Blog Post 1: My Strengths and Weaknesses in Technology as an Educator

Question: As an educator, what are your present strengths and weaknesses in technology? How do you plan to use your strengths? How do you plan to address the weaknesses?

I feel that I am pretty strong in my knowledge and use of technology. My greatest strength as an educator in technology is my willingness and enjoyment of trying out and experimenting with any new technology that I come across. In 5001, we were given a list of numerous Web 2.0 technology applications. I was familiar with most of them. The few I wasn't familiar with, I was able to figure out fairly quickly with just a bit of experimentation.

My greatest weakness in technology as an educator probably is the fact that because I am familiar with so many different types of technology, I would have a hard time deciding on just a few to concentrate on with students. If I offered too many options, some students may become overwhelmed and frustrated.

I plan to use my strengths to continue to explore and experiment with new technologies so that I am able to have a good understanding of where many of my students may be coming from with regards to technological knowledge.

I plan to address my weakness by being very careful in selecting which technologies to share and teach with my students. Perhaps choosing particular technologies which offer the most educational benefit for the particular project my students may be working on at the time.