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 93 (High Proficiency). You are open to hearing and respectfully recognizing multiple viewpoints, and you encourage students to engage with others online with respect and empathy. Meanwhile, you are competent in teaching students to protect them from harmful content, cyberbullying, privacy risks, scams, and viruses.

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 67 (Low Proficiency). You may not feel literate when it comes to technology and the internet. That is okay! Digital literacy is a modern competency. A good way to prepare to teach digital literacy is to teach yourself. Consider searching the internet for websites and tutorial videos that explain digital literacy tips for how you can evaluate sources and stay safe online. Then, share the lessons you learn with 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 100 (High Proficiency). You expertly design your instruction around the effective and efficient use of technology in the classroom. You differentiate the learning materials, projects, and edtech tools you use in your lessons. Furthermore, you harness the power of technology to gather data and make data-driven decisions. You are a resource to your peers and you strive to be an edtech leader in your institution. You actively share your expertise with your educational community and participate in technology initiatives and opportunities that others may be intimidated by.

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 87 (Moderate Proficiency). You participate in research and management activities that inform decision makers about educational technology initiatives. You model best educational technology practices informally to your colleagues and are an active member of professional communities in the field.