CO-PBST+7


 * CO-PBST 7: Colorado Teaching Standards **

__** Standard Seven: Knowledge of Technology **__ The teacher is skilled in technology and is knowledgeable about using technology to support instruction and enhance student learning.

__** The teacher has demonstrated the ability to: **__ 7.1: Apply Technology to the delivery of standards-based instruction. 7.2: Use technology to increase student achievement. 7.3: Utilize technology to manage and communicate information. 7.4: Apply technology to date-driven assesments of learning. 7.5: Instruct students in basic technology skills.

**7.1**: I have met this standard through the creation of my WebQuest. The WebQuest titled "What's your Sonnet" fulfills the Language Arts standards for Colorado's 7th and 8th grade students. My WebQuest was created through an established site (google sites) and constructed in a professional and effective manner. Students are required to learn about literary terms and devices and then illustrate their knowledge by creating a poetic work utilizing the concept that was exemplified throughout the WebQuest.

**7.2**: I have met this standard by completing and ultimately becoming proficient in the SMARTBoard notebook. This artifact allows for copious types of instruction including informal testing of students through exercises created within SMARTBoard, this includes, multiple choice, matching, short answer, true/false. This standard has also been completed through the completion of digital storytelling and podcasting. Both artifacts have the ability to give students background knowledge, instructional data, etc. while digital storytelling also incorporates pictures aand visuals which can be extremely beneficial when reitterating a specific topic and gaining further insight.

**7.3**: I have met this standard by completing the Visual Literacy artifact. This specific assignment allowed for me to see the effective and ineffective ways in which visual literacy can be used. Through the identification of effecting and ineffective ads, I have learned how to appropriately communicate information through the use of visual aids to my students; this concept can be exemplified through PowerPoint presentations and various other presentations that convey visually stimulating information. Visual aids can be comprised of both pictures ans visual text- both of which strongly help to communicate information in a worthwhile manner.

**7.4**: I have met this standard by creating my own grading rubric which was used in my personal WebQuest. The specific rubric that I created precisely illustrates the expectations of students based on an exemplary, qualified, developing and beginning manner. Rubrics are important when it comes time to assessing the coursework of students and determining whether or not standards have been met at an appropriate and/or proficient manner.

**7.5**: I have met this standard through the Tech Integration artifact. This assigment instructed me on worthwhile and appealing technological devices that can be used to complement student achievement. Technology broadens the ways in which students can learn. Laptops, web-based classroom exercises, and computer games are a few ways in which technology in beneficial in terms of success in the classroom.