1. Salam Shuhaiber
ET 506/ Technology for Staff Development
September 30, 2012
Reflections of Dispositions
Salam Shuhaiber
American College of Education
ET 506: Technology for Staff Development
September 30, 2012
2. PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY
Systematic thinking is required
when developing and action plan The leadership skills can be
and evaluation framework when demonstrated in the development
trying to implement technology of an action plan and evaluation
successfully within a staff framework when creating
development presentation to make professional development
sure that extra expenses are not presentations would be to support
spent where expenses are not and encourage both teachers and
Technological staff their technological needs. I
needed. Proper management of
tools to would be able to succeed through
procedures and following
assist and my dedication of my job
implemented procedures will lower
supplement responsibilities and being able to
any overhead costs that may be
the properly delegate necessary tasks
allocated toward technology needs.
curriculum without over-compensating my
Finally, through planning and
staging the various steps when own delegating authorities.
implementing technology on Continuous planning, monitoring,
campus, I am able to educate and necessary shifting to make sure
myself on background knowledge that my job is done not only
needed to ensure my end goals in efficiently but also most important
technology are achieved and accurately
relayed during staff development
presentations.
3. HELPFUL ASSIGNMENT
Summative
“To measure the level of success or •Assigning a grade to a
proficiency that has been obtained at final project
the end of an instructional unit, by
•Critique of a staff
comparing it against some standard or presentation
benchmark” (Carnegie Mellon
Faculty, 2012). •Staff Course Evaluations
Formative
“To gather feedback that can be
used by the instructor and the
students to guide improvements in
the ongoing teaching and learning •Staff to submit one or two
context. These are low stakes sentences identifying the
assessments for students and main point of a lecture
instructors” (Carnegie Mellon
•Staff submit an outline for a
Faculty, 2012). paper.
•Early course evaluations
4. HELPFUL ASSIGNMENT
“Prezi is a cloud-based
presentation software that opens
up a new world between
whiteboards and slides”(Prenzi, FUN
2012).
EXPLORE
ZOOMABLE PRENZI.COM IDEAS
CANVAS
MAKE
CONNECTIONS
5. GOALS Create an interactive
curriculum for on
campus software
training, technology
Create a committee
tools, information
to create and
sharing, and various
increase various
types of technology
technology skills with
integration and
teachers
resources into the
curriculum
Apply in-house Professional
program of study
for training for
Development
teachers to be
guided through
various learning
activities in
technology
integration
Facilitate and carry
Facilitate and out various technology
monitor supported tool and software
training needed for training materials to
experienced teachers increase teacher time
who will mentor saving skills and
beginning teachers teacher efficiency in
and users the classroom when
developing curriculum
6. References
Carnegie Mellon Faculty. (2012). Whys and Hows of Assessments. Retrieved from Carnigie Mellon:
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/howto/basics/formative-summative.html
Prenzi.com. (2012). Retrieved September 22, 2012, from Prenzi Inc.: http://prezi.com/
