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As I was reading Chapter 1 on Technology Facilitator Standard I Technology Operations and Concepts I realized how important this standard is as a guide for technology facilitators and leaders to continue to learn the latest technology innovations, skills, and concepts. Technology facilitators or leaders should also teach educators the skills necessary to integrate technology into their curriculum. The TF Standard I states, “Educational Technology Facilitators demonstrate an in-depth understanding of technology operations and concepts.” (p. 23). This standard has two Performance Indicators, the first indicator TF-I.A. “relates to knowledge, skills, and understanding of technology operations and concepts as described in the ISTE NETS ▪ T.” The second indicator “relates to the ability to continually extend knowledge, skills, and understanding of these concepts and to integrate knowledge of new technologies as they emerge.” Both of these Performance Indicators address the knowledge and skills we as Technology Facilitators should possess and the importance of continuously keeping up with the latest technology, this is important since technology is constantly changing and new products, software, and concepts are being created. Both Performance Indicators have specific tasks that are very helpful in understanding how these Performance Indicators are applied to assist teachers as they integrate technology into their curriculum and administrative duties. The Scenarios related to TF Standard I helped me get a better understanding that as a Technology Facilitator I am responsible for helping teachers in gaining information or resources that they may use to integrate technology into the classroom, recommend websites and publications that provide information about current and emerging technology that may help teachers in the classroom.
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As I was creating my Activity Log for the different activities I considered which activities addressed TF Standard I-A and TF Standard I-B. One activity related to both Standard I-A and Standard I-B because this activity related to an on-line professional development program that we were introducing to our campus teachers and provided teachers with training on many new technology concepts including Microsoft Office, e-mail, Wikis, blogs and other Web 2.0 tools. I helped introduce the program and help teachers take a pre-assessment that would individualize the program to help teachers in their areas of need. This program is an ongoing program that will help teachers train at their own pace as they continue to learn the current technology that may help them in the classroom. Other activities I worked on related to Standard I-B, in these activities I used software such as Audacity and Photo Story to create multimedia presentations that would be presented to our students and our staff, I helped a teacher create a podcast with Audacity and helped an administrator create the Photo Story for the end of the year luncheon. In my opinion, TF Standard I is an essential standard that a Technology Facilitator must be well familiar with so as to be able to use this knowledge to teach and assist teachers with their concerns as they work on integrating technology into the curriculum. One concern I have is how some teachers react to the use of technology especially as a tool to incorporate into the curriculum being taught. Many do have a positive attitude and are excited at the prospect of learning and implementing more technology into their classrooms, but others are set in their ways and are not comfortable using technology not even as a teacher directed activity. In my opinion, these teachers have many years experience and have had great success teaching students and do not feel comfortable using technology nor do they see the need considering their past success with students. Though I know we must integrate technology into our classrooms to motivate and prepare our students it is hard to argue this point with teachers that are set in their ways and do not feel comfortable learning how to integrate technology.

 Williamson, J. & Redish, T. (2009). //ISTE’s technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every K-12 leader should know and be// //able to do //. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, pp. 1-55.
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