Technology Assessment Reflection

Completing the three technology assessments, clearly illustrated my areas of technological strengths and weaknesses. My strengths lie mainly with the fact that I am open to what technology can bring to the classroom. I am currently piloting a technology program at my school with the assistance of a technology specialist which I found helped my scores on the assessments because I am aware and have used many of the technology tools available. Comparatively, my weaknesses revolve around using research to make technology decisions. Also, I found that I need to become involved with the behind the scenes if I want to keep my classes on the cutting edge. The technology applications inventory demonstrated that I am more proficient and familiar with the domains of information acquisition, solving problems, and communication than that of foundations. I had to answer no to one third of the questions in the foundations domain reinforcing the need for me to not only master the skill but go back and inquire into the reasons, motivators, and research behind the technological choices that I am making. With regards to the SETDA survey for teachers, I made a few discoveries that surprised me. First, though I use technology all of the time, I found that I do not know the technology vision statement for the district of the school. Additionally, though I have my students interacting with technology, this survey showed me that I do not often assess their proficiency in the skills that I teach. This is something that I definitely want to fix. Finally, I scored myself and school on the rubric for administrative technology use. Using this rubric, I found that I was consistently choosing the level 2 or 3 rating. This is because I often use the technology tools to submit requests, organize information, and increase productivity.