Reflections Unit 5 - Articles

Read New Insights on Technology Adoption in Schools, 
by Lorraine Sherry and Shelley Billg, Fern Tavalin and David Gibson 
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/14594


Where do you perceive yourself on the Technology Adoption Scale and briefly describe what this means to you as a future educator.
     I would place my self in between the 3ed and the 4th level. I feel that I have a good idea of what options i have in the form of technology. I know i will use blogs, and tools like voice-thread.com. But i also know that there is a lot more than knowing what the tools are than putting them to use in a actual lesson plan. Their are a lot of challenges, it is hard to match the objective correctly with a technology in my certification field. As i start my new career as a teacher i will work to keep technology use in the classroom at the forefront when i start to create lesson plans. With my current level of technology resources i can find great ways to modify existing lessons and make new ones. Assignment 5.5 in the class work was a great way to get my head around what it means to create a integrated lesson plan. 

How do you see yourself in 5 years in 10 and how will you achieve this?

 I would like to in five years newly confident in my lessons, working on creating lessons that are cross-curricular extensions. As a high school theater teacher there is a lot of room to work collaboratively. It would be great to be bridging gaps between faculty with the use of technology as well as providing students new and innovative ways to learn. In ten years i hope to have achieved a masters level education and possible teach college level technical theater classes, teaching is a new goal for me, this is my very first education class and i have a lot more to learn, the best way to achieve these lofty goals will to be maintaining a desire to see what is out there for technology integration. But a lot of this will most likely change as i grow in to my new field, i know i can continue to make technology a major part of my theater teaching style and as long as i keep that in mind no matter my new direction i will succeed in bridging gaps between technology and education.