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6.

3 Field Experiences
Candidates engage in appropriate field experiences to synthesize and apply the content and
professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in these standards.. (PSC 6.3/ISTE
6c)

ARTIFACT: Field Experiences

Throughout the instructional technology Ed.S. program, each course required unstructured and
structured field experiences. While this reflection notes all of the field experiences, several of
them involve presenting at educational technology conferences. In particular, presenting at
Florida’s Educational Technology Conference (FETC) is one of those instances of an
unstructured field experience. This is a conference that hosts presenters and attendees from
across the United States geared towards the exchange of information and discourse around
education technology. This unstructured field experience included the development and creation
of two presentations Layering with Adobe Spark and Interactive Google Forms. Although there
were multiple participants within each session and the aforementioned field experience logs,
each presentation was completed independently.

The presentations that were developed for FETC and the execution of the other documented field
logs demonstrated the ability to engage in field experiences to synthesize and apply the content
of professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in these standards. For each log,
including the FETC presentations, a description is provided, along with the knowledge, skills,
and dispositions that were necessary to complete each experience. Each log also identifies how it
aligns to PSC and ISTE standards.

Similar to the Weebly Portfolio reflection, each field experience log indicates the actions that
were taken to apply the knowledge, skills, and dispositions obtained during each course. Each
experience details how I was able to support students and educators in various activities as an
instructional technology coach. As with any action that impacts others, I would like to receive
feedback from those involved in each field experience if given additional opportunities.
Feedback is the fuel to reflecting, pivoting, and improving and there is always room for
additional, deeper analyses of pedagogical practices.

Although there were many field experience logs similar to the presentations for FETC, each of
the other logs vary in different ways. Some of the experiences directly correlate to student and
faculty improvement whereas many others require a closer look to see their impacts. Essentially,
it is my hope that no matter whether students understanding of skill was directly impacted or if
my coaching skills aided a teacher to improve on their practices, each experience was beneficial
in some capacity.

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