Reflections of Technology Assessments

After completing the three technology assessments, I have learned a lot about my own range of skills in technology. I also now have a better defined set of goals for me to improve upon before I become a school leader.

From the Technology Applications Inventory, I learned that my biggest areas of need are “Foundations” and “Solving Problems.” While I understand the basic elements of these things, I have some gaps in my knowledge. For example, I am not very good at using Excel to make spreadsheets and I usually fall back on using a word processor to create everything instead.

From the SEDTA Teacher Survey, I found areas of need to address at my school. For example, technology use in encouraged but not required or rewarded. More teachers would use technology more freely in their classrooms if one or both of these things were happening. I also realized that, while teachers have access to a lot of technology, many of our teachers do not. This is something that I hope to improve upon as a future administrator.

From the Rubric for Leadership in technology, I learned that I am on “Level 3” of most of the skill areas. This is good because I am capable of teaching others in those areas. Unfortunately, however, my school does not have many opportunities for teachers to help each other like this. This is another way that I hope to improve through my leadership.

I agree with these assessments because I think that they are a good overall indicator of the strength of technology use on my campus. I also agree that I need to strengthen my skills in the areas that they called to my attention. These include html coding, data spreadsheets, and other complicated things that I need to learn.