ReflectionsOnStandard2

In chapter two of //ISTE's Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leader Should Know and Be Able to Do//, Williamson and Redish discuss Technology Standard two in great detail. From this reading, I feel much more comfortable with standard two, and what it involves. For me to learn, I must break information down into a simple form, or "nutshell" the information. So, in a nutshell, Standard two deals with the entire process of integrating your school's technology resources into every teacher's classrooms. Williamson and Redish discuss the planning process for integrating this technology, and mention that "The climate in today's schools frequesntly complicate the planning process" because of "new sets of learning standards, higher student performance goals, and pressure to implement more innovative teaching methods" (Williamson, 2009, p. 37). I think they make a great point here in that we as educators already have a slew of changes to keep up with, and technological changes tend to double that list of changes. When teachers are faced with what needs to be changed, veteran teachers especially tend to put off learning new technologies until the very end. This can greatly slow down the implementation of new technologies in our classrooms!

During my internship, my approach to implementing this standard really started by filling out my internship plan at the very beginning. By planning ahead it this way, I was forced to think of possiblities for each and every indicator and standard, and then just found a way to implement them. As a learner, I learn by doing. Therefore, by doing this internship, and putting this all into practice, I feel that I am very ready to take on any job put before me in this field. Personally, I have always been one to do things alone so that at the end I could show everyone what I have accomplished. What I learned from doing group projects int this program is that a much better product comes about by working with other people.

I think that future learning on this standard should include researching ways that these new technologies can appeal to our veteran teachers. On this subject, I believe Williamson and Redish are correct when they write that "...teachers do not have a different vision of learning because they have not experienced this type of learning environment themselves" (Williamson, 2009, p. 41). I think that this is the key to having any hope of bringing an entire staff on board with change. Working with other students and having discussions with class mates on the discussion board have really helped me in implementing these standards and indicators. Being able to discuss with other students what they have been able to do and share what I have done has really helped us as a group become better. As a life-long learner of any subject, it is true that to be successful, one must always stay a step ahead. On this subject, our textbook adds that "...TF/TL Standard II technologies also strengthen two other essential conditions - Ongoing Professional Learning and Skilled Personnel" (Williamson, 2009, p. 45).

Williamson, J., & Redish, T. (2009). //ISTE's Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leader Should Know and Be Able to Do.// Washington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education.