Educational Technology Specialist CST December 11, 2006
Posted by mvalia in educational technology career.Tags: ed tech career, NYCDOE, testing
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For those interested in additional NY state technology certification, the certification office offers a content specialty test for Educational Technology Specialist. After taking the 90 question exam on Saturday, I was left with two questions:
1. When was this exam written?
One of the questions was “how do you help a teacher who has a dialup ISP and hears the modem make sounds but then loses her connection?” Maybe some schools upstate still have dialup, but I have the feeling this test was at least five years old. None of the questions made any references to current technology trends. Many surrounded CD-Roms and scientific probeware.
2. Why were there so little questions about technology hardware and software?
Most of the questions dealt with the ed-tech specialist’s interaction with staff and administration. Perhaps five questions asked about the actual technology.
Overall, I felt the test was fair and posed some critical thinking questions about what a specialitst would face in their everyday life on the job. The essay at the end was about helping students use technology to advertise a new school play.
The rest of the certifcation requires 12 credit hours in non-printed media.
[...] After a year at NYU to complete 12 credits of “non-printed media” coursework and the technology content specialty test, NY state has granted me a supplemental Educational Technology Specialist [...]
Thanks for this info. I’m taking the test in 2 weeks and have been searching everywhere for a study guide that doesn’t seem to exist. The one for CST/Praxis seems like it’s all tech questions which wasn’t my expectation of the exam…
Hi,
I was wondering if you could post some information about how to become a educational technology specialist in NY. Is there a degree requirement? or a certificate program is available?
Any insight and info is greatly appreciated.
Thanks