Describe your technology strengths and
weaknesses. As an educator, how do you plan to use your technology strengths?
What do you feel you need to do to overcome your weaknesses. What would you like
to learn about technology in order to improve your instructional strategies?
I think that I have a few different technology strengths and weaknesses. One of my strengths is that I have a good knowledge of a variety of programs and technologies. Like many people, I use technology in countless ways every day. It makes my life easier and I feel relatively technologically savvy as a result. I think my main strength is that I see the value and power of technology and I'm willing to learn more about new aspects I'm not familiar with yet.
As far as weaknesses go, I often feel overwhelmed by the pace at which technology is growing nowadays. It is hard to keep up with all of the new technology available and the tools that go along with it. I also think that while I am willing to learn new things with respect to technology, I tend to get stuck in a rut, using only technologies that I am familiar with instead of delving in to new ones.
As an educator, I think that my technological savvy will be a valuable strength in helping my students. Since I am already familiar with a variety of tools, I plan on sharing those tools with my students. I think that being open to learning about new technology will be invaluable to me as an educator. Educators today must be open to discovering and teaching students about new technology in order to prepare them for the future.
Education and training will be key in helping me overcome my weaknesses. By learning about unfamiliar technology through this course and others like it, I will probably not be so overwhelmed by the resources available. I will also likely discover the ways in which I can incorporate technology into my future library. Being reluctant to explore new technologies is somewhat a personality trait of mine, and it's something that I will just have to work on. Again, building my knowledge and skill level with a greater variety of technology will probably make me feel more comfortable using it.
I would like to learn practical ways to incorporate technology into my classroom or library. I need to see clear examples of how to use different programs in an instructional setting so that I can understand how to implement technology in a meaningful way. I would also like to learn about new technologies and tools so that I can become comfortable with them and then incorporate them into my instructional strategies.
