The example I chose from the TIM was called "Animal Story: An Informal Narrative." In the Matrix, this activity corresponds with the Infusion column and the Active row, meaning that teachers infuse technology into their lessons and that students are actively engaged with that technology rather than just passively absorbing information from it.
This activity seems to exhibit best the NETS for Teachers 1 (a-d) and 2 (a-d). The project, in which students studied animals from the Everglades and published a story about an animal using technology such as Comic Life, certainly encouraged "student learning and creativity." Furthermore, this activity was a great example of a "digital age learning experience."
At this point in the semester, I feel that Adaptation and Infusion are my levels of comfort. I could see myself encouraging students to think out of the box when it comes to technology (ie. finding ways to use technology even if it wasn't originally meant for that purpose) and doing a project like the one referenced above, creating an original and informative end product.
Glad to hear that you are more comfortable to technology - it always must start with the teacher.
ReplyDeleteI think that it would be great to be able to achieve the technology comfort level of leading students to think outside of the box in terms of technology- to have them find a new way to use technology in a classroom would be a big achievement for me.
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