tracker for Principal
**OneNote Notebook for Joanne