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I took an assessment testing my knowledge of technology as an educator on etoolkit.org. When I got the results I took a picture of them and saved the image as a JPEG file and uploaded it onto my blog. I also researched one of the NETS-T standards, I chose NETS-T 2 and I found an article about a great digital program that helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses and helps them to meet the individual needs of every student. The article mentions that the program was designed for students in special education, but it can benefit students and teachers in general education as well. I reflected on the research I found about current practice with technology in education on my blog.

I chose the NETS-T standard 2: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments because it seemed to be the standard that I would have the most difficulty with given my level of knowledge and experience in the use of technology.  The aspect of that standard that I decided to find resources on was the third point which says: I develop and use digital tools to effectively differentiate content process, and product for students in order to meet their individual learning needs and preferences. The reason I was interested in that particular aspect is because I strongly believe that meeting the individual learning needs of all students should be the most important goal in teaching. An article about RTI titled RTI: Not just for special education

Data-driven approach to instruction is finding its way into general education, too

By Laura Devaney, Senior Editor

Professional development for data-driven improvement

Apr 16th, 2009, was one of the resources that I found in that specific category that was very informative and interesting. I learned a wealth of information about the interesting and clever ways that technology and a system that was primarily considered for Special Education can be used to make vast improvements in general education. I would love to go on and share a lot of what I learned and find fascinating, but to keep it short and simple I will just add the link to the article and let you venture there on your own if you are interested. I will leave you with a couple of points about one program that is offered in the RTI system. There is a program that offers feedback to the student as they are working on a skill so that they can easily self-correct which I believe is a major help to the teacher in the area of time management and to the student in the area of self-reliance and discovery of their learning progress.

The skills program should also help students to make vast improvements in their abilities to retain content skills. When students learn content in the classroom it is often difficult to gauge how well they are retaining that material, and many times students who appear to understand what is being taught may not be able to carry with them that same level of knowledge later because the skill of holding on to learning material has not been sharpened yet. Well, the skills program in RTI assists the student in sharpening their ability to retain information by providing the necessary areas to work on when they are attempting to strengthen their skills. Students need immediate intervention when the skill is still fresh in their mind. Teachers are not able to provide each individual student with that kind of assistance in the time frame the student needs them to, and once that time frame has been passed up it is difficult for the student to revisit the content skill and try to follow feedback from the teacher. A student can improve the hard way, with support from the teacher later in the year, but it would be much more beneficial for students to have access to a program like this with immediate and ongoing support. Unfortunately, very few schools can afford a systematic approach like this because of the costly expenses that go along with the program. Many schools with low budgets are filled with students whose educational potential suffers greatly due to the deficit and lack of financial support.

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