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My technology: Mystery Science https://mysteryscience.com/energy/energy-motion-electricity The technology I chose to focus on is an academic website dedicated to elementary science education. It contains units ranging from the water cycle to the human anatomy. The units are organized kindergarten through 5th grade. Each unit is broken into a series of lessons. Each lesson is segmented into an exploratory video, a hands on activity, and extra resources/activities. It is a pay site with a free trial option. Standard 6:  Uses educational technology to promote student thinking/reflection to clarify students’ conceptual understanding https://mysteryscience.com/weather/mystery-1/water-cycle-phases-of-matter/46?r=21781150 The exploratory portion of the lessons on this website begin by having the students watch a video. The videos are engaging and ask open ended thought provoking questions. A couple of examples of questions from the exploratory video in the 3rd grade Stormy Skies...

New insights gained about technological literacy.  The definition and my understanding: As defined by the ITEEA technological literacy is one's ability to use, manage, evaluate and understand technology. In my classroom, I try to incorporate technology as much as possible. The students, and myself, have no issues  USING  digital technology. We use Lexia, Fastmath, Weebly educational games, and the digital resource library offered by the AEA on a daily basis. Why I cringe at anyone who calls themselves a technologically literate person is because I find Managing and Evaluating  technology to be overwhelming. As stated in the article by Koehler and Mishra digital technology is unstable (rapidly changing). When I feel like I have evaluated a resource thoroughly enough for my students to use it it seems as though that resource changes, gets a new edition, or is no longer available. For a person to become technologically literate they must be able to adapt as r...