Concepts Most Applicable

As a Technology Integration Specialist this whole course pertains to what I do. All of the different tools I have taken back to the school and told the teachers about different resources that I have learned from this course. Teachers have used the tools that I have taught them and the students were excited to use them because it was way different than what they typically would do. The interaction between us as educators is very helpful to see what other schools are struggling with or succeeding in. We can try to help each other out rather than keeping all of this wonderful knowledge bottled up in just our district.

Technology Integration Matrix

With being a Technology Integrated Specialist, I have been guiding the teachers through this process. I would put myself in the Infusion/Transformation stage. Right now at Madison Grant I can help teachers move through this process with the transition to 1:1 of iPads.  I think making the matrix available for teachers in this corporation to see where they are on it would be interesting I think we would have a lot of teachers surprised at which stages they were at. 

My whole job is to help teachers improve their technology skills and in the end get to the Transformation stage. With the help of Professional Development times of specific tools, apps, and ideas I share with the teachers hopefully they will be closer to the Transformation stage as the next few months of school.