Journal,+Module+6


 * Prompt: How did understanding the standards and the pre-comp verification help you design your FE plan? How can your use your ePortfolio to help others understand how to integrate technology more effectively in the classroom? **

The precompetencies verrification was a interesting expernce for me for a few reasons. First, I had no experience with the NETS-T standards before this, which was strange to me considering I graduated with my undetgrad only two years ago and I feel like that was something that I should have been exposed to in my teacher preparation program. Also, in filling out the pre-competencies verification it affirmed my feelings that, while I did not know about the standards before, my pedagogy, philosophy, and classroom do very much reflect a strong proficiency of technology use in my teaching. This told me that I would have a strong foundation on which to build my field experiences.
 * Description **

My pre-competencies verification also showed me that I have my finger in a lot of pots. In participating in the faculty focus group on 21st Century Skills [FFG] I have exposure and am included in many of the discussion in the school involving technology. This is a blessing in that I already have the network established to be able to complete all of my field experience as needed. However, it also means that I am aware of many more opportunities than I could ever possibly undertake. Also, since I only have a part time teaching contract that leaves me some time to be able to pursue these avenues, but it also means that I need to find other ways to make money as well which make following all of the avenues impossible.
 * Impact **

Basically, the largest lesson that I learned from planning out my field experiences is that I need to pick and choose my projects wisely. In filling out the alignment document I have about five larger projects that are all started, three or four more that are simply updates of things that I have already developed, and then only one project is something entirely new. Because of this, I feel that the careful planning will allow me to be more focused in my pursuits and, therefore, I will be able to do better work rather than just more work.
 * Intent **