1. Know, understand, and give concrete examples of the six stages students/teachers go through in order to begin incorporating technology effectively into the curriculum.
A. Awareness
B. Learning the Process
C. Understanding the Application of the Process
D. Familiarity and Confidence
E. Adaptation to Other Context
F. Creative Application to Other Context
2. List and explain how technology can benefit you and your students once you start teaching. (8 general areas)
3. List and explain three specific examples of how you will use specific computer applications in your classroom and describe how using these will benefit your students.
4. Understand the following computer applications and be able to create files in them that will be beneficial to you when you start teaching:
A. Word Processing
B. Draw Programs
C. Paint Programs
D. Data Base Programs
E. Spread Sheet Programs
F. Presentation Programs (HyperStudio, PowerPoint, etc.)
G. Electronic Mail (email)
H. Web Design Programs (Netscape Composer, PageMill, etc.)
I. Internet Search Engines
5. Create a lesson plan that integrates all of the technologies you have learned in this class into the lesson.
6. Develop an
exploratory, experimental approach to technology and be willing to try
and become proficient in new applications that you have not used in the
past.