Module+2+Reflection

**Reflection Prompt**: How the artifacts in your Pre-Competencies Verification reflect your technology use as an educator? In light of your learning about TPACK, identify areas of improvement needed.

 Description: I recently completed a Wiki to compile all of my artifacts for my Pre-Competencies Verification for the IT program. My artifacts included a couple of websites I have used in my student teaching and as a substitute teacher, a newsletter, a website I created during my undergraduate degree, and a Civil Rights Project I developed. In compiling all these artifacts there were several things I noticed about my work, in particular which areas I needed to work on.

 Impact: In completing my verification, it became clear to me that my technology use does not reflect the skills I think should be necessary for an educator. I felt that they were more akin to those of a student. In all honesty, several of my artifacts were created when I was an undergraduate student more than two years ago. In the time since I graduated with my undergrad, I have yet to find a full time teaching position and have therefore been substitute teaching for a little over two years now in several Northeast Ohio districts. I think my lack of experience in the classroom and my limited interaction with many of the major educational technology tools have left me behind pace with others in this course who have a teaching position. I feel as though I have some ground to make up in order to improve my skill set.

 Intent: I intend to work hard in my graduate studies to maximize on my time and capitalize on improving my skill set. Also, as a substitute teacher, I plan to continue to push to utilize as much technology in the classrooms I am in as possible.