Week 1 Long-Range Plan for Technology

The purpose of the Long-Range Plan for technology is to produce successful citizens into the world. These citizens will be knowledgeable when it comes to the basic skills we need to have such as problem solving and be able to analyze situations. They will also have the knowledge necessary to survive in the 21st century where the focus remains and will continue to remain on the growing amounts of technological resources we have available to us.
As educators we are responsible for establishing a vision to focus on. When that vision is set in place all stakeholders need to be part of pursing that vision. The full support of Administrators and district and campus leaders is necessary to obtain the goals in the vision. We are also responsible for keeping up with the technology that is being introduced to many of our students outside of the classroom. Recognizing that not all of our students have the same access to technology outside of the classroom, but if we are able to expose them to technology while inside our classroom, then we are exposing them to what they will need for the future. By maintaining a level of knowledge, we are prepared for the classroom. We can not be afraid of the learner, we must embrace what the learner knows and work together as a learning community, where all stakeholders involved are working on the common goal.
The school system itself is responsible for also achieving the success of all the stakeholders. Providing support as well as funding to assist teachers in gaining the knowledge through courses and time to incorporate new knowledge into learning in the classroom.

Week 1 Technology Assessment

When completing the first assessment from the Texas Education Agency, I realized there was a lot of information that I had never even heard of. Several of the ideas the questions were referring to I did not even understand, and therefore was unaware of how to use the programs it was referring to. When analyzing the results of the first assessment I was able to determine that I had a basic knowledge of technology skills, and was able to fully communicate with others successfully through technology as well as problem solve when encountering issues along the way. The domain that I had the least knowledge about was about the foundations of technology and that is an area that I need to focus building my knowledge.
After completing the SETDA survey for Teachers, I was not able to answer several of the questions fairly. Because I am new to my campus and district, I am unaware of many of the procedures that occur when discussing technology. Our campus is also in a rebuilding stage, and under construction. Literally half of the campus is in portables. The library is almost removed completely on another campus. It is at least a 10 minute walk from my classroom. Because of all of these obstacles, I am not able to gather my students to take them where they have access to computers and other technology resources the library has. Some of the other questions referred to other campuses at my level in my district. My district is a one high school district and so therefore many of the decisions for the district are made within my own campus. The more I become acquainted with the people of the culture of my campus I will also become more knowledgeable about the processes within.