Strengths in Educational Technology

My strengths in educational technology leadership on my middle school campus are an advantage in assisting other teachers in my science department or on my school campus. My strengths consist of preforming software applications which consists of creating, modifying, saving files, and printing. The three domains that we are focusing on are Foundations, Information Acquisition, and Communication. I feel that these domains are integrated into important in communicating with parents, the community, stakeholders, colleagues, and students. It is important to be knowledgeable in different software programs and can distinguish between various digital files. Utilizing different forms of software programs depends on the information that needs to be communicated with the students or different staff members. In using Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and Promethian Interactive White Board are key factors in having students become successful in the classroom and mastering key Objectives and TEKS. It is important to understand and assist with determining the amount of RAM that is installed on computers and determining if enough memory is available to install current or updated files. Using a scanner, slide shows, newsletters, brochures, reports, and multimedia presentations are very important in assisting our science department needs and another method of communicating without using excessive amounts of copies and paper.

Implementing a Teacher survey is also important in gaining knowledge about teachers needs and understanding of the technology that is available on campus. Teachers are asked on a yearly basis to complete a STAR chart and each year teachers are given professional development to improve their computer technology skills. Teachers are given opportunities to attend trainings to gain knowledge using software and hardware in which the school district has provided for each campus.