Strengths ans weaknesses

Strengths and weaknesses

According to the survey I have a lot more weaknesses then strengths. My weaknesses include: demonstrating awareness of uses of computers and computing technology in business, industry, and society, I don’t know a lot about the ethics of technology, and the whole section of tools in technology. According to the Net standards I have very little knowledge about technology. First of all it was hard for me to even understand what the Net Standards were talking about, because I am not aware of the terminology that was being used, that is a big weakness on my part. I want to be able to keep up with the times and stay fresh with all the new technology come out these days, so not knowing what’s the best tool to use is a weakness that I would like to correct.

I thought that the survey was hard to take, because we are not yet teachers so I find it hard to answer each question correctly. But I found that my strengths included operating a computer, I know how to store and organize files and folders, I have trouble-shooted before, so I feel that I have strength in that way. I also know how to work the Internet to an extent, and that has been a huge advantage in planning lessons. According to the Net standards my strengths include: Evaluation, I know that I will be doing evaluations on the computer. I understand that I will be using a computer to calculate the student’s grades. I understand that there are test available on the Internet for students to take. While writing my lesson plans I include technology in most every one of them, I find it easy to implement technology, because there are so many resources that are available.

Two goals that I have established I have discussed a little bit above. I will become up to date with new technology as I discover it. I will become familiar with technology tools that I can use in my classroom to enhance learning. Two mini-workshops that are available are: there is a book that is available to buy that is called, technology tools for teachers, it is a Microsoft office tutorial. I want to buy this book so I can become familiar with these tools. At the following website http://thwt.org/workshops.html two online workshops are available to take that are about Teaching for the 21st Century Professional Development Program and Custom Technology Integration Workshops for Schools and Districts.