As I reflect on my role as a technology specialist, my biggest take-aways include effective utilization of media and networking through a PLN. I was able to see the impact of technology media that can individualize learning for teachers and support them through their professional development.
For example, before I used to create screen casts on my own time and share with teachers. Now, when teachers are participating in a one-on-one training with me, I screen-cast the meeting right then and there to make the tutorial unique and individualized for their own needs. As for the networking area, the continued knowledge I receive from networking through Twitter and sharing new knowledge through my website, is impacting my professional development and my team's professional development as well. Challenges will arise as I continue my journey as a technology instruction coordinator. But I am excited because I believe that all challenges bring new solutions, new knowledge and new reflections. I feel that one challenge I have faced and will continue to face is being sure that the tools we are using are primary-friendly and continue to make major impact on student learning. In addition to that challenge, which connects to it, is being able to measure that impact through data/evidence. Student learning is impacted through many ways, learning environment, strategies, teacher, home-school connection, parental support, interventions, etc. I continue to reflect on more ways to measure technology integration's impact on learning and hope to learn other ways technology instruction coordinators are doing this.
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