MTT Exam Competency 001

Robert W. Young, Jr.

University of Texas, Brownsville

Competency 001

The Master Technology Teacher demonstrates knowledge and application of technology-related terminology and concepts, hardware, software, data-input strategies, and ethical practices, and knows how to acquire, analyze, and evaluate digital information from the Internet and other sources.

The Master Technology Teacher:

1. Knows technology-related terminology and concepts.

2. Demonstrates an understanding of the appropriate use of hardware components and software applications.

3. Knows how to use input and output devices when using selected digital technologies (e.g., text, graphics, animation, video, sound, Internet applications).

4. Identifies and demonstrates knowledge of how to create, use, manipulate, and exchange digital file formats (e.g., text, image, video, audio) between applications and/or platforms.

The Master Technology Teacher:

5. Demonstrates knowledge of criteria (e.g., quality, appropriateness, effectiveness, efficiency) for evaluating productivity and authoring tools for selection, acquisition, and use.

6. Knows how to facilitate the use of integrated technologies in foundation and enrichment curricular content.

7. Demonstrates knowledge and application of strategies for searching (e.g., keyword, Boolean, natural, language), locating, and acquiring information from electronic resources (e.g., collaborative software, the Internet, intranets).

8. Knows how to organize, store, and retrieve electronic information found in various formats (e.g., text, graphic, video, audio).

The Master Technology Teacher:

9. Knows how to identify and evaluate information acquired from primary and secondary sources for accuracy, relevancy, and content validity by accessing, researching, and comparing data from multiple sources (e.g., the Internet, encyclopedias, databases).

10. Demonstrates knowledge of the acceptable use of electronic information and products while in an individual classroom, lab, or on the Internet or an intranet.

11. Demonstrates knowledge of copyright laws and violations and of ethical issues (e.g., fair use, patents, and trademarks; computer hacking; computer piracy; computer vandalism; intentional virus setting; invasion of privacy) when using, manipulating, and/or editing electronic data.

The Master Technology Teacher:

12. Knows how to obtain and cite the source of print and digital information from a variety of resources (e.g., the Internet; encyclopedias; databases; libraries of images in a variety of formats including text, audio, video, and graphics).

13. Demonstrates respect for intellectual property and understands the ethical acquisition and use of digital information (e.g., citing sources using established methods).

Terminology

Terminology

Experience counts. Broad & shallow.

Data Terminology

Bits Bytes Kilobytes (Kb) Megabytes (Mb) Gigabyte (Gb) Terabyte (Tb) Random Access Memory (RAM)

Operating System (OS) Terminology

Digital Operating System (DOS) Graphic User Interface (GUI) WYSIWYG (whizzgy) QWERTY

Windows Terminology

System Tray (Sys tray)

Task BarQuick Launch

Start Menu

Task Manager

OOPS! Now What? Control + Alt + Delete

Further Review

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ http://www.wikipedia.org/ Education & Microsoft software Tutorials

http://www.microsoft.com/education/Tutorials.mspx Microsoft AccessabilityTutorials

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/default.aspx

Applications

Hardware Applications

Can you operate: A printer on a network? A scanner? A digital camera Photo editing software? (Photoshop) Video editing software? (Windows Movie Maker)

Software Applications

Can you use: Photo editing software? (photoshop) Video editing software? (Windows Movie Maker) Word processor? (MS Word) Presentation Software? (Power Point)

Applications

Knows how to use input and output devices when using selected digital technologies (e.g., text, graphics, animation, video, sound, Internet applications).

Applications

Identifies and demonstrates knowledge of how to create, use, manipulate, and exchange digital file formats (e.g., text, image, video, audio) between applications and/or platforms.

Review & Evaluation

Should We Buy It?

Quality Appropriateness Effectiveness Efficiency

Tech Integration

Tech Integration

Supports Curricular Goals Four key components of learning:

Active engagement Participation in groups Frequent interaction Feedback, and connection to real-world experts.

Further Review

http://www.edutopia.org/tech-integration http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/

Search

Strategies FOR Searching

Keyword Boolean Natural Language

Further Review

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/strat/ http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?

page=searchguides.html&ctx=advanced&hl=en

Formats

File Extensions

*.exe *.doc *.ppt *.txt

Visual Media Terminology

Pixels *.jpg *.gif Thumbnail

Research Sources

Know Your Sources

Primary Sources Original work

Secondary Sources Cite other sources Encyclopedia Reviews

Accuracy Relevancy Content validity

Copyright & Fair Use

Public Domain

Fair game for all. It mainly depends on when the item was written.

Before Jan. 1, 1923

Public Domain

1923-1978

Works published between Jan. 1, 1923 and Dec. 31, 1978

Registered copyright was not renewed. If the original copyright has been renewed, the

published works may be protected for a total of 95 years from date of first publication.

Before 1978, but Never Published

70 years after the death of the author. If the author died over 70 years ago, the copyright

in an unpublished work lasted until December 31, 2002.

If such a work was published before December 31, 2002, the copyright will last until December 31, 2047.

After 1978

Public domain 70 years after the author dies. If the work is a work for hire (that is, the work is

done in the course of employment or has been specifically commissioned)

Or is published anonymously or under a pseudonym

The copyright lasts between 95 and 120 years, depending on the date the work is published.

Fair Use

Basic Rule: When in doubt, get permission.

Character of Use Use

Fair Use Support for Fair

Use Copyright

Owner

Nonprofit Educational Personal

Criticism Commentary News reporting Parody Transformation

Commercial

Nature of the Work

Fair Use Support for Fair

Use Copyright

Owner

Fact  Published

A mixture of fact and imagination

Imaginative  Unpublished

How Will Work be Used

Fair Use Copyright Owner

Small amount More than a small

amount

Effect on Potential Market Value or Value of the Work

Fair Use Support for Fair

Use Copyright

Owner

Factors 1-3 favor fair use

Original is out of publication

There is no ready market

Copyright owner is unidentifiable

Competes with sales of original

Avoids payment of royalty

Further Review

Review & test for copyright & Fair Use. http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm#test

Guidelines for Education Multimedia http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm

Guidelines for Digital Images http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/imagguid.htm

Citations

Why Cite? It’s a pain in the rear!

Recognition of the work of others. Keeps authors honest Pre-digital Age Link

Plagiarism

The outright copying of the work of another person Using a direct quote without quotation marks Paraphrasing that does not depart substantially from the

original text A statement that represents the opinion of another who is

not identified Inclusion of not commonly known facts or unique information Reproduction of statistics, charts, or tables without giving

credit

Basic Format (APA)

Print Journal Author(s), (Year of Publication). Title of article. Journal

name, Volume (Issue), Pages.

Web Article Author(s), (Year of Publication). Title of article. Journal

name, Volume (Issue), Pages. Retrieved from Link

Further Review

http://lib.radford.edu/tutorial/VII/comp.asp http://lib.radford.edu/resources/handouts/

styleguides-apa.asp

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