Mastery Connect Reflection

Thus far in the semester, I feel that my perception of a technology specialist has relatively stayed the same. I had the notion that a technology specialist has to handle a great deal of change within the school, and often they are working as an individual or part of a very small team. However, this semester has given me the tools and opportunities to explore being a technology specialist.

I believe the most challenging aspect of being a technology leader in a school or education setting is that technology is always changing. Each and every day, technology becomes more and more advanced. This means, that as a leader we need to keep up with the changes and be able to teach them to others. As a technology leader, keeping our knowledge up to date and our perspective positive is crucial. I also feel that it is challenging that our students have grown up in an extremely digital age. They know more about technology than some of their teachers. This can be a challenge to convince and teach our educators that they can take control of technology and be the master in their own classroom.

When it comes to my implementation steps for my change project, I was only in the classroom two days this week so I was able to start teaching a math topic that would result in an assessment where I would collect data on Mastery Connect.