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 * Appendix H: Course-based Embedded Assignment Internship Log **


 * Lamar University – M.Ed. in Educational Technology Leadership**

Course-based Embedded Assignment Internship Log
**// Directions: //** In submitting your Course-based Embedded Assignment Log for each Assignment in Appendix I of the Internship Handbook, you are required to reflect on the assignments by completing a reflection in your course wiki/e-portfolio that should contain a minimum of 250 words. These logs will be used to assist you in completing your EDLD 5388/5370 *Please note that course number changes in Fall 2010* Internship comprehensive exam final report. Students should use and cite their textbook references as well as two additional references when writing each reflection. The reflection must consist of statements regarding the knowledge you gained from the assignment and how the assignment helped you master the Technology Facilitator Standard(s) /Indicator(s).
 * == Course Number: == || == Course Name:  == || == Course-based Embedded Hours  ==

(see Appendix I)
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 * **5306 ** || **Concepts of Educational Technology ** || **12 ** ||


 * == Description of the ==

(see Appendix I)
|| ** Course EDLD 5306 Concepts of Educational Technology: ** (Maximum 25 points) || For the past several years, I have participated in answering the questions on the Texas STaR chart without much thought or concern However, the assignment posted above required me to analyze the data from the chart, create a presentation, and then chose an area of the chart in order to write an opinion piece. I knew that the data collected from the staff was probably used for something more important that teachers evaluating their own technical growth but I really did not put much thought into what greater purpose this information might have. It has always been presented to our campus as just another one of “those things” teachers are required to do. “Schools that are successfully integrating technology are being driven by administrators who foresee the role in which technology will play in the future of our students and the importance that teachers use technology in education” (Price, 2005, p. 54). However, as a result of this assignment, I now understand that the completion of this chart is part of the process in which the state of Texas has in place to better prepare teachers to master the SBEC Technology Application Standards. Even though I was very familiar with the process of answering the questions stated on the STaR chart prior to this assignment, I now have a much better understanding of its purpose.
 * A. ** **B.** Analyze Texas STaR Chart data, create a presentation for faculty on results, post the presentation to blog site where you also write 250-word opinion piece on one of the four areas of Texas Long Range Plan for Technology. Include (1) Description of the area. (2) Progress in the area (include local, state, and national progress. (3) Trends in the area (include local, state, and national progress. (4) Your recommendations for improvement in the area.
 * C. ** Create a wiki reference document. ||
 * **__Self–Assessment __**
 * Critically reflect (see note above; not just recitation of facts) upon the knowledge you gained from the assignment. (3 Points)
 * Critically reflect upon the relationship between any new information you gained from the assignment with old information you previously held to be true**.** (2 Points)
 * How did the relationship between the old and new information you learned affect your personal experience with the assignment? (2 Points)
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learn as a Learner __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Critically reflect upon your approach and strategies used in completing the assignment. (3 Points)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Critically reflect upon how you learn as a learner and how you assess your own performance in completing the assignment(s). (2 Points)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How did your learning and interaction with colleagues (such as discussion forum, web conferences, wiki and blog participation, etc.) affect the results of your performance?(2 Points)
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lifelong Learning Skills __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Critically reflect upon what you gained about learning and how you learn that will impact your future learning. (3 Points)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How will your past interactions and collaborations with colleagues impact your future learning experiences? (2 Points)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">As a lifelong learner, what questions or issues challenge you and are worthy of future research or investigation? (2 Points)
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Additional Criteria __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Content posted to e-Portfolio wiki/blog/Google site (1 Point)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mechanics (1 Point)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">APA Format (1 Point)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Minimum of 3 References (1 Point)

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">In order to complete this assignment, it was very important that I studied the actual data presented in the Long Range Technology Plan. I choose to focus on the section of the plan in which I felt I was most likely to be able to make a change in. Since I work in my district as a technology professional development instructor I choose to reflect on the area Educator Preparation and Development. This allowed me to not only complete the required assignment to the best of my ability but to also incorporate my findings into my actual job. "Rather than simply learning the basics of how to use a technology tool, teachers must learn how to use the tool to improve teaching and learning in their classrooms” (Jones, 2007, p. 37). While completing this assignment, it was helpful to refer to the discussion board postings so that I was able to get other student’s opinions and reassure myself that I was correctly completing the assignment. According to Richardson, co-creation is the norm for work forces today and will be in the future as well. So by working with others we are practicing a very important skill in which our students will also need to be able to use. "Our students will live and work in a world where co-creation is the norm, and there is much to teach them about that process.” (Richardson, 2007, p. 97).

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">One of the best things that I can say I have learned as a result of not only this assignment, but this program as well is that each and every one of us no matter what occupation we hold should strive to continue to learn. Students are not the only ones that should be learning. Each and every occupation faces changes and those who chose to be proactive and stay ahead of the game by learning as much as they possibly can are much more successful than those who wait until someone comes along and forces them to take some type of continuing education. For many years, I held the opinion that I had mastered teaching and that other than advancements in technology I was pretty much set as a teacher. I now know that the very reason that I was lacking motivation to improve was simply due to my lack of continuing to educate myself. The only question in which I still have as a result of this assignment is what becomes more of a priority in the eyes of TEA, student STAAR scores or teacher STaR scores? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Jones, E. (2007). Strategies to put instruction ahead of technology. //Principal Leadership//, //7//(6), 35-38. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Price, B. (2005). Who’s in control of the technology-integrated school? //Principal Leadership//, //6//(1), 51-56. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Richardson, W. (2007). The seven Cs of learning: A new c-change in education. //District Administration//, //43//(3), 97. || ||