Information, Media, and Technology Skills (IMTS)

Dominican University has allowed me to apply, analyze, and evaluate a wide range of instructional technological tools, strengthened my abilities and comfort levels with diverse technologies, and instilled in me the importance of teaching this 21st century skills to students.

Undertaking student teaching during this difficult moment has demanded experimentation with new technologies and the adoption of novel instructional technologies to enhance student learning and meet the demands of this unique moment in education. Moreover, virtual learning has also meant honing our skills in teaching student technological literacy. As we move back into an in-person learning environment, I am excited to leverage my technological skills in the classroom to create more meaningful learning experiences that is optimal for ALL students and help my students develop their technological skills.

Instructional Technologies Adopted in my Classroom

Throughout my student teaching I have experimented and adopted a number instructional technologies to increase engagement, better differentiate, and build my students' technological literacy skills. Take a look at some instructional technologies were incorporated into my teaching praxis. Following CASSELs framework, I focused on using technologies in ways that led to meaningful learning opportunities for my students. I include some samples of student work to illustrate the diverse ways I leveraged instructional technologies as a student teacher.

I used Jamboard a number of ways, including to facilitate collaboration and dialogue in small groups and with the entire class, check for understanding, and as means for students to be creative in the virtual classroom when they may not have physical materials at home.

I introduced students to Pixton, an website that allows students to design professional looking graphic novels so students had more options in how to publish their works of historical fiction.

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Public Presentation: Integrating screen-casting technologies into the virtual classroom

I collaborated with a fellow credential candidate to teach local educators how they can integrate screen-casting technologies into their virtual and in-person classrooms. This presentation was part of a collaboration between Dominican University and Marin County of Education to aid K-12 teachers in adapting to virtual learning.

Examples of how I have used screen-casting technology in the virtual classroom

I incorporated screen-casting technologies in various ways, including creating videos to provide students technological support and to scaffold asynchronous work. Check-out some of the videos I used in my classroom.

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Peardeck final project

Collaborative presentation on how Peardeck can be used in the classroom

In this presentation, I collaborated with social studies single subject credential candidates to teach fellow students how to use peardeck and demonstrate the diverse and creative ways we have integrated it into our classrooms.

Leveraging Adobe Spark in the classroom

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I learned how to make videos on Adobe Spark. This video is about my understanding of professionalism in education. I plan to use this new tech skill to create engaging content for students.

Through my technology classes at Dominican University, I got the opportunity to learn how to use Adobe Spark to make posters and videos. This technology can be leveraged in creative ways in the classroom. Check out a poster I made for my class' social contract.

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