Below is a link to a Twitter chat from one of my graduate courses called emerging technology. With these chats, and chats in other classes I have taken, as well as the weekly blogs I have been able to connect with other educators both in my discipline/grade level and in other disciplines/grade levels. It has allowed me to engage in continual learning to deepen content and pedagogical knowledge in technology integration and current and emerging technologies necessary to effectively implement the NETS-S and NETS-T. I was able to learn about technology that other teachers have already tried, and this has helped me to prioritize my time on what new technology resources I should look at first. Many of these resources are research-based best practices in instructional design making the implementation easier. I was also able to share some of my resources and ideas with other. Throughout the semester I took a more active role by leading a few of these chats, like the one below. This professional discourse about content knowledge and student learning of content was a sharing of ideas that has been invaluable to my teaching career and I hope to continue to engage in throughout my lifetime.
Goal 4: Educators possess current academic content knowledge.
SOE Goals
a. demonstrate knowledge of their content area, including structure of the curriculum, the tools of inquiry, central concepts, and connections to other areas of knowledge (K)
b. connect the content area to other content areas and to practical situations encountered outside of the school. (S)
c. demonstrate commitment to professional discourse about content knowledge and student learning of content. (D)
ISTE Standards (NETS-C)
2c. Coach teachers in and model engagement of students in local and global interdisciplinary units in which technology helps students assume professional roles, research real-world problems, collaborate with others, and produce products that are meaningful and useful to a wide audience
2f. Coach teachers in and model incorporation of research-based best practices in instructional design when planning technology-enhanced learning experiences
6a. Engage in continual learning to deepen content and pedagogical knowledge in technology integration and current and emerging technologies necessary to effectively implement the NETS-S and NETS-T
SOE Goals
a. demonstrate knowledge of their content area, including structure of the curriculum, the tools of inquiry, central concepts, and connections to other areas of knowledge (K)
b. connect the content area to other content areas and to practical situations encountered outside of the school. (S)
c. demonstrate commitment to professional discourse about content knowledge and student learning of content. (D)
ISTE Standards (NETS-C)
2c. Coach teachers in and model engagement of students in local and global interdisciplinary units in which technology helps students assume professional roles, research real-world problems, collaborate with others, and produce products that are meaningful and useful to a wide audience
2f. Coach teachers in and model incorporation of research-based best practices in instructional design when planning technology-enhanced learning experiences
6a. Engage in continual learning to deepen content and pedagogical knowledge in technology integration and current and emerging technologies necessary to effectively implement the NETS-S and NETS-T