Attitudes About Technology

What did you learn from this course…about yourself, your technology and leadership skills, and your attitudes?

From this course, I realized that goals for technology are very needed and necessary to reach the students of tomorrow. Being digital immigrants can impede our instruction and be a handicap to reaching our students today. Focusing in on how students function with technology will now by a new goal. Trying to understand and find ways to relate to the digital natives will be a goal of my future campus and faculty. I feel that integrating technology will be their method of communication and if we do not try to begin to change, we will not be successful in keeping pace with the world’s economy. As far as the technology that we have currently, I am excited about where our district is moving. However, I feel that we are moving too slowly to keep up with the necessary changes to keep our students on pace with the changes. Many times the technology is underused because of lack of training and teachers comfort level with the technology. Time for teachers to develop these skills is so small and pressured that teachers do not attempt to use it. I want to eliminate and be a help to those who want additional help. I see many teachers just struggling to meet the district demands and paperwork load. This is hindering the teaching.