Your EdTech Align scores at a Glance

Each recommended level of proficiency is based on research studies in the field of educational technology.

Creativity

This CREATIVITY dimension assesses your ability to integrate technology creatively in your teaching. CREATIVITY and technology are intertwined concepts that enhance engagement and promote critical thinking skills. Using emerging technology in the classroom can improve differentiation so all students learn at their own level. Multimedia technologies allow for authentic real-world problems to make learning relatable. Additionally, a creative and immersive lesson motivates students to learn and can result in a better-managed classroom. Embracing your creativity through the use of technology will make a measurable difference in your classroom environment and the learning outcomes of your students.

Your Creativity score is 90 (Moderate Proficiency). You are progressive with technology and have a vast understanding of creative ways to motivate students. Your lessons focus on experiences that make learning fun and interesting. You have the opportunity to extend your understanding and dive deeper into creativity.

Citizenship

This CITIZENSHIP dimension measures your competency level in teaching digital citizenship to your students. Digital citizenship is about more than online safety. It’s about creating thoughtful, empathetic digital citizens who can wrestle with important ethical questions at the intersection of technology and humanity. As a teacher, you could help students recognize the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world. Meanwhile, you could encourage students to apply critical thinking to all the media they use and consume; and to learn how to evaluate all these things ethically and effectively.

Your Citizenship score is 75 (Low Proficiency). You may not be aware of the importance of digital citizenship. Lack of digital citizenship or poor digital citizenship can result in cyberbullying, irresponsible usage of social media, sharing sensitive personal details, lack of knowledge of Internet safety, and being insensitive to cultural differences.

Digital Literacy

This DIGITAL LITERACY dimension measures your fluency in a digital society - both how you use and teach it. Much of the communication and information in our daily lives is facilitated by computer devices and the Internet. Navigating the contents of the internet - including news, multimedia, and social media - requires users to access, interact, discern, evaluate, learn, and create digital information safely and intelligently. Digital literacy involves critical thinking and combines technological and cognitive skill sets as you utilize edtech and research, create, evaluate, and communicate information.

Your Digital Literacy score is 87 (Moderate Proficiency). You realize the importance of digital literacy and encourage students to troubleshoot problems they encounter, triangulate information they find on the web, and stay safe online. However, you realize there is more you can do to help improve your own digital literacy as well as that of your students.

Pedagogy

This PEDAGOGY dimension centers on the purposeful and effective integration of technology into professional practice for face-to-face, hybrid, and fully-online learning. This dimension measures how you leverage technology for teaching, learning, collaboration, productivity, and communication. Improving the integration of technology into your pedagogy requires lifelong learning, and often involves research, trial and error, reflection, learning from others, and sharing your technological pedagogical expertise with the larger community.

Your Pedagogy score is 71 (Low Proficiency). You may feel uncomfortable with technology or not be sure about how to integrate edtech tools or digital workflows into your instruction. Your confidence in using technology may need a boost. Be an active learner. Try to learn from resources such as tutorial videos on the web and others in your institution. Slowly try to use new technologies where you can - the more hands-on time you put in with technology, the more comfortable you will feel.

Leadership

This LEADERSHIP dimension measures your ability to advance the edtech competencies of other professionals at your institution. Effective leaders research and share best practices with their colleagues, advocate for equitable access to resources, and collaborate with decision-makers to influence educational technology policy and manage innovation diffusion.

Your Leadership score is 71 (Low Proficiency). Your impact on educational technology initiatives at your institution is not yet recognized by decision makers. You are considered a competent technology user but have not engaged in research, management, or advocacy activities to share best practices with other professionals.