I thought I knew a lot about implementing technology into a curriculum for a school or even a school system. I felt that integrating technology into classrooms was relatively simple and it only took someone to guide teachers into using it. I realized that it was much more complicated than I had originally thought: it requires many people collaborating and funding from multiple sources, among other things. One of my favorite assignments from this class was reading technology plans. It was very informative to see what a technology plan from a larger school system looked like. I think that by reading my school’s SIP and analyzing the way in which technology was integrated into the SIP was also an eye-opening experience, especially when comparing it to technology plans from across the state. After analyzing the plan, I had the opportunity to do a SWOT analysis of our campus. I was really most interested in the opportunities that existed on our campus and plan on trying to get our staff to make use of these. It was also interesting to see what our faculty really thought about technology integration when they knew it was anonymous. What I found was that a lot of teachers were more open to change when asked in that format than when we spoke in groups. I used those surveys while developing an Action Plan for Technology Integration for our campus. I submitted the plan to the administration and I hope to eventually lead our campus with the implementation of the plan.
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July 2015
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