School Improvement Aspiration
My career objective is to provide leadership and direction in
educational technology to teachers, administrators, and educational leaders to
improve technology integration and infusion across the curriculum in a school
district. Pearce purports, “Leaders see what is needed and inspire others to
take action to effect change (Pearce, 2003). As an emerging leader in my
organization, one thing that I aspire to improve is technology integration and
infusion across the curriculum in the school district. The most effective way
to focus on the issue of technology integration is to gain the support of a
diverse audience to include the local board members, the technology service
staff, principals, assistant principals, teachers, parents, students, and the
Chamber of Commerce by using liberation technology mechanisms to transform the
information into a variety of multimedia sources.
Another way to inspire others to use technology is for me to
continue to be an advocate for technology and integrate the use of technology
into my teaching. As I model my positive behavior for technology integration,
others will see it and hopefully embrace the paradigm shift of technology
integration and infusion.
As Paul Duguid said, “Technology is…called
upon to do for information what theology sought to do for the soul (Levy, 2001,
p. 111)". Technology integration across the curriculum will cause the
educational systems to produce technology able kids to function in an
information-rich society (NETS—National Educational Technology Standards).
References:
Levy, D. M. Scrolling Forward: making sense of
documents in the digital age. Arcade Publishing, Inc.
NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) http://cnets.iste.org/intro.html
Pearce, T. Leading our loud: inspiring change
through authentic communication. Jossey- Bass: A Wiley Company.