Learning of Long Range Plan

I have learned that there is a great push for our students to become technically advanced by the time they graduate. I have also learned that in order for this to occur, there must be an active and collective pursuit by the educators to facilitate the goals. The districts are also going to have to provide the proper tools for both students and teachers. On top of the tools, the schools will need a great deal of time and effort to train the trainers or teachers. Right now, most students are ahead of the majority of the teachers when it comes to computer applications. Teachers are going to have to transform their way of teaching and even their way of planning so that everything they do can have a connection to the world of technology. I have already had a great deal of success implementing just a few technology tools in my classroom. I can now give more meaningful assignments that can be done on a computer. The students are able to show creativity and really enjoy the freedom to decide how they are going to succeed on the individual assignments. I know that the long range plan for technology in schools is not going to be an easy transition, but I do believe it is necessary for the growth of our kids and our nation. Now days, everything we do is computer related and there are more and more new advances made every day. We cannot afford to just sit back as educators and continue to teach the same way we were taught. The world is moving forward and we need to give our kids the opportunity to keep up with the rest of the world.