Educational Technology Hot Spot

I need your help.  Please take a couple of minutes to complete this survey: Faculty Educational Technology Needs Assessment Survey.  The results from this survey will help my team determine what our steps will be to create a plan for our Technology Initiative.


Here's the background...

With the increase in technology, new software and programs are being created on a regular basis.  Our students are immersed in technology and we, as educators, need to keep up with the new technology.  The plan for my Technology Initiative is to create a small committee of educators (teachers, administrators, instructional assistants, etc.) who are willing to meet monthly to become familiar with the new technology.  This committee will provide small workshops afterschool to keep educators up-to-date on the new technology.  The workshops will be hands-on learning and the educators will walk away the knowledge of new technology and some lessons/activities integrating the new technology.  Often times we attend workshops and in-services and are taught new programs and resources, but we don't get a chance to use and play around with the new program or resource.  Most teachers put the new program/resource aside and don't use it because they don't have time or are not sure how to integrate it into their curriculum.

The committee will visit classrooms to ensure the educators are comfortable using the new technology and will provide support.  The hope for this committee to ensure that educators are comfortably using technology on a regular basis.  This will help prepare students with the 21st century skills they need when they graduate.

I would like your help to make my Technology Initiative a success.  Please respond with your thoughts and feedback below to help promote discussion about the Technology Initiative.  The results from the above survey will help determine what educators are most interested in learning.  My hope would be to start with a couple afterschool workshops and expand the initiative from that point.