May+2010

Monthly Activity Reflection
May 2010 Standards IV-A, VIII-A, VIII-C, VIII-D In May we had one more Technology Task Force meeting. We looked at the summary of the needs assessment, and the budget information and made a final decision on purchases. We looked at the information from the teachers’ response to the Texas STAR chart and made changes to some of the goals for the next year; I reported on budget information received from the Superintendent, and we put the final touches on the goals and objectives. After the meeting it was my job to enter the information into the Technology ePlan. Our district participated in the online field testing for TAKS. I assisted the Technology Apps teacher in preparing her computer lab for the testing and helped administer the test. There were several false starts and a few technological issues during the test but all of the students scheduled for the test managed to complete the assessment. This type of assessment was great. We used proctor caching for administering the test. This was new to me; I had heard of it but had never used it. It involved downloading the questions to one computer and then each of the student computers accessed that computer instead of bogging down the Internet. For me, the ease of access made me realize this was the way to do online tests. The other teacher and I worked really well together and I learned that if you have the right team much can be accomplished in a short period of time. I will use this knowledge in the future to get the right mix for creating excellent teams.