Internship+Reflection+5

**Lamar** **University** **– M.Ed. in Educational Technology Leadership**

 Part 1: Log
117 || ** Functions ** || ** Hrs ** || ** 1 ** ||  Elementary parent meeting for student laptops  || 2 || ** Standard/Indicator **  || TF-III A   TF-V D  ||^   || Supervisor participated in the design and delivery of the presentation  ||^   || ** 2 ** ||  Attended professional Development classes at Region X and XI. ||  10  || ** Standard/Indicator **  || TF-V A,B,D ||^   || Supervisor approved the trainings. ||^  || ** 3 ** ||   Developed a technology summer camp (Spotters Camp) to facilitate student laptops on the elementary campuses. ||  10  || ** Standard/Indicator **  || TF-I A   TF-VI A,D TF-VII A   TF-VIII B  ||^   || Supervisor had seen this done in a previous district and was providing us with direction. ||^  || ** 4 ** ||   Provide a number of different professional development opportunities for district personnel. ||  20  || ** Standard/Indicator **  || TF-II A,B,D,E TF III C,D TF-IV A   TF-VI A    TF-VII C  ||^   || Supervisor approved training agenda. ||^  || ** 5 ** ||     ||   || ** Standard/Indicator **  || ||^  ||    ||^   || **  Hours worked this month:  ** || 42 || **  Total Internship hours to date including this month:  ** || 159 ||
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Part 2: Reflection
As part of the 1:1 initiative all 5th and 6th grade students in the district will be receiving laptops in the fall. The Instructional Technology Department participated in a PTO meeting to address the parent’s questions and concerns. These students will be receiving a netbook and the device was presented to the parents. Most parents left with a good understanding of student expectations. In addition, we are developing a summer technology camp for a select group of 5th and 6th grade students. At this camp, they will be provided opportunities to learn how the netbooks will be used in the classroom. Their job will be to help the teacher with basic hardware and software issues. This is my supervisor’s vision, so I have been relying on her to outline the curriculum, unfortunately I don’t see the need for these students. I feel we should have done more to make the laptop imitative more successful in the secondary schools and not spend so much time on the elementary schools where it will be successful just due to the differences in the school environment. I attended trainings at two different Educational Region Service Centers. I always receive great ideas at my trainings that I can immediately take back and use when I am modeling lessons or in my own trainings. I believe we learn best when we see best practices and how someone else is using a piece of software. As district personnel are required to attend twelve hours of professional development per year, many teachers want to attend technology training, because in addition to their hours they can earn “Tech Bucks” that can be spent on purchasing technology for their classrooms. Therefore, I am very busy over the summer.