Deer Park’S Star Chart

My slideshow on how Deer Park is doing on the Texas STar chart.

Deer Park’S Star Chart

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Teaching and Learning

I chose to write about the Teaching and Learning area of the Texas Long Range Plan for technology. I chose this area because it is where my campus is weakest and I feel we need to work on that. Teaching and Learning focus’s on using technology in the classroom to allow students to learn at a higher level. They should have access to technology and use information to work together to solve problems. They should also use research based strategies to learn and be able to communicate effectively in a variety of ways. My campus is making improvements in this area but still need to work on several areas such as online learning where we are not as proficient. Statewide we need to improve in this area as well. Only 25% of the schools in Texas are in the Advanced Tech category which is where Deer Park is. There are 69 % of schools in the Developing Tech category which is good but still not good enough. The trends in data show that as a school we are continually improving and working on these areas. Statewide data shows the same thing, schools are doing what they can to improve on these standards. I believe that if we work on our online learning and allow our students to gain access to knowledge this way we will help our students. We need to also use these techniques to teach our students the TEKS. Using online learning with help with this as well and the students will use the technology to enhance this learning.

TEKS

The Pre-K TEKS lay the foundation for students to learn the basic information about technology and how to use it in the everyday world. They can learn how to use different processing systems and are able to choose which ones will work best for the task at hand. They allow the students to communicate outside the school walls and allow them to learn how to create and publish in different formats. The pre-K TEKS lay the foundation for the students to learn how to do these things throughout their educational career. A spiraling curriculum means that students are exposed to information throughout a variety of ways and subjects. When they learn about one thing in a subject they are exposed to the same thing in another subject and it allows them to connect it and process the information in a new way. The students can use the computer to look up documents about the revolutionary war for history and use the same resources to look up the music inspired by the same time period. This allows students to make connections and internalize the information instead of just memorizing fact.

long range plan

I think after reviewing the long range plan for technology i am able to understand what needs to be done within the school systems to allow students to maximize thier potential and use of technology. After seeing the plan for the next 10 years it's easier to understand what can be done at each level to allow students access to technology and allow teacher's opportunities to utilize this technology in the classroom. As an instructional leader i can use this information to make sure that every thing is available for these initiatives to be in place at my campus.

technology and me??? hmmmmmm

I took the assessments for the first part of the assignment. I thought that they were pretty accurate. I have to say on the first one i had more yes answers then i thought i would. I know how to use computers and programs but when it gets a little more complicated i need help. I think that my school does a good job integrating technology into the classroom and we are doing a great job of teaching educators what they need to learn in order to use these innovations in the classroom. As a principal i think my strengths are the i am up to date with what the kids are in to and can use that to help reach them. I think my weakness is that I'm not very creative so i have to have help to use these programs creatively to reach students. I need help in finding ways to use programs and computers for learning in the classroom. The first assessment was pretty basic in what i knew and didn't know and the second one was more about how my campus is doing in computer use for students. I agree with the assessments in that they are pretty accurate on what i need to work on and figure out. I need to seek professional development in those areas so i can deepen my knowledge and share with others.