Focus

Identifying and locating appropriate technology is a preliminary step necessary for planning the use of technology on the classroom. That is my focus at present and will be "on-going", of course, but will lay the groundwork for scaffolding with students in the future. This is part of Standard 2 of the National Standards for Technology Education. I believe it is the most important part of the process, because a teacher needs to be thoroughly prepared when infusing visual learning with digital imagery and with Inspiration. Both of these media can be used by the teacher in planning curriculum, as well as having students become involved in projects such as concept mapping new vocabulary or categorizing words.