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.