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**Technology in the School of the Future** Final Portfolio As you have seen, the goal for this course is to provide you the opportunity to learn new technology tools and reflect on how they can improve your professional practice. The most important part of the course is not the acquisition of as many technology skills as possible, but instead, to purposefully select and apply technology tools that fit. To that end, the final project for the course is an interactive portfolio documenting your growth (baby steps apply!) towards the NETS-T Standards presented the first day of class. Here are some specifics: We all work in different contexts, so I deliberately steered clear of any sort of ‘one size fits all’ format for this assignment. The purpose of this final project is to allow you to show growth toward established instructional technology standards.
 * Show growth in ** 5 of the NETS Standards **. The most effective way to do this would probably be to select one indicator from each to focus on, although multiple indicators are acceptable.
 * In order to show growth, utilize at least ** 3 distinct technology tools ** covered in the course and implement them in some manner in your professional practice (or develop a prototype that you would like to use). Then, reflect on how each has moved you forward toward a NETS Standard. When reflecting on the experience, it is OK if it was not entirely successful – just take the opportunity to explain the shortcomings and how you might improve it in the future.
 * Your portfolio should include ** artifacts of your experiences **. Present documents, assignments, any student work that applies. I suggest using one of the various Google applications (documents or presentations) that are applicable, although you may choose to use another technology utilized in the class. Whatever you choose should allow the rest us to interact/collaborate with your portfolio.
 * Your portfolio will be presented on the last day of class.