Strengths & Weaknesses

Through out my educational career I have learned bits and pieces of technology along the way. Some of the technology that I have learned have become strengths and some that I haven't had the opportunity to practice as often have become a weakness of mine.
When looking through the UNI Preservice Teacher Technology Competencies, I came to realize that there is so much more to learn, according to the questions I am an apprentice in most of the categories that were listed among the survey. One of the questions; Use audio/visual resources (audiotapes, videos or slides) to access information and analyze the authority, accuracy, currency, and relevance; because of this class and the practice from making our vidcast and our digital story as made it so that I can say that I am an expert in this area. I have been able to help construct with a partner a video that taught the subject matter in a quick and easy way that would be impossible for a teacher to show that subject matter to a student with out technology to help.
One of my weaknesses would have to be a smart board. So many of my peers were able to interact with a smart board in their classrooms while in field. I didn't have the opportunity to interact with one. Due to my inexperience I would have to say that that would be one of my weaknesses. Although my cooperating teacher didn't have a smart board in her classroom she did integrate technology into many of the lessons that she taught using her projector to show the kids virtual tours from the web and to use her ELMO to show the kids their actual text book material to them in class.
When reading the NETS for teacher, I found that I do have many strengths, or at least understand how to integrate all of the subjects that are mentioned as a technology standards and performance indicator. I would say that my one strength in the criteria set will have to be demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies. With out this class to continue my education into the current technologies that are in the world I think that it will be difficult to learn and understand new technologies that I don't know even exist.
One of my strengths found on the NETS would be apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences. This is a strength because the first thing that I think of when planning a lesson is; how can I integrate some type of technology into this lesson for my students to better understand it? I really enjoy seeing how technology can capture a students attention and teach them so much in a short period of time.