I need to modify part of my plan, which is involving our media specialist, while she is willing to work with me and help me find books that go with our curriculum, she doesn't really seem to have the time right now. I think I am going to have to set up a meeting with her to just jot a few book titles down and see if I can go from there. Otherwise, I am going to have to go and make myself comfortable in the library and find these books myself.
So far I have learned that if achieving my GAME plan involves help of another staff member, things may take a little bit longer. I am beginning to realize that I have to teach myself about the latest and greatest. They have always said that to be technology savvy you must play and create trial and error. "You can pursue informal learning opportunities by reading books, completing tutorials, asking others, or searching the web to find answers to your personal questions." (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer (2009) So that is my next step.
1. Cennamo, K., Ertmer, P., & Ross, J. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Katie,
ReplyDeleteThat must be frustrating when you are on your own with technology. It can be overwhelming at times, even with help. I just tried to look at my old school site. Our tech supervisor used to have how to's on how to handle certain tech tools and tasks. I can't locate them and she has moved on to another school.
I just located her school and found these how to's ad tech support help.
http://cmsweb1.lcps.org/520207241136513/site/default.asp
http://cmsweb1.lcps.org/52020101974949870/site/default.asp
I hope this can help? Maybe you can browse around the schools in your area to see if a tech person put up tech help for teachers? Just a thought.
Gradrunner,
ReplyDeleteWe have this program called OneNote it's by Microsoft and our technology coordinator does upload how to's on their, but sometimes those how to's don't work and then I am stuck. I am getting better at just playing around and then figuring it out, but I don't want to break or ruin anything. Thank you so much for the websites for help. I really appreciate it.
Katie
Katie V.,
ReplyDeleteI totally understand. It is much easier for me when I have someone show me how to do it, and then I try to repeat the steps. My old tech supervisor was always willing to sit with me and go step by step, so I became comfortable. If not I will walk away and forget. My new tech supervisor the other day told me how to do something, and then looked at me funny when I wanted to practice in front of her.
I coach baseball and teach one of the hardest concepts to the human body. Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things to do in any sport. I wonder how my supervisor would feel if I told her how to hit and walked away?
Katie, I can relate to your situation and can sympathize with you. Our tech coordinator is hard to find most of the time - not all his fault, he's in charge of 7 buildings (no one else). I find it is best to seek out other people in the building or district (computer teachers, etc.) and gey there help. I have a lot looked at youtube from time to time and found videos of people demonstrating different technologies. I hope that helps some.
ReplyDeleteJohn,
ReplyDeleteSadly, I have done the same thing with Youtube. But sometimes, the demonstrations on youtube are exactly what I need to figure something out. I don't think it is bad to use youtube. I think that in the technology world we live in, that is what it is there for. Thanks for the post!
Katie V