Educational Technology

1. How are you going to find out?

1.1. EDU 590 weekly course readings.

1.2. Engaging in cohort discussions.

1.3. Wiki activities and assignments throughout this course.

1.4. Implementing the content and technologies learned into my daily routine where applicable.

1.5. Engaging and asking questions with my EDU 590 Professor via the CMU blackboard shell.

2. What did you learn?

2.1. How to explore and experience utilizing technology tools to design lesson plans, build animated presentations, and implement interactive learning strategies into my current role.

2.2. How critical planning, prepping, and consideration needs to be taken into account when using new technology in order to optimize it's purpose to full potential.

2.3. Specific assistive technologies and the impact these can make on a students learning and understanding during a particular exercise.

2.4. Discovered Webquests and the creativity available when designing a student learning experience.

2.5. How to be knowledge in terms of examining various types of hardware, software, training and evaluation methods in my immediate environment and organization.

2.6. The purpose of wiki pages and how effective they can be for large group participation.

2.7. The large quantity of educational apps available and how they can be utilized in the higher learning environment.

2.8. ADVICE: I would encourage future EDU 590 students to participate often and contribute their thoughts and opinions towards course assignments and other classmates work whenever possible.

2.9. I would encourage future students to incorporate their personal environment(s) and experiences into assignments as much as possible.

2.10. I would also advise future students to approach assignments as an opportunity to develop strategies and approaches using relatively new or unfamiliar technologies.

3. What do you know?

3.1. How educational technology allows more control over students own learning.

3.2. How various technology platforms can increase critical and analytical thinking skills.

3.3. How different learning apps allow for greater collaborative work.

3.4. How online platforms are effective with at-risk and special needs students.

3.5. How educational technology is constantly evolving and expanding.

3.6. Computer Assisted Learning (CAI) contributes to learning of at-risk youth.

3.7. Currently 9 categories of educational technology identified.

3.8. How apps such as Remind assist with setting objectives and feedback in a classroom setting.

3.9. Other apps such as Edmodo assist with providing feedback to students.

4. What do you want to know?

4.1. What platforms will work best to assist in my current role within higher education.

4.2. What tools I can utilize and expand to grow my skill set and be more effective in my career.

4.3. How I can incorporate wiki's with the colleagues and students I work with.

4.4. What platforms are most effective in order to set objectives and provide feedback.

4.5. How I can utilize the educational technology available to assist my personal educational pursuits.

4.6. How to interpret the 9 instructional stages and effectively use them in my current role.