Tech Leader Assessment

I have been having fun with this assignment. I visited a new website: enGauge: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge

This website assesses a school/district's technology readiness. Here is what I worte in my discussion post for my class:


This survey was eye-opening for me! Our district is the second largest in the state and yet as I was answering questions about the different uses of technology I realized the differences in the technology available from building to building. Each of our schools have a technology budget and use it for varying things. Not every building has a computer lab, a fact I found out when I came to my new building. Computers in the classroom are a wonderful thing, but there are times when students need to be working together in a lab setting.

I found the questions on the use of technology based on gender, race and SES status to be very interesting. I have found in our Title I buildings more technology money is available for use. I have never thought to monitor the use of computers by the three categories above, but that might be an interesting issue to investigate, especially without the use of a computer lab.

This survey is something every district or school should use. It can help a school or district to begin to formulate a technology curriculum or focus. A very useful website.



There were other websites to visit that were given to our class. They are:

http://mytarget.iassessment.com - My Target

http://www.bsu.edu/edtec/nets/profile-it - Profile iT


Thanks!