As a student in EDLD 5362, I most enjoyed planning the model classroom. From the experiences interviewing a colleague about increased technology in the last twenty years, to viewing many websites to determine what I plan to utilize in my position, I have been challenged to increase my own use of available technologies, as well as encourage and demonstrate for others how to take more risks in exploring Web 2.0 tools. Some of the websites were familiar, but I appreciate the extensive list of resources and look forward to using many more than the ones I originally planned.
Evaluating our SIS has also been very enlightening, and I discovered it to be more comprehensive than I realized. That assignment helped me to determine the areas of our SIS that are satisfactory and others that are merely adequate and could be better. The opportunity to evaluate our district technology plan was also eye-opening. When I learned that ours is not easily accessible, I approached our technology director to see what can be done to rectify that. As the technology staff works on the district site this summer, I hope am looking for the plan to be more obvious to all who visit our website.
As I state first, the most enjoyable assignment, and one that caused me to really think about where I/we are going with technology, was creating the model classroom. Thinking about this has helped me to evaluate where I am with technology, and where I want to be in the next five years. The classroom I designed is not unrealistic, and I plan to present my plan, which is in line with the Horizon Report, to our administration and technology staff this summer. We were already allowed to apply for a local grant in which I wrote one for a SRS, which is part of the plan I designed.
I would never have known about some of the emerging technologies had it not been for the work in this class. The Horizon Report included information of which I was unaware, and now hope to incorporate into our district technology plan.
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