tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20103655.post98146429975338005..comments2023-06-18T02:43:38.768-07:00Comments on EdTech from the Valley: Top 50 Skills the Tech Savvy Educator Needs to HaveKyle Brumbaughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18413242430252219403noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20103655.post-41734696558141331702010-12-23T00:58:00.792-08:002010-12-23T00:58:00.792-08:00Wow this is great new. This having nice informatio...Wow this is great new. This having nice information’s . Thanks for the nice news best complement from esllanguagesLearn English abroadhttp://www.esl-languages.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20103655.post-54111174082014411032010-05-25T03:07:53.620-07:002010-05-25T03:07:53.620-07:00I thinks that the most common thing the Tech Savvy...I thinks that the most common thing the Tech Savvy Educator should possess are the skills to troubleshoot the common problems with the gadgets.computer troubleshootinghttp://www.computertooslow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20103655.post-84810083502466060372010-01-02T10:28:59.002-08:002010-01-02T10:28:59.002-08:00I know this comment is a long time in coming, but ...I know this comment is a long time in coming, but I saved this list for a time when I could think about it some more. The list of skills seemed like a great idea and so this year (2010) I decided to look it over and make it a springboard for my own list. This got me thinking more and so I wrote my own blog post which I am posting here also. Thanks for your though provoking and helpful ideas.<br /><br />___________________<br />All Teachers Really Need to Know about Technology…<br /><br />Is it possible that most of what teachers need to know in order to effectively use technology is “soft” knowledge, which is basically impossible to teach in the tradtional sense, but is picked up with use? Can they learn it all, or most of it, by using Facebook?<br /><br />I started this list because I was reading a blog post by Kyle Brumbaugh called the 50 Tech Skills the Tech Savvy Educator needs to have http://edtechvalley.blogspot.com/2008/12/top-50-skills-tech-savvy-educator-needs.html and I realized that even though I consider myself tech savvy I don’t know some of them! However, it is pretty easy for me to figure out how to learn these things. I didn’t know how to turn on Google Safe Search, but I did know how to get to an advanced search and figure it out. <br /><br />I decided that I don’t agree with Kyle about the skills a teacher needs to know. Knowing how to do a Google Safe Search doesn’t help teachers when Google moves the link or changes the process or if the teacher uses a different search engine. Teachers don’t need to know how to word process or step by step how to make a spreadsheet. We tried teaching them all of this and then a few years later they came back to us and said that they still need training. Most of the time teachers forget how to do things because they don’t use them right away after they are trained and they have no skills for figuring it out themselves. I thought that making sure they had the software or the equipment to use right after the training would help, but still the new learning would not get used right away and a month later they were back saying they needed more training.<br /><br />I think that Technology PD needs to be related to what teachers are doing anyway (either enhancing the curriculum or enhancing their lives (Facebook, personal slideshows) <br /><br />As a Technology Instructional Partner I can also secretly be figuring out ways to teach them the “soft” skills that will help them figure things out themselves and even help them to think of possibilities. Here are some beginning thoughts. I would be interested in your thoughts.<br /><br />1. How to figure out things you want to know, but don’t. (i.e. for me how to turn on Google Safe Search)<br />• how to ask questions that will get you someplace<br />• certain tech vocabulary can help (preferences, fyi, options, tools, etc…)<br />• how to edit your own privacy settings on a website<br />2. How to collaborate online.<br />• it is OK to edit someone elses work-the concept of “history” of a website<br />• Using Wikis, Blogs, Google Docs and Spreadsheets<br />• CAPITOLs means yelling.<br />3. How to keep kids save while using the Internet<br />• decode URLs<br />• how to deal with copyright-where to find the info.<br />• basic safety rules (use of names, personal information, what to do if…, )<br />4. How to deal with tech frustration and overload<br />• dealing with passwords<br />• it is OK to take baby steps, but not OK to stop<br />• When tension rises put technology aside. It will make sense or work tomorrow or later. <br />• photo and video management<br />5. Concepts<br />• embedding<br />• shared workspace<br />• backchanneling/multitasking<br />communication through images, video, etc… not just words<br /><br />My post is at http://malahinitx.blogspot.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20103655.post-65691864966615632502008-12-31T08:04:00.000-08:002008-12-31T08:04:00.000-08:00Wouldn't it be great if we were at the point that ...Wouldn't it be great if we were at the point that we could ignore these and ask questions only about what the candidate has done to integrate technology in the classroom... But this is certainly a good starting place to weed out people who have no clue about technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20103655.post-58137408108859071172008-12-29T21:57:00.000-08:002008-12-29T21:57:00.000-08:00Great posting Kyle. I would say that your Top Skil...Great posting Kyle. I would say that your Top Skills should be added to the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP). Also these skills should be learned and taught by all professors in teacher credentialing programs. I have often found in my current Masters program that I am considerably more knowledgeable and skilled at using technology, Web 2.0 primarily, than every single one of my professors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com