EdTech
Skills
As
part of the coursework for EPSY 343: Introduction to Educational
Technology, I put together the following e-porfolio of my
personal learning goals (which I developed at the beginning
of the Fall 2005 semester), as well as the online learning
master skills (as outlined by the instructor, Dr. Mike Young).
Goals/Skills
Rating Scale:
For
each of my personal goals and the online learning master
skills, I provide evidence that I have achieved the goal
or completed the skill. Additionally, I use the following
scale to rate my current level of ability within each area:
| Highly
Skilled |
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I
have successfully performed the goal/skill in several
different situations and I am confident that I could
do so in the context of a project for an employer. |
| Moderately
Skilled |
|
I
have successfully performed part or all of the goal/skill
in at least one situation, and I am confident that I
could do so again. |
| Minimally
Skilled |
|
I
have performed part or all of the skill with limited
success, and I am not confident that I could do so again. |
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Personal Goals:
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| Goal |
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 1.
Design a personal web page. |
Discussion:
I built this web site during the Fall 2005 semester
using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Although I'm far from
an expert, I've designed and developed about five or
six other web sites over the last eight years.
Evidence:
You're looking at it! Examples
of other web sites that I've developed include the Aerospace
Physiology Society web site and the Naval
Aviation Survival Training Program Subject Matter Expert
community of practice web site. Please note, I no
longer manager either of these sites.
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 2.
Sell something on eBay. |
Discussion:
At the beginning of the 2005 school year, I was very
excited about getting season tickets to the UConn football
games. I went ahead and purchased my ticket package,
which included two tickets to each of the eight games.
It was only after the first game that I discovered that
only UConn students can use these "student tickets"
-- something I did not know when I purchased the tickets.
So, being that I couldn't even bring my wife to the
games, I decided to sell the tickets on eBay.
Evidence:
My evidence includes a screen
capture of my eBay auction advertisement (.pdf)
and a screen
capture of the email from e-Bay (.pdf) saying that
my item sold. e-Bay really is an amazing tool. I purchased
my tickets for around $80 and sold them for over $100
(and that sale package only included five games). I
didn't go into this intending to make a profit (heck,
I just hoped to get some of my investment back), but
I ended up actually making money on the deal!
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 3.
Use Personal Response System (PRS) in a class. |
Discussion:
A PRS is a handheld, remote control-like device that
students can use in class to answer questions posed
by the teacher. From the first day that Dr. Young used
this device, I thought it was very cool and wanted to
try it out. I did just that in a group presentation
on academic cheating that I gave with three other teammates
for EPSY 342: Educational Tests and Measurement. We
used the PRS to ask the class survey questions during
the brief and quiz questions at the end of the presentation.
The system worked great (by shear luck!) and I think
it really enhanced our presentation.
Evidence:
My evidence includes a .pdf
document exported from the PRS which summarizes our
results . It shows the questions we used and the
students' answers. We created and ultimately used a
total of 15 questions for the presentation.
Note:
The only reason I have my skill level listed as "minimally
skilled" is because I had nothing but problems
getting the system to work in class; it kept crashing
my computer. Luckily, however, it worked during the
brief when we needed it to. That said, I'm not all that
confident that it would work again!
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| 4.
Convert our personal videos to DVD. |
Discussion:
My wife and I have numerous videos of our two kids on
Hi8 cassettes. My goal here was to figure out how to
burn them onto DVD. I was able to do this using Window's
MovieMaker. Once the video had been digitized in Moviemaker,
I was able to save it in different formats, including
as a .wmv and onto a DVD. I've actually only transferred
one short video clip to DVD (to prove that I could do
it), but now I need to sit down and get the other 20
or so done!
Evidence:
My evidence is a little "round about" but
includes three digital pictures of the DVD that I burned
playing on my computer (pic1,
pic2,
pic3).
If you look carefully in the second photo, you'll see
"InterVideo WinDVD 5" in the upper left hand
corner.
I've
also included another piece of evidence showing that
I was able to digitize this Hi8 video. It is a short
.wmv of me placing a 3-way call on my cell phone:
a)
Larger,
25 MB version
b) Smaller,
500 KB version
This
movie will also be used as evidence for online learning
master skill #9 below. If you don't already have it,
you might need to download
Windows Media Player to play this .wmv file.
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| 5.
Submit professional article online. |
Discussion:
By the end of the Fall 2005 semester I had hoped to
electronically submit an article on hypoxia
training to the journal Aviation, Space, and Environmental
Medicine. This is the primary professional journal
of aerospace medicine (my area of expertise in the Navy).
I wasn't able to finish the article during the semester,
so instead I submitted an abstract for a presentation
that I plan to give at the annual meeting in May 2006.
This submission process was completed 100% online (which
was very cool).
Evidence:
My evidence includes a screen
capture of the final review page (.pdf) on the electronic
submittal web site. Once I clicked "acknowledge
and continue" on this page, I received a confirmation
that my abstract had been sent. I've included a screen
capture of the confirmation page (.pdf) as well.
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Learning Master Skills:
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