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This ePortfolio will provide you with information on my technological skills for instructional design, pedagogical practice, technology integration, and leadership abilities. It will also provide work samples and implementations within each area. It will demonstrate my understanding and knowledge of integrating MTTS (Maryland Teacher Technology Standards) and ISTE-T(International Society for Technology in Education) Standards as an aspiring Instructional Technology Leader.

It is my desire to continue to broaden and strengthen the technology skills of others by being a teacher of teachers. Graduate courses, technology workshops, and professional developments have assisted me in becoming proficient with current technologies. In completing my Masters program in Instructional Technology, I have continued to broaden technology and create additional professional development opportunities in my school, county, and possibly state-wide. Through my participation in technology lesson studies and courses throughout my education and work experiences, I've learned how application, collaboration, and content knowledge assist educators in becoming more efficient and comfortable with integration. This allows me to effectively help fellow educators prepare students to be successful academically and increase self-efficacy. In order for students to be college and career ready, educators must be knowledgeable and comfortable with 21st century skills, tools, resources, instructional design processes and pedagogical practices.

I have been taught how to integrate technology successfully into my lessons and how to proactively embrace new instructional practices in order to reach students who are, as Prensky (2001a) refers to them, “Digital Natives.”

We as educators need to narrow the gap between research, theoretical practices, and application. Another important aspect of technology integration is educating teachers on models such as TPACK framework (Technology Pedagogy and Content Knowledge); which current research shows to be an effective model (Mishra and Kohler, 2009). The TPACK framework was one of the models studied in my ISTC 731 course while in my master's program.


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References

Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2009, May). Too Cool for School? No Way! Learning & Leading with Technology, (36)7. 14-18. Retrieved October 16, 2012 from [|http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2009/04/30/too-cool-for-school- using-the-tpack-framework/]

Prensky, M. (2001a, September/October). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5), 1-6