Sunday, November 15, 2009

Week 1 Assignment, Part 2

I am proficient in all the domains listed in the Technology Applications Inventor. I am a technology teacher in high school and have a Master's in Educational Technology from TAMU-Commerce, so, so far what I've read and viewed in this course are all familiar to me. In the SETDA survey, I marked that we utilize technology in several ways the class room, but I have yet to see documentation that the school has gathered on how that utilization has effected student performance. I will say that several teachers that teach other subjects are not familiar enough with the technology that we have available to us, so I would assume that they are not utilizing this in their classrooms effectively. I am assuming that we are supposed to search "The Rubric for Administrative Technology Use" and read the article notating the level of technology use of Administrators. At my school, I would say that our administrators are at level 2 in this rubric. I personally am/would be at level 3 in my familiarity and skills related to technology. We use cameras, e-mail, pdas, online staff development, online grades and attendance, but our head principle has his secretary do most of his correspondence for him. I feel that being able to utilize a wide range of technologies is beneficial to everyone in the school as well as the parents as long as those involved can all use and understand the technology used.