Standard 3.6 - Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools & Resources
Candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure. (PSC 3.6/ISTE 3f)
Artifacts: Instructional Technology Website
The artifact included for Standard 3.6 is a link to the Floyd County Schools Instructional Technology Website which I created. Although originally constructed in 2015, I have continually added resources since that time. This is a Google Sites that has selected and evaluated digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure.
Our district has almost completed its 1:1 journey and our teachers and administrators are excited about using new digital tools and resources in their classrooms. This website serves as a primary form of communication between the Department of Technology and stakeholders. I also use this website to share ideas and strategies with an audience of educators from across the country. This website is a resource used to provide classroom technology best practices, links to digital tools for school use, and contact information for a school’s instructional technologists. Teachers and administrators are able to access this vetted information to improve instruction, student achievement, and pedagogy in their classrooms and schools.
This website began as a solution for my school. When I moved to the county office to become the instructional technologist, we built upon its foundation to have it suit our district’s needs. Stakeholders, especially teachers, now have access to vetted digital tools and information. I began to receive feedback from numerous educators that they learned so much from the resources located on the website. To improve the quality of the website, my next goal is to add an interactive component to the website, a blog or forum. However, Google is in the middle of a Google Sites transition and this feature is currently not available on the New Google Sites.
This artifact mainly affected faculty development. Teachers and administrators now have access to resources that were previously difficult to find. Teachers may have been uneasy about investing time in a product that may not fit their needs. The impact can be assessed by the number of visitors to the website, educators that are implementing some of the listed strategies, and educators that request assistance with implementing one of the resources from the website.
Our district has almost completed its 1:1 journey and our teachers and administrators are excited about using new digital tools and resources in their classrooms. This website serves as a primary form of communication between the Department of Technology and stakeholders. I also use this website to share ideas and strategies with an audience of educators from across the country. This website is a resource used to provide classroom technology best practices, links to digital tools for school use, and contact information for a school’s instructional technologists. Teachers and administrators are able to access this vetted information to improve instruction, student achievement, and pedagogy in their classrooms and schools.
This website began as a solution for my school. When I moved to the county office to become the instructional technologist, we built upon its foundation to have it suit our district’s needs. Stakeholders, especially teachers, now have access to vetted digital tools and information. I began to receive feedback from numerous educators that they learned so much from the resources located on the website. To improve the quality of the website, my next goal is to add an interactive component to the website, a blog or forum. However, Google is in the middle of a Google Sites transition and this feature is currently not available on the New Google Sites.
This artifact mainly affected faculty development. Teachers and administrators now have access to resources that were previously difficult to find. Teachers may have been uneasy about investing time in a product that may not fit their needs. The impact can be assessed by the number of visitors to the website, educators that are implementing some of the listed strategies, and educators that request assistance with implementing one of the resources from the website.