Being technology savvy is a must in this day and age especially in an education setting. With video games being so prominent in kids lives these days, we as educators need to be able to bring some form of technology into the classroom in order to engage students and keep them intrigued. I am proud to say that my campus is technology savvy and technology is used every single day. From computer labs, to library, to PowerPoint’s, technology has a strong presence at my campus. I am from the new crop of educators that was brought up with technology and I know for a fact that will guide me as I implement certain technologies into my campus once I gain a principalship.
My assessment results for both the technology inventory and the SETDA building survey (we were to omit the Johnson survey) do show that myself and my campus are both strong in technology. However, our weakness indicated is that access to a lot of these technologies such as scanners and digital media is not plentiful. It is present on our campus however it is just not easily assessable as I would like. If one teacher is using something then another can’t so lesson plans need to be modified and certain contents are not getting the full grasp that the teacher would have hoped.
Both of these surveys were very informative as they not only let me see my skill level but also my campuses. From the SETDA building survey, I do see that I need to learn how to link technology to campus data in order to show teachers how to improve student performance. I also need to learn about technology funding and how that ties into the overall campus technology goal. All in all I would say these surveys were very helpful in letting me see positives and negatives on my campus. It is now just a matter of learning much more in order to turn those negatives into positives.
Profiling Educational Technology Integration (PETI) SETDA/Metiri Resources for Assessing Readiness & Use. (2004). Retrieved November 21, 2009, from Suite of Tools: http://www.setda-peti.org/tools.html
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Steven I do agree that being a younger teacher allowsyou to bond more with your students. It also allows you to be more open minded than others. Because of this there are less mental barriers for you to overcome in the classroom.
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