Standard+III


 * TF-III Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum**
 * Educational technology facilitators apply and implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for utilizing technology to maximize student learning**

Technology facilitator standard III is perhaps the one that I had the least experience with prior to the start of this program. I feel that the Teaching with Technology course is the one that opened my eyes the most to the application of this standard. Having to create a lesson integrating technology for a subject matter and grade level that I had no experience with was eye-opening. I feel that course is possibly one that is most closely aligned to real job tasks for a technology facilitator. Williamson and Redish (2009) note that many times teachers are not able to “implement student technology standards until they see sample lessons, strategies, and methods” (p. 66). The course assignment provided us with the experience to create sample lessons, activities, and resources for teachers to use. Those are things that outside of my own classroom, I had never done before.
 * __Self – Assessment__**

One of my field-based activities, training new teachers in the district on web-based authoring tools and assisting Digital Graphics and Animation (DGA) students with online learning also helped me to accomplish this standard. Today’s current students thrive with online learning because it is natural to them, most of them are comfortable with using the Internet to send and receive information (Watson, 2007, p. iv). The online component used in the DGA course allowed students to communicate with one another, share projects, and gain feedback from their peers and instructor. I believe it was a valuable tool for the course. This type of activity is greatly beneficial to students. I enjoyed learning as much as the students being able to create using this medium. As mentioned by Johnson (2009) in the 2009 Horizon Report, “by practicing critical thinking in a more or less public forum, students can benefit from seeing what their peers have to say and from critiquing each other’s work” (p. 10). This type of feedback from peers, not only in their classroom but from around the globe is essential to the future of education.
 * __Learn as a Learner__**

This standard will continue to change and grow as new technology is introduced. It will be interesting to see what new web-based applications will come next to help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. What will come next that will allow students to apply their knowledge and create new things using technology? How long will this budget crisis last in education? How will this impact student technology use in schools? I believe that free open source options are going to become even more important. Companies are going to begin to realize that prices may need to be dropped or that educational accounts need to be created in order for students and teachers to use their products. I think that the budget crisis could end up benefiting education and quality open source options.
 * __Lifelong Learning Skills__**

New Media Consortium. (2009). //Horizon Report: 2009 K-12 Edition.// > New Media Consortium. Watson, J. (2007). //A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning.// > North American Council for Online Learning. 'Williamson, J., & Redish, T. (2009). //ISTE's Technology Facilitation and// > //Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leaders Should Know// > //and Be Able to Do.// Eugene: International Society for Technology in Education.
 * __Bibliography__**