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.
Artifact: Emerging Technology Presentation
Reflection:
This artifact is an Emerging Technologies presentation completed for the Multimedia and Web Design course. This artifact required me to research an emerging technology and create a presentation on the technology. I chose to complete the project on the Ti-Nspire CX handhelds. This artifact demonstrates mastery of standard 3.6, as it shows selection and evaluation of a digital tool for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure.
In choosing this technology, I collaborated with other teachers because many of them had received a Ti-Nspire CX in a recent professional development course. Some of them were looking for more information or possibly ways of purchasing a class set. I selected the Ti-Nspire and accompanying tools to best fit the needs of these teachers. Throughout the presentation, I evaluate the usefulness of the Ti-Nspire CX and give suggestions for classroom implementation. For example, one of the main features, the ability to create investigations for students, is particularly useful for those seeking to design a discovery based lesson for complicated Mathematics.
Since the majority of our teachers already use Ti calculators, the question of whether to upgrade was a common one. They are very suitable to our environment because they are very applicable to common core standards and do not require any additional infrastructure to effectively use. Additional infrastructure, such as increased bandwidth, computer labs, or additional materials is expensive and might require additional training.
This artifact showed me how to select, research, and evaluate a new technology and develop a presentation to showcase my findings. It also taught me to look at a schools current technology infrastructure and select tools that could be easily integrated into that infrastructure. Actually writing a grant to receive a classroom set of these calculators and put these ideas into practice could improve this artifact.
This artifact is an Emerging Technologies presentation completed for the Multimedia and Web Design course. This artifact required me to research an emerging technology and create a presentation on the technology. I chose to complete the project on the Ti-Nspire CX handhelds. This artifact demonstrates mastery of standard 3.6, as it shows selection and evaluation of a digital tool for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure.
In choosing this technology, I collaborated with other teachers because many of them had received a Ti-Nspire CX in a recent professional development course. Some of them were looking for more information or possibly ways of purchasing a class set. I selected the Ti-Nspire and accompanying tools to best fit the needs of these teachers. Throughout the presentation, I evaluate the usefulness of the Ti-Nspire CX and give suggestions for classroom implementation. For example, one of the main features, the ability to create investigations for students, is particularly useful for those seeking to design a discovery based lesson for complicated Mathematics.
Since the majority of our teachers already use Ti calculators, the question of whether to upgrade was a common one. They are very suitable to our environment because they are very applicable to common core standards and do not require any additional infrastructure to effectively use. Additional infrastructure, such as increased bandwidth, computer labs, or additional materials is expensive and might require additional training.
This artifact showed me how to select, research, and evaluate a new technology and develop a presentation to showcase my findings. It also taught me to look at a schools current technology infrastructure and select tools that could be easily integrated into that infrastructure. Actually writing a grant to receive a classroom set of these calculators and put these ideas into practice could improve this artifact.