Edld 5306 week02_assignment

EDLD 5306 Concepts of Educational Technology
Roman Martineez

L20091287

Week 2 Assignment

Overview
The United States Department of Education requires all states to submit an annual assessment of educators’
technology competencies and the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, commonly
known as “E-Rate,” requires all schools and districts to have a technology plan. For example, in Texas, the
Texas Campus STaR Chart was developed to help campuses determine their progress toward meeting both
the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology and district technology goals. It was designed around the four key
domains of the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020: Teaching and Learning; Educator
Preparation and Development; Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support; and Infrastructure for
Technology.
In this week’s assignment you will use your state’s data as reported to the United States Department of
Education to complete a technology data assessment and review your school or district’s technology plan.
You will practice using a Web 2.0 tool to reflect on your learning and create a slide presentation using
Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Presentation to introduce and present the Schools and Libraries Program of
the Universal Service Fund and share your campus or district technology plan with the faculty. In Part 5 of the
assignment you will select the technology/leadership book, blog, or articles that you will read and summarize
as part of your Week 4 assignment.
This assignment is due no later than 11:59 p.m. on the seventh day of week 2.

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Rubric
Use the following Rubric to guide your work on the Week 2 Assignment.
Tasks Not Meeting
Accomplished Proficient Needs Improvement
Expectations
The evidence suggests The evidence suggests The evidence suggests
The evidence does not
that the educator is that performance on that the educator needs
yet make the case for
ready to mentor others this work matches that improvement in this
the educator being
in this area. of a strong educator. area.
proficient at this task.

Campus Technology Student uses relevant Student uses relevant Incorrect data pulled Student does not
Assessment Data campus technology campus technology from campus complete the chart
Analysis assessment data to assessment data to technology assessment provided.
(Part 1) thoroughly complete respond to questions or data or summary chart Student does not
the chart. complete the chart. is incomplete. respond to the
Student Student provides a Student does not questions.
comprehensively brief analysis of respond to all (0 points)
responds to all campus technology questions.
questions. strengths and (Maximum 14 points)
(Maximum 18 points) weaknesses.
(Maximum 16 points)

Creating a Blog Student successfully Student successfully Student successfully Student does not
(Part 2) sets up a blog and sets up a blog and sets up a blog and/or create a blog and/or
provides appropriate provides appropriate does not provide student does not
information related to information related to appropriate information provide appropriate
the blog’s creation or to the blog’s creation or to related to the blog’s information related to
previously-created previously-created creation or to the blog’s creation.
blog; including blog; including previously-created blog (0 points)
completion of the completion of the and/or does not
profile. profile. respond to all
Student Student provides a questions.
comprehensively brief response to all (Maximum 8 points)
responds to all questions.
questions. (Maximum 9 points)
(Maximum 10 points)

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Blog Postings #1 – Student posts a Student posts a less Student posts a less Student does not write
Technology thoughtful and than thorough opinion than 250 word opinion an opinion piece and/or
Assessments thorough opinion piece piece on the value of piece and/or opinion does not post the
(Part 3) on the value of assessing educators’ piece includes no opinion piece to their
assessing educators’ technology leadership details or examples. blog.
technology leadership knowledge and skills as (Maximum 8 points) (0 points)
knowledge and skills as well as accessing the
well as accessing the knowledge and skills of
knowledge and skills of student technology skill
student technology skill levels and their
levels and their perceived needs/ What
perceived needs. What are pros and cons of
are pros and cons of technology
technology assessment? The
assessment? The opinion piece includes
opinion piece includes few details and/or
supporting details and/ examples.
or examples. (Maximum 10 points)
(Maximum 12 points)

Blog Posting #2 – Student thoroughly Student briefly Student less than Student does not
Summary and summarizes their summarizes their completely summarizes summarize their school
Reflection: School or school or district school or district their school or district or district technology
District Technology technology plan. The technology plan. The technology plan. The plan. and/or does not
Plan summary includes summary includes summary includes post the summary on
(Part 3) responses/reflections responses/reflections responses/reflections their blog.
to all five (5) of the to four (4) of the to three or fewer of the (0 points)
elements identified by elements identified by elements identified by
the Schools and the Schools and the Schools and
Libraries Program. The Libraries Program. The Libraries Program. The
summary/reflection summary includes few summary includes no
includes supporting details and/or details and/or
details and/or examples. examples.
examples. (Maximum 10 points) (Maximum 8 points)
(Maximum 12 points)

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Blog Posting #3 – Student thoroughly Student briefly Student less than Student does not
Summary and summarizes the goals summarizes the goals completely summarizes summarize the goals of
Reflection: National of the Draft National of the Draft National the goals of the Draft the Draft National
Educational Educational Educational National Educational Educational
Technology Plan Technology Plan; Technology Plan; and Technology Plan; Technology Plan;
(Part 3) addresses thoroughly addresses all required and/or less than and/or does not
all the required topics. topics. completely addresses address all the required
Student reflects on Student reflects on all the required topics. topics.
issues or concerns in issues or concerns in Student reflects on Student does not reflect
the plan. the plan. issues or concerns in on issues or concerns
(Maximum 12 points) (Maximum 10 points) the plan. in the plan.
(Maximum 8 points) Summary/Reflection is
not posted on students’
blog.
( 0 points)

Create a slide Student successfully Successfully creates a Successfully creates a Slide presentation not
presentation to creates a slide slide presentation to slide presentation to created and/or slide
introduce the E-Rate presentation to introduce the E-Rate introduce the E-Rate presentation not posted
Program and share introduce the E-Rate program and share the program and share the on the students’ blog.
the campus or district program and share the campus or district campus or district (0 points)
technology plan with campus or district technology plan with technology plan with
faculty. technology plan with faculty and posts the faculty and posts the
(Part 4) the faculty and posts presentation on their presentation on their
the presentation on blog. The presentation blog. The presentation
their blog. The includes at least six of includes less than six
presentation includes the eight components of the eight
(1) an in the “accomplished” components in the
introduction/agenda, category. “accomplished”
(2) content relevant to (Maximum 13 points) category.
the topic, (3) summary/ (Maximum 11 points)
conclusion, (4) at least
one student-created
chart, (5) at least one
working hyperlink, (6)
navigational icons, (7)
talking points only with
six or less lines of text
per slide, (8) up to
three digital photos to
personalize the
campus.
(Maximum 15 points)

Technology/ Student identifies the Student does not
Leadership Book Technology/Leadership identify the Technology/
(Part 5) book, blog, or articles Leadership book that
that will be summarized will be summarized as
as part of the Week 4 part of the Week 4
assignment. assignment.

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(Maximum 3 points) (0 points)

Assignment Responses are Responses are Responses do not Responses do not
Mechanics relevant to course relevant to course reflect knowledge of reflect knowledge of
(All assignment parts) content. Student content. Student course content. course content, lack
adheres to APA stylistic adheres mostly to APA Student adheres clarity and depth,
guidelines. Writing is stylistic guidelines. loosely to APA stylistic and/or include multiple
clear, concise, and well Writing is mostly clear, guidelines. Writing is errors in grammar,
organized. Excellent concise, and well unclear and/or spelling, and
sentence/paragraph organized. Good disorganized. Weak punctuation, including
construction. Thoughts sentence/paragraph sentence/paragraph APA errors.
are expressed in a construction. Thoughts construction. Thoughts (0 points)
coherent and logical are expressed in a are not expressed in a
manner. There are no coherent and logical coherent and logical
errors in grammar, manner. There are manner. There are four
spelling, or three or fewer errors in or more errors in
punctuation. grammar, spelling, or grammar, spelling, or
(Maximum 8 points) punctuation. punctuation.
(Maximum 6 points) (Maximum 4 points)

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Week 2 Assignment, Part 1: Campus Technology Assessment Data Analysis
Federal and state law mandates that states report progress toward technology excellence. For example, Tthe
Texas Campus STaR Chart can be used to evaluate a campus’ progress toward meeting the goals of the
Long-Range Plan for Technology. The chart can also be used for technology planning, budgeting for
resources, and evaluation of progress in local technology projects.
To complete this part of the assignment, you may use the Texas Campus STaR Chart OR your state’s
technology data as reported to the U. S. Department of Education if you do not reside in Texas. If you are not
from Texas and unable to locate your state’s technology date you may select a Texas district then select a
Texas campus.

Directions if using the Texas Campus STaR Chart:
• Access the Texas Campus StaR Chart by entering the following address in your web address bar:
http://starchart.esc12.net/
• Click on “Texas Campus STaR Chart,” and read the article to review STaR Chart scoring.
• Click on “Statewide Summary Data.” Click on 2008-2009 Summary Statistics. Print out the Statewide
Data Summary.
• Click “Campus Data Search.” Choose the year from the drop-down box. Then type in the name of your
selected district (without “ISD”). For example, for Beaumont ISD, you would only type in Beaumont. Do
not type in a campus. Click “Simple Search.” A list of campuses in your district will appear. If you are
not from Texas, to complete this portion of the assignment, select a Texas district then select a Texas
campus.
• Click on your selected campus, and the STaR chart will appear.
• Print out the most current three years of STaR Charts for your selected campus.
• Analyze the data, fill out the chart below, and answer the questions provided.

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School District: Brownsville
Campus: Putegnat Elementary

Summary Area Key Area Totals Key Area Classifications Trends

Strength in Teaching
Teaching & 2008-09: 21 2008-09: Target and learning has
Learning 2007-08: 18 2007-08: Advanced been increasing in
2006-07: 13 2006-07: Developing the past three school
years.

Educator Strength in Educator
2008-09:17 2008-09: Advanced
Preparation & Preparation &
Development 2007-08: 16 2007-08: Advanced
Development has
2006-07: 15 2006-07:Advanced been constant.

Strength in
Leadership, Leadership,
Administration, & 2008-09: 18 2008-09: Advanced Administration &
Instructional 2007-08: 14 2007-08: Developing Instructional Support
Support has been a
2006-07: 15 2006-07: Advanced
moderate.

Infrastructure for 2008-09: 17 2008-09: Advanced Strength in
Technology 2007-08: 9 2007-08: Developing Infrastructure has
2006-07: 8 2006-07: Early been increasing.

What did the data show as your campus’ greatest strength? Do you agree with that assessment? Explain.

According to the STaR Chart, the campus greatest strength is Educator Preparation &
Development. I do not agree with this assessment because I feel that we (teachers) have not
received the proper training or preparation. There are many aspects of technology that I am not
familiar with, and would greatly benefit from. There are little to no opportunities for technology
training.

1) What did the data show as your campus’ greatest weakness? Do you agree with that assessment?
Explain.

According to the STaR Chart, the campus greatest weakness is Infrastructure for Technology. I
definitely agree with this assessment. Even though I have seen improvement there is more than
can be done. The lack of rich media such as video streaming. The lack of video streaming has
made it difficult to access other resources. Other rich media such as podcasts and applets are
non-existent.

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2) In an online learning community interaction, which key classification area would you choose to introduce to
the other members? What data supports your choice?

The STaR Chart area I would choose to introduce to other members would be Teaching and
Learning. The reason I chose Teaching and Learning is because the campus has gradually
increased its efficiency. It has been a learning process, and it has been the area in which we
have made a conscious effort to improve. I feel I have the knowledge of introducing this area to
other members.

Directions if using another state’s technology assessment data (Not Texas):
• Access your state’s data.
• Select your campus data.
• Print out the most current three years of data for your selected campus.
• Analyze the data, complete a chart similar to the one above, and answer the questions provided.

School District:
Campus:

Trends

What did the data show as your campus’ greatest strength? Do you agree with that assessment? Explain.

3) What did the data show as your campus’ greatest weakness? Do you agree with that assessment?
Explain.

4) In an online learning community interaction, which key classification area would you choose to introduce to
the other members? What data supports your choice?

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Week 2 Assignment, Part 2: Creating a Blog
For the next part of this week’s assignment, you will create your own blog. If you already have your own blog,
you may complete this assignment on your blog. If you don’t have your own blog, use the directions below to
create one.
To complete this assignment:
• To create a blog:
• Access the video, “Blogs in Plain English” by entering the following address in your web address
bar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
• View “Blogs in Plain English” as preparation for this assignment.
• Enter the following address in your web address bar: www.blogger.com (if you do not have a blog),
or use a blog you already have set up. (Note: You must have a Google email account to use
blogger.com. If you do not have a gmail.com account you will need to create an account. Go to
http://mail.google.com/mail/ to set up your account.)
• Read the information about the site.
• Click “Create a Blog.” Complete the information required to use the site, including the selection of a
username and password. (If you already have a Google account, you can enter your username and
password at the top of the home page.) Check the box to accept the terms of service, and click
“Continue” to move to the next step.
• After creating your blog account, click “Name Blog.”
• Select a title for the blog and a blog address URL (example: http://yourname.blogspot.com). Click
“Continue” to move to the next step, “Choose a Template.”
• Choose a template for your blog, then click “Continue.”
• When the “Your Blog Has Been Created” screen appears, click “Start Blogging.”
• Create your blog profile
• Access the class wiki for this course at http://sites.google.com/site/edld5306cohortxx/ (where ‘xx’ is
your cohort number) and record your Blog URL in the appropriate table.
• Record your blog information in the chart below. If you have a blog and did not need to create one for
the assignment, enter that information. Then answer the questions below.

Your Blog’s Name Your Blog’s URL

Educational Technology http://roman-martinez.blogspot.com

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1) What is the educational value of blogs and blogging to the 21st century learner?

2) What are the concerns of blogs and blogging in education?

3) How can you use blogging to communicate with school stakeholders?


Week 2 Assignment, Part 3: Blog Posts
For the next part of this week’s assignment, you will complete three postings to your blog.
Blog Posting #1 – Technology Assessments
Leading change and implementing technology often go hand in hand. The key to success in both is a
thorough, inclusive planning process. To realize the benefits of technology, schools must develop a plan for
integrating technology into the curriculum. An effective technology plan is based on the shared vision of
educators, parents, community members, and business leaders who have technological expertise. It
ensures that technology strengthens existing curricula and supports meaningful, engaged learning for all
students. It also specifies how the technology will be paid for and how its use will be supported.

The technology planning team begins by building a knowledge base in regard to the learning process.
Team members must understand how students learn, what skills students need to succeed in the
workplace, and how technology can be used to improve education. Implementing technology in education
requires team members to become familiar not only with learning research but also with research on the
most promising ways of using technology to improve student achievement, condition of facilities, available
technology (including cost), and professional development opportunities and requirements.

In week one, you completed several technology self-assessments. In Part 1 of this week’s assignment, you
looked at one state’s example of a campus technology assessment tool. These assessments help identify
staff and student technology skill levels and their perceived needs. These instruments also tell how
technologically literate both groups are.

• Compose a 250-word opinion piece on the value of accessing educators’ technology leadership
knowledge and skills as well as accessing the knowledge and skill of student technology skill levels
and their perceived needs? What are the pros and cons of technology assessment? The opinion piece
should include supporting details and/or examples.

• Post your opinion piece to your blog.

Blog Posting #2 – School or District Technology Plan
The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, commonly known as "E-Rate," is
administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), and provides discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the
United States to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access. Schools, school districts, and
libraries that want to apply for "E-rate" must have a technology plan. The plan must contain the following
five elements:

• Goals and realistic strategy for using telecommunications and information technology

• A professional development strategy

• An assessment of telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services needed

• Budget resources

• Ongoing evaluation process

Resources for the Schools and Libraries Program:
• http://www.usac.org/sl/


• http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/erate.html
• Compose a 250-word summary/reflection of your school’s or district’s technology plan. Identify the
goals included in the plan and the accompanying strategies. What professional development
opportunities are available, who is in charge of coordinating the professional development opportunities
and are there the financial and time resources to ensure staff is kept up to date in learning about new
technologies. How are the telecommunication services, hardware, software and other services
assessed to ensure improved student learning. Is there sufficient budget to acquire and support the
non-discount element of the plan? Describe the evaluation process that enables the school or district to
monitor the progress toward the specified goals and make mid-course corrections in response to new
developments and opportunities as they arise.
• Post your summary/reflection to your blog.
Blog Posting #3 – National Educational Technology Plan
On March 5, 2010 the U.S. Department of Education released a draft of the National Educational
Technology Plan: Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology.” The Plan
describes how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. It
provides goals to inform state and local educational technology plans, and recommendations to inspire
research, development, and innovation.
• Assess the draft plan at http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/NETP-2010-final-report.pdf
• Review the Plan.
• Compose a 250-word executive summary and reflection of the Draft Plan. In your summary
include the goals and what the plan says with respect to teaching and learning as well as
professional development and training. Reflect on any issues or concerns you noticed in the
Draft Plan.
• Post your summary/reflection to your blog.


Week 2 Assignment, Part 4: Creating and Posting a Slide Presentation
As an instructional leader, you must be able to effectively share information with the faculty. You must also be
able to talk confidently to those you lead. Throughout this Application Assignment, you will expand your
knowledge and practice using technology tools. Presentation software, such as Microsoft PowerPoint and
Google Presentation, is used to communicate ideas or information through text, images, animations, audio and
video.
In Part 3 of the Application assignment, you will create a slide presentation to introduce the The Schools and
Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, commonly known as "E-Rate," and share your campus or
district technology plan with the faculty. After you create your slide presentation you will post your presentation
to your blog.
Resources for Effective Presentations:
• http://www.slideshare.net/vinhha25580/designing-effective-power-point-presentations
• www.shkaminski.com/Classes/Handouts/powerpoint.htm#strengths
• www.iasted.org/conferences/formatting/Presentations-Tips.ppt
• http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html
• http://it.chass.ncsu.edu/training/MSPowerPoint/Tips/tips.html
Directions:
1. Create a slide presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Presentation to introduce the Schools
and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, commonly known as "E-Rate," and share your
campus or district technology plan with the faculty.
1) Include an introduction/agenda
2) Include content relevant to the topic
3) Include a summary/conclusion
4) Include at least one student-created chart
5) Include at least one working hyperlink
6) Use navigational icons
7) Use talking points only with six or less lines of text
8) Use up to three digital photos to personalize the campus
2. Upload/Embed your presentation to your Blog.
Microsoft PowerPoint Instructions:
To share a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in your blog, you must first upload the presentation to a
Web-based service, such as SlideShare.net, SlideBoom.com, authorSTREAM.com, or Scribd.com, that
will convert the file to a format that can be embedded into your blog.
Directions for SlideShare:
1. Go to www.slideshare.net and click “SIGNUP” (at the top of the page) to set up a FREE
SlideShare account.
2. Click “UPLOAD”
3. Click “Browse and select files” and select your saved Powerpoint presentation.
4. After your file is uploaded, you will be asked to choose settings for your file. You have the
option to share publicly or privately (viewable only to you).Once you have selected your
settings, click “Publish All”.


5. After a while your file will be converted. The conversion may take a few minutes depending on
the size of your file. Click “here” to view status of the file conversion.
6. When conversion is complete, click on your presentation.
7. Select “Blogger” from menubar below your presentation.
8. When the Google Accounts Access Request Screen appears, click “Grant Access”.
9. On the next screen:
a. Select a title for the blog post (example: Campus Technology Plan Presentation or
something a bit more creative.)
b. Then, enter the text for the post, i. e. the executive summary of your presentation.
c. Confirm the “Post To” information is correct. This should be the Name and URL of your
blog.
10. Finally, click “Blog this!”.
(Note: You may need to change the Zoom Level to be able to click “Blog this”)
Directions for authorSTREAM:
1. Go to www.authorSTREAM and click “JOIN NOW” from the menu at the top of the page to set
up a FREE SlideShare account.
2. Select “Upload PowerPoint” (from menu across top of screen).
3. From the drop-down menu, select “Single File Upload”.
4. Click “Browse…” to select your saved PowerPoint file.
5. Complete the “Title information” and select “Private”
6. Next select “Upload PowerPoint”
7. After you receive the message your file has uploaded, select “Your Stuff” from the menu
across the top of the screen.
8. From the drop-down menu, select “Your Presentations”
9. Select “Send to Blogs & Networks” (from menu on righthand side of screen)
10. Select “Blogger”
11. Enter your Blog’s Username and Password (Note: The Blog field is your blog’s URL. This
should populate by default; if not, enter your blog’s URL.
12. Select “Post”
Google Presentation Instructions:
1. After you have completed and saved your presentation, select “Share” from the menubar (at
the top of the page). From the drop down menu, select “Publish/embed”.
2. On the next screen, select “Publish document”.
3. Once the document is published on the web on the next screen, you will need to select the
presentation size (small or medium is adequate) and copy the code in the box (make sure you
highlight ALL the code, then press <CTRL C”>.
4. Open your blog, sign in, and select “New Post”.
5. On the next screen:
a. Select a title for the blog post (example: Campus Technology Plan Presentation or
something a bit more creative.)


b. Then, enter the text for the post, i. e. the executive summary of your presentation. Press
<Enter>.
c. Next, select the “Edit HTML” tab across the top of the text box.
d. Paste the code you copy in step 3 in the text box. Press <CTRL V>.
e. Select “Preview” to preview your post.
6. Finally, click “Publish Post”.

Tip: In addition to SlideShare and authorSTREAM another option is SlideBoom (www.slideboom.com ) to post
your presentation to your blog. Many times SlideBoom is much faster. Also, if you have difficulty posting try
using Mozilla Firefox instead of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Sometimes Firefox works better than Internet
Explorer.


Week 2 Assignment, Part 5: Technology/Leadership Book Selection
In Week 4 your assignment will be to create a summary that should note highlights, major themes,
and concepts or information you deem relevant to educational technology, leadership, or trends.
You have 3 choices to use as resources for this assignment. This week you will identify whether
you will read a Technology/Leadership book, follow an educational technology blog, or find 5
articles related to a technology concept or trend.

The Technology/Leadership Book List has been compiled by your course professors. The list can
be found in the Resource section of the courseware. You may select a book from this list, or a
book that has been recommended by a respected leader (e.g., a Principal, Technology Director,
or Superintendent). Many of the books on the list are available from university libraries and from
many public libraries. You may also be able to borrow one of the books from a colleague, or you
may decide to purchase a new or used copy.
The Educational Technology/Leadership Blog list has also been compiled by your course
professors. This list is in the Resource section of the courseware. You may use one of these
blogs or find one of your own. If you choose one of your own, please request permission from
your course professor.
If you choose to read articles, please indicate the title of the articles and cite the references.

In the space below, identify the Technology/Leadership book that you will summarize for your
Week 4 assignment.

November, A. (2010). Empowering students with technology. (Second Edition).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.


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