One of the main ideas, i reflected upon during my reading, was that equipping schools with technology and infrastructure should be determined by how the infrastructure and devices are going to be utilized to further the goal of educating students. As I have learned throughout MSET program, technology is not a magical solution to learning but rather a tool to enhance opportunities for learning to take place. I believe that many teachers utilize technology as a replacement, rather than enhancement to their lessons. I, myself, have been guilty but have learned to utilize SAMR, as an easy recall to evaluate whether or not to include technology into the lesson. Ultimately, throwing technology at a bad lesson, results in a bad lesson with technology!
Professional Development (PD) often leads to raised eyebrows and deep sighs among many of my colleagues. I believe that teachers realize the importance of PD and how valuable it can be given that there is thought about the adaptability, delivery, and timing, of the content. I consider these the three essential elements to beneficial PD. After reading Gura, I felt like he was reading my mind. PD needs to be delivered in different ways to give individuals the opportunity to access the information at a time that is most advantageous and with the preferred method of delivery. Honestly, 3;30pm on a Thursday is not the best time for almost every teacher, nor is 7:30am any morning. I access PD when I have time and can focus my attention to needed information. As a digital change agent, what can I do to support my colleagues with PD? I have found that I enjoy providing brief video tutorials on how to utilize an app. and how to incorporate that technology into the curriculum. If teachers don’t realize the “down the road” opportunities that technology can provide, many will continue to use it as a replacement for traditional pen and paper lessons.
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