Langham Creek

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Technology Applications

Pre-K Technology Applications TEKS provide a foundation of skills for operating the technology that will be provided throughout a students educational journey. Students learn to launch and shutdown software programs; use and identify various input devices; use technology terms; and are exposed to a variety of multimedia software and programs to enhance their learning experiences. Skills learned in Pre-K are meant to serve as the foundation for further development. Students will continue to grow in technology as they progress from grade level to grade level.

Texas Long Range Plan

When analyzing the Long-Range Plan it is clear tht technology is influential in our world. As an educator, it is important to prepare our students with the necessary skills to succeed in a world that tech saavy. We should implement technology in as many skills as possible. Right now we are in Phase I of the plan is setting the foundation for the future. It focuses on increasing funding, aligning curriculum, and providing equitable access to technology for all students. In phase II All educators will use technology in the classroom, leaders will provide support for innovative activities that maximize learning, and students will use tehnology to engage in real-world learning experiences. As a school Leader, I will understand the importance of techonolgyon my campus, and I will try my best to facilitate the use of technology by providing job embedded staff development. This will provide staff a connection from staff development to in class use. The Long-Range Plan in part will be measured by the use of the Star Chart. The star Chart analyzes the technology proficiency and the level of how technology is being used in the classroom. The Long Range plan is a excellent goal, that will produce students who will be prepared for the 21st century.

Teaching and Learning

As a teacher, I feel very responsible for teaching and learning, especially when it comes to the STaR Chart and Texas Long Range planning. To have students actively learning with technology, we as teachers must be actively engaging students in lesson where the best technology principals are being implemented. At my campus Langham Creek, in 2006-2007 we started with an advanced tech STaR classification. In the following two school years we have dropped to a developing tech STaR classification. The drop in classification, I believe is due to the lack of improvement on the previous year. I feel that the teachers may have got comfortable with their current level, and did not improve on the previous years gains. This problem is not something unique to my campus. According to the statewide summary when it comes to teaching and learnign 70% of campuses are in the developing tech classifications.

The shift in the use of technology in the classroom has been progressive, but I think more staff development is needed to make the necessary strides for improvement. As we look at the Campus State Wide Summary there is only 0.9% of campuses reaching the Target Tech classification. For our school to reach the goal of meeting all of the Technology TEKS, we will need to implement more staff development on our campus. It is our responsibility to improve on our technology at our school. We need to prepare our students for the 21st century.

Web Conference 11-28-2010 2:00 Pm

Today during our web conference, we discussed some of the upcoming activities throughout the course. Dr. Abshire, gave us some very helpful hints when about organization, time management, and the importance of team work. I also added myself to a facebook group that allows our cohort to work together more effectively. Overall the web conference was very informative and it was great to know that I have this tool at my disposal. I also enjoyed meeting some of the people that are in my cohort. It was interesting to see the faces of some of the people who post on the discussion board.