Assessments

These two assessments taught me a lot. It taught me stuff about myself and about my school.

I do agree with the assessment in that they showed the knowledge that I should have and the things that our schools should be doing for our students and for our teachers.

On the first assessment (Technology Applications Inventory), I felt really good after finishing it. I was very knowledgeable and could check yes for most of the items. My weak are was the foundations. I feel that I am very computer literate, but I do not know a lot about the computer operating systems and things go along with that. I know how to use the computer and I can use just about any program that you put in front of me. I use the internet and network every day with my current job. I can communicate effectively and in many different ways. I also update the school website regularly.

The second assessment opened my eyes. I did it from the campus standpoint. This assessment showed me that my school is nowhere near where we need to be with technology. I felt like we were getting there, but there are so many things that we still have to accomplish. Our school has many tools for the teachers to use technology, but we do not make them use them and we do not track how much they are being used. The teachers are evaluated one time a year and they do look at whether they used technology or not, but this could have been the only day they chose to use it. We are not tracking our students the way we should when it comes to technology.

These assessments were nothing alike in my eyes. One showed me what I knew and still needed to work on. The other showed me where my school should be going. They both gave me very good information.