There is absolutely great value in assessing teachers for their technology knowledge and skills. It is essential as a leader to understand your staff and faculty’s knowledge and development in technology. In this age of information and digital learning, educators must become technology competent and comfortable when planning lessons that integrate technology. The state technology standards provide a guide so teachers can design lessons around the technology TEKS. Some of the cons for doing technology assessment is that even though you have an idea of your needs for technology for your campus, as a leader you can potentially be constrained with district guidelines and budgets designated for technology once you have completed your assessment.
One of the areas of the Texas Long Range Plan that I wanted to further discuss was the Educator Preparation and Development. Professional development is an expectation for all educators. In this case, investing time in learning and training in technology will not only impact the educator, but it will impact curriculum and instruction (Long Range Plan for Technology 2006-2010). If teachers are expected to teach and guide students into the demands of the 21st century, teachers must be able to get the support and training in educational technology. Currently, at my campus, there is an expectation of completing 3 or more hours of educational technology training. Teachers are also expected to complete 6 projects or more while using technology based programs. My recommendations for my campus is to continue utilizing equipment such as projectors, Elmo’s, Promethean Boards and computerized intervention programs to engage learners and differentiate instruction.
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