I actually enjoyed reading the Long Range Plan. It helped me to understand what our district and campus is moving towards. Our district is in the process of putting some of things in place and now I understand what they are and why.
The Long Range Plan is very important and gave some direction for districts and campus'. It lines out what learners should know, what teachers should be doing to help them, and what leaders can do to support. One key to all of this is staff development for our teachers. This is something that can be done on our campus.
Students should have access at all times and be able to collaborate with others using this technology. They should also be taught in ways that they understand. We are going to have to differentiate their learning. With technology, this will be made easier.
Teachers have to be trained through staff development that is ongoing. Teachers today are already using some type of technology; they now just have to learn how to integrate it into their curriculum. They also have to master the Technology Application standards.
Leaders have to have a shared vision. Leaders have to look for new ways to use technology and they need to use it in their professional activities. They need to set aside the time and resources to train teachers. They also need to motivate their teachers to want to use it by showing them how to be successful. We can do this through staff development.
Until reading this, I had no idea about the infrastructure. Our district is in the process of working on this. We are going to have to make sure that there is staff to maintain it. This will be a place for all stakeholders to get information on students in order to make the successful.
We can show the teachers more ways for them to be using technology in their classrooms. We also need to integrate technology into our curriculum. It should not be something else that we have to do, but something that goes along with all that we are already doing.
Technology is key to our world today and we are going to have to come up with the times. Technology is the way of the future and it is changing many things. We use it every day in our work and home lives.
The investment has to be made in order for the students to get what is needed to succeed.
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Melanie,
ReplyDeleteI too thought it was beneficial to read the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology. My school is currently behind in many areas. At the pace we are currently moving, I do not feel that we will meet the goals outlined in this plan. I hope that our district will focus on more awareness for both campus faculty and the community. We will also need to gain grant money or additional funding from the state or another out side source because our district will not be able to make the purchases or upgrades needed alone.
After completing the Texas STaR Chart over the past three years, I knew that are school was in the developing stage at best. Our school and district need to focus on evening out the distribution of technology across our campus and district. Our faculty could benefit from more quality professional development for technology. I do know that our district is focused on improvements, so hopefully things will improve soon.
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Kristy Dozier