Week 5: Course Reflections

As soon as I gained a clear picture of the direction this course would take me, I realized that I had a unique opportunity to make an immediate difference on my campus by bringing to light the technological discrepancies found between the STaR Chart’s data and the actual situation we are facing in our district. I was able to use each assignment in helping my campus ultimately create the action plan that would move us into a position where we can successfully integrate the Technology TEKS into each subject’s curriculum and find funding to pay for the hardware and software that we need. Blogging for this course showed me that it will be a useful tool to communicate with teachers as we work through the technology action plan. As teachers become comfortable and experienced with it; we can proactively address any concerns that stakeholders might have when we teach students to blog. It’s a great introduction for stakeholders to experience so that they too see in the importance and benefits that it will bring to our students.