When this semester started, I was not looking forward to taking a course on being a technology facilitator. If the course had not been required for the masters, I certainly would not have chosen it.
Having just finished the course, though, my ideas have turned around 100%. The most important thing I learned is how little difference one teacher can make. I find a lot of value in integrating technology into my classes, but if I am the only teacher doing this, I can only reach 100-some students each year. If I can reach even a quarter that number of teachers, I can have a much bigger impact in terms of increasing the technology students get to use.
This course also got me looking at teaching from a different perspective. For the first time, I could see the interesting questions that get asked when one is looking at how to run a district rather than just how to successfully guide students through a particular curriculum. I hope to continue to explore some of these ideas next year as I engage in research for my thesis.
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