V.+Productivity+and+Professional+Practice

=TF-V. Productivity and Professional Practice= Educational technology facilitators apply technology to enhance and improve [|personal productivity] and professional practice. Educational technology facilitators:

 A. Use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning. Candidates:
 * 1) identify resources and participate in professional development activities and professional technology organizations to support ongoing professional growth related to technology.
 * 2) disseminate information on district-wide policies for the professional growth opportunities for staff, faculty, and administrators.

B. Continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning. Candidates:
 * 1) continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning.

C. Apply technology to increase productivity. Candidates:
 * 1) model advanced features of word processing, desktop publishing, graphics programs, and utilities to develop professional products.
 * 2) assist others in locating, selecting, capturing, and integrating video and digital images in various formats for use in presentations, publications, and/or other products.
 * 3) demonstrate the use of specific-purpose electronic devices (such as graphic calculators, language translators, scientific probeware, or electronic thesaurus) in content areas.
 * 4) use a variety of distance learning systems and use at least one to support personal/professional development.
 * 5) use instructional design principles to develop hypermedia and multimedia products to support personal and professional development.
 * 6) select appropriate tools for communicating concepts, conducting research, and solving problems for an intended audience and purpose.
 * 7) use examples of emerging programming, authoring or problem-solving environments that support personal/professional development.
 * 8) set and manipulate preferences, defaults, and other selectable features of [|operating systems]and productivity tool programs commonly found in PK-12 schools.

D. Use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community to nurture student learning. Candidates:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">model the use of telecommunications tools and resources for information sharing, remote information access, and multimedia/hypermedia publishing in order to nurture student learning.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">communicate with colleagues and discuss current research to support instruction, using applications including electronic mail, online conferencing, and Web browsers.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">participate in online collaborative curricular projects and team activities to build bodies of knowledge around specific topics.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">design, develop, and maintain Web pages and sites that support communication between the school and community.

**Teacher Facilitators should be aware of various productivity tools, use these tools to improve productivity in their district, and deliver professional development for teachers.**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**//__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">TF should be familiar with the folllowing: __//**
 * * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**word processing**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**desktop publishing**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**spreadsheets**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**databases**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**presentations**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**drawing**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**graphics/photo editing**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**video conferencing**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**discussion forums**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**blogs**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**learning management systems**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**wikis (collaborative writing spaces)**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**podcasting** || * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**video editing**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**sound editing/composing**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**concept mapping**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**computer-assisted design**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**modeling/visualization**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**virtual reality/3D rendering**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**animation**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**collaborative meeting spaces**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**online document sharing** || * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**calendar**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**project management**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**puzzle makers**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**test/survey makers**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**rubric makers**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**web authoring**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**web browsers/search engines**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**telecommunication tools**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**email**
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">**instant messaging/chat** ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">(page 102) **

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