Internship+Reflection+4

**Lamar** **University** **– M.Ed. in Educational Technology Leadership** Part 1: Log TF-VI E ||^   || TF-II A ||^   || TF-II B TF-VIII E  ||^   ||
 * ** Date: **** Apr - May **** Total Internship hours at the start of the month: ** || 88  ||
 * ** Week ** || ** Functions ** || ** Description ** || ** Hrs ** ||
 * ** 1 ** || ** Week’s Activities  ** ||  Instructional Technology Facilitator meeting with Superintendent.  ||  2  ||
 * ^  || ** Standard/Indicator ** ||  TF-VIII C,D
 * ^  || **  Communication with Site Mentor  ** ||  Supervisor attended meeting  ||^   ||
 * ** 2 ** || ** Week’s Activities  ** ||  Participated in three different vender presentations trying to determine the best replacement for our web page solution.  ||  8  ||
 * ^  || ** Standard/Indicator ** ||  TF-I A
 * ^  || **  Communication with Site Mentor  ** ||  Meet with Supervisor to design the rubric to be used to rate the web pages during the presentations.  ||^   ||
 * ** 3 ** || ** Week’s Activities  ** ||  Met with Technology Department and Vendor to get the MOODLE Server updated and functional.  ||  4  ||
 * ^  || ** Standard/Indicator ** ||  TF-I A
 * ^  || **  Communication with Site Mentor  ** ||  Supervisor was informed of the meeting.  ||^   ||
 * ** 4 ** || ** Week’s Activities  ** ||  Attended professional development opportunities via TCEA lunch and learn and CRSTe webinars .  ||  15  ||
 * ^  || ** Standard/Indicator ** ||  TF-V A, B, D  ||^   ||
 * ^  || **  Communication with Site Mentor  ** ||  Supervisor attended the webinars.  ||^   ||
 * ** 5 ** || ** Week’s Activities  ** ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || ** Standard/Indicator ** ||   ||^   ||
 * ^  || **  Communication with Site Mentor  ** ||   ||^   ||
 * ** Hours worked this month:  ** ||  29  ||
 * ** Total Internship hours to date including this month:  ** ||  117  ||

Since the direction of the 1:1 initiative has evolved over the years and since we have a new Superintendent it was important to the Instructional Technology Department to hear the views of our educational leader. In the past, the student laptops were used only to deliver textbooks and there was no other directive. Now, that has changed and it has been made clear to everyone, principals, and teachers and soon to the students that the student laptops will be used every day. This directive has some teachers very nervous and we are now calming fears and recommending activities.

Our current webpage solution is ineffective. It is extremely difficult to make changes by the classroom teachers, therefore we are paying a lot of money for something that is not being used. Many teachers would like to blog, or at least have a threaded discussion, but with our current solution that was impossible. Three different vendors came to the district and made their presentation to a committee made up of teachers and technology people. After the presentations, another meeting was held to review the products and come up with a final recommendation. It was not a unanimous decision, and there was much debate between the different committee members.

The district has a MOODLE server, but it had not been used or updated in several years. An outside consultant met the network technician and myself to upgrade and review the MOODLE contents. The outside consultant will continue to provide training throughout the year. With his help, I was able to design a summer professional development training using MOODLE as the deliver method.

Continued with free professional development webinars provided by out local Region and CRST out of Washington D.C.