Tech+Literacy+Levels+for+Educators

[credit to Jared Bell of SD60, Peace River North for this List]

=SD60 Technology Learning Passport= **Technology Learning Passport for School District 60** (Inspired by @http://educationalparadigms.blogspot.com/2010/06/10-things-all-teachers-should-know-how.html) Which of the following can you confidently do? Which of the following would you like to learn in the upcoming year? What would you add to the list? The following three levels and their skills can be used for a quick self assessment about your technology skills. The list adapted into a rubric form may also be used to help guide future technology teachers/staff hiring in SD60 schools.

**Basic**

> > > **Intermediate**
 * 1) Learn basic physical computer troubleshooting
 * 2) Be able to log in to a Windows or Mac computer
 * 3) Use BCESIS/Windsor for attendance and report cards
 * 1) Use email, calendar and documents for communication
 * 1) Effectively manage files and folder on computer and network
 * 2) Discover menus and tools of programs
 * 3) Back up work (not personal media) to network
 * 4) Connect to a projector, Smartboard, document camera
 * 5) Access content on a district Moodle site
 * 6) Setup/connect to a new printer
 * 7) Create, manage, update and reset your passwords
 * 1) Download pictures from a device to a computer
 * 2) Attend a webcast via Elluminate (or other web meeting software) for content specific educational presentation (e.g. [])
 * 3) Be Web Literate (Alan November Web Literacy for Educators)

**Advanced**
 * 1) Subscribe to an RSS Feed using a browser or a reader (try starting with [|www.leadership.prn.bc.ca])
 * 2) [|Bookmark], tag and [|annotate] websites in the Cloud ([|diigo], [|delicious])
 * 3) Create and use a Blog ([|edublogs.org], [|wordpress.com])
 * 4) Create and use a [|Wiki site], or a Moodle Course (wikispaces, [|pbworks], District [|Moodles])
 * 5) Create [|hyperlinks] (in e-mail, at blogs, websites and wikis)
 * 6) Create a [|PDF file][| for][|Free]
 * 7) Capture, Remix and upload Photos (free of copyright restrictions, [|flickr], [|picasa])
 * 8) Capture, Remix and upload Audio/Video
 * 9) Use a collaborative file sharing system with colleagues or students (Google Docs, [])
 * 10) Personal Learning Network: Locate and Participate in Social Networks on [|Education], __[|Useful Tech Tools for Learning]__, 21st Century Learning and content-specific Education Sites (twitter, [|1:1 educators on twitter], [|CEET Ning], participate in #edchat on twitter etc).
 * 11) Participate in a scholarly discussion via Elluminate (or other web meeting software) for content specific educational presentation
 * 12) Communicate appropriately with parents and students via email
 * 13) Set up your own Elluminate Classroom via Learnnowbc.ca ([])
 * 1) Utilize [|Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy] when creating lessons (Andrew Churches)
 * 2) Design of Lessons including Technology ([|UDL], Pedagogy, start with Why)
 * 3) Build and maintain a dynamic Moodle Course with Forums, Assignments, Quizzes etc.
 * 4) Embed Content (Youtube, Slideshare, Scribd etc) into blog, moodle, wiki
 * 5) Project based learning with technology (authentic tasks, webquests, etc)
 * 6) Action Research projects about or using technology
 * 7) Teach in a hybrid classroom via Elluminate with students in your room as well as students at a distance
 * 8) Facilitate or Present on a content specific educational topic via Elluminate ([|CEET])
 * 9) Use feedback tools in and out of class such as [|wallwisher.com], SMS/web polling [|www.polleverywhere.com/], Twitter backchannel #mrbellsclass, Google Forms for surveys, [|Google Moderator]
 * 10) Teach and share freely with other learning community members in formal and informal settings on all the above!