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Week 2 Assignment, Part 2

Our STaR Chart scores were very good in all areas. However, I do believe we could make progress on our campus within the Educator Preparation and Development area. There are still many teachers who are not comfortable with technology. There is quite a lot of technology available to the educators in our district that is not taken used adequately.

On our campus, we have two full time professionals and one part time dedicated to taking care of our technology needs. One is tasked to handle maintenance on all of our electronics. One takes care of software education, and the part time technology person handles the network on our campus. Between these three people, our campus technology needs are handled.

Focusing on Educator Preparation and Development, however, usually comes from the tech person that handles our software education. We are notified weekly of current technology education that is upcoming. Also weekly, there are technology continuing education classes being held all over the district. We are notified electronically of all these upcoming classes. It is only a matter of the individual taking advantage of these classes to learn more about technology. Teachers on our campus can only blame themselves when they cannot use technology in a competent manner.

I believe that Frisco ISD is ahead of the majority of schools in Texas with Educator Preparation and Development. All school districts, both state and nationally are attempting to prepare their teachers for a 21st century educational environment. That environment will be heavily skewed toward technology. Teachers, both state and nationally will be required to keep pace with these developments in order to properly prepare students.

Week 1 Assignment, Part 4

The TEKS for the high school Desktop Publishing class can be used to understand how information flows in a circular or spiraling pattern. In this class students are expected to acquire information in electronic formats including text, audio, video, and graphics, citing the source under TEK 5(A) in the information acquisition strand of the TEKS. Under the problem-solving strand of the TEKS, the students under TEK 9(C) are expected to resolve information conflicts and validate information through accessing, researching, and comparing data. Clearly, if information is not acquired correctly or is incomplete then TEK 9(C) cannot be mastered. Students will not be able to solve information conflicts if the information is wrong or incomplete. Students will then have to revert back to TEK 5(A) to relearn the how to correctly acquire the necessary information electronically so that TEK 9(C) can be mastered correctly. Once this is achieved then the student can move forward. In some cases, students may have to go all the way back to the foundation strand of the curriculum to relearn how to use an input device so that the mastery of curriculum can move forward.

Week 1 Assignment, Part 4

Pre-K Technology Application TEKS lay the foundation for future success by having young children familiarize themselves with computers, programs, and computer terminology. For example, the student will learn terms for what he or she is using, for example, mouse, keyboard, printer, CD, etc. Making the student more familiar with these foundation items allows the student to become more comfortable with the computer and then able to perform more complex operations with them in the future. Included in these TEKS, is the teaching of the studnet to enter and exit a program, and to listen and respond to stories and other stimuli in which the computer will engage the student. This foundation building and introduction to interacting with computers will set in motion the student's ability to work with technology in a more sophisticated way as the student grows older.

Week 1 Assignment, Part 3

While studying the long-range plan, I discovered the meticulousness and how all encompassing the plan is. I was not aware of the detail of the plan and the dogged determination of the TEA to make schools digital learning communities. This new learning clearly shows that as an administrator, I will need to place an elevated level of awareness on the implementation of technology in my building. As an administrator, I will need to provide the highest level of support to teachers who need to develop the necessary skills to move into the digital classroom. We will need to implement curriculum that uses technology to increase student interest and by extension student achievement.

Assignment 1 Part 2

The two technology assessments are good for showing you where you stand with the knowledge you currently possess. The Technology Applications Inventory seemed basic to me. Of the twenty eight questions, I answered two of them no. That’s not to say I’m an expert, but I think I can find my way through most of the applications asked about in the inventory. However, I’ve taught BCIS for almost twenty years and I’ve taken many staff development courses and been to many workshops for technology applications. I can see where people who aren’t constantly involved with technology would find it to be more enlightening as far as their lack of technology knowledge.
I took the SETDA survey for teachers and found it to be overwhelming. Twenty six pages? Come on, how many questions really need to be asked. Many of the questions seemed to be repeats of previously asked questions. Some questions asked me to check categories for subjects I teach. Yet, the subject I teach wasn’t a selection. I think that the information asked for in this survey can be obtained by slightly expanding the questioning of the Technology Applications Inventory.
I believe my strengths in technology are software based. I regularly use Microsoft Office. In the past, I’ve used editing software, web page design software, graphic design software, and I’ve managed networks for a school district. My weaknesses would be in software manipulation. I’m not saying that I would like to know how to become a hacker. However, one of our readings in the past two weeks was on open source software. I would like to become more familiar with this type of software use.