Technology in Teacher Education -Nevada (TITE-N), through its Partners Consortium, works to increase the proficiency of pre-service teachers in applying modern technology to K-12 instruction in the College of Education
at the University of Nevada, Reno.

E-mail Debbie at: kiwi.qt@lycos.net

Anticipated graduation date: December 2004

Major: English Secondary Education

Technology skills:
My skills are on a very basic level. I e-mail (all the time), I have created and used my own spreadsheets, I have integrated graphics with word processing to create flyers and cards, I have used preprogrammed databases (I have a recipe program and a GRE prep program), I can create graphs and charts, I can navigate through the databases available through the library NEON program, and I can beat spider solitaire using all four decks!

My technology examples:
I took a basic computer class at ISU and had to do a small PowerPoint presentation. I can create simple spreadsheets and graphs and charts which I had to do for a biology lab at ISU. I have never created a webpage.

Setting up a Gradebook Using an Excel Spreadsheet - Fall 2004 STIC technology seminar presented with Shelby Young

Download the Excel file and the Word Document for the first presentation
Download the Excel file and the Word Documents (1 | 2 | 3) for the second presentation

How I plan on integrating technology into my teaching:
Right now I anticipate that I will integrate technology in my teaching in four areas:

1. As a personal record-keeping/monitoring device. Things such as keeping grades, recording student information, creating and storing lesson plan ideas, and keeping a personal journal of my teaching experiences.

2. As a resource to accumulate ideas and information to enhance my lessons. Using the Internet and email to join listservs and groups to share and gather ideas for lessons, to surf the net for ideas and information and to locate and compile educational resources. Also creating PowerPoint presentations for class.

3. To expand students' horizons. Encouraging students to become computer savvy so that they can also use the Internet to find and utilize information and in research (there are some really great sites out there that encourage creativity and learning)--this includes helping students evaluate sites for accuracy and reliability, and teaching them how to narrow and widen searches.

4. To strengthen basic English skills. E-mail is a form of writing that many students engage in without seeing it as a chore, finding fun sites requires reading skills, spelling skills and comprehension skills. Learning about authors makes their books more interesting. Using a word processor to create papers is a basic skill that students should be utilizing by the time they reach high school.

I hope to become more aware of the resources and skills that computers have to offer through the STIC program. I expect this list to greatly expand.