Re: Steve Langford
Steve's dilemma is widespread among districts, I imagine. Fortunately, our district is a better place, for the time being. Four or five years ago, however, our administrative team was frustrated with the state of technology in our district - equity among buildings and out-of-date equipment - and we decided that it was time to make technology a top priority. The decision was made to create a 5-year roll-out plan of new computers. In only three years we have been able to replace every computer and with the tech budget in years 4 and 5 we have focused purchases on software, Promethean Activboards, and training. Of course, in light of current budget cuts, we will likely see this tech plan revised. We will likely have to make do with what we have for some time. For our district to achieve this success we had to make tech a high priority.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Homework, 2.12.09
Don's presentation was very informative - curious perspective he has about his trade. I enjoyed his insights and completely agree that our website needs work. However, we are simply happy to have a working site; we attempted on several occasions to get a student to maintain our web site (as their senior project), but there were problems with follow-through. Additionally, our tech department had concerns with security. Today one of our teachers has taken on the task of managing our site and she does a very good job.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Exit Slip 2.5.09
This evening's aha for me was an overwhelming feeling as I am exposed to more and diverse technology - programs, tools, etc. There seems to be so much that I need to learn and each day that amount grows, that I feel I never know where to begin - almost as if I am watching the tech revolution pass me by as I attempt to discover where I should jump on/in. It is frustrating to think that I might spend time trying to learn something new in technology only for that technology to become obsolete (or upgraded with the newest version) during the time of my learning! Will I ever be able to get caught up? One thing at a time, I suppose.
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