5362Reflection+-+Information+Systems+Management

In the "Information Systems Management" Course, the final project was to create and present a technology plan for our school district (inserted below). To create this project, I first had to research different types of Student Information Systems, and interview my district's tech in charge of our Student Information System. Because of this interview, I really learned a lot, not only about these systems, but also about what goes on behind the scenes that make a technology department run at a school district.

Learning about these systems has really made a difference in how I use them as a teacher. I continue to learn about them as they are being implemented more and more into our district and in our school. Many of these information systems can really make life much easier for teachers and administrators to keep up with our students by not taking a lot of classtime in the process.

Researching these systems and the interview has shown me that I really do not know the half of what our district's student information systems can do. I have been continuously finding out new shortcuts and tricks in the sytem that make me, as a teacher much more efficient. I have also been able to teach my colleagues at school how our "eduphoria" program works, which in the process, actually taught me much more that can be done with the program.