Standard V

Instruction that Incorporates Technology

Know how to plan, organize, deliver, and evaluate instruction for all students that incorporates the effective use of current technology for teaching and integrating the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) into the curriculum.

Reflection:

I experienced significant growth in this standard, yet I only took a few "baby" steps.  My objective in earning TA Certification is not so much for the classroom but for support in teachers who will teach the TA TEKS in the classroom.  As a result, I'm not sure I need much experience in actually developing and delivering TA instruction.  However, those opportunities I have had were valuable because they helped me address areas that the TA classroom teacher will address.  As a result, my knowledge of  how to support them is better.  If I were to consider teaching in a TA classroom, personally, however, I would definitely need to obtain more experience in this area.

Caption 13

Indicators: 1, 5, 7.3s, 7.3k, 8.1s, 8.2s, 8.7s, 8.4k, 8.13s, 8.5k, 8.14s, 8.18s, 8.19s, 8.23s, 8.30s, 8.31s, 8.34s, 8.35s, 8.9k, 8.36s, 8.38s, 8.39s, 8.40s, 8.10k, 8.41s, 8.42s, 8.44s, 8.45s, 8.46s, 8.47s

Artifact #13

Descriptors: Digital Graphics, Web Authoring
Title: Digital Graphics Unit Lesson - Combining 2 Images
Course: 101 Digital Graphics
Date Created: October 2002
Source: Individual Project
Media: Microsoft FrontPage 2002, Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Adobe LiveMotion 2.0, Microsoft Word

Description: This project was quite comprehensive, as it required us to take something we had learned in Digital Graphics and develop a lesson, within the context of a DG unit, that would be useable in an actual Digital Graphics class.  Required elements included relevant lecture notes, a list of step-by-step instructions, related vocabulary terms, and a handout for the class.  Lecture notes and step-by-step instructions were to be formatted as web pages and available as print-oriented documents.  Sources and references were also to be included in the site.

Rationale: At the time, I was relatively inexperienced in Digital Graphics, so I kept my lesson simple, focusing on how to combine two images into one, useable in a unit on image layers.  I developed an animation that incorporated the concept of layers for the index page (this was actually an earlier assignment), then worked out my samples.  I actually learned how to execute the lesson by developing my samples (like I said, I was inexperienced).  My focus in this project was clearly the DG lesson and how to present it effectively, as the web page is relatively bland--NOT my best work there.  I included this project as a sample of TA Standard 5 because it clearly exemplifies the standard.  This project's whole purpose was to teach technology, utilizing a variety of technology tools.  Although no evaluation tool is present, the required elements themselves provide the guidelines by which it could be evaluated.

Implications for future: This project was significant in boosting my confidence about Digital Graphics.  I was able to complete what was, for me, a pair of demanding tasks (the animation and the combined images), then I was able to coherently provide guidelines regarding the teaching of the lesson.  Although my website was unspectacular, my project built confidence, knowledge, and skills in a different area and showed me that I can successfully develop relevant lessons in TA subjects.  Teaching the lessons themselves is another matter, but at least I had come this far.

Reviewers Comments:

"I like the way your links work. Believe me, you are a lot farther along than I am! Your unit is very good and I may use it for myself to learn something. Thanks for the info!"

Reviewer Name: Sara Crow

Title: TATC Student

Date Reviewed: October 2002