I always wonder why the powers that be in the educational setting want us to incorporate technology into our curriculum and lock down the technology so it is virtually impossible to use. I find it frustrating when I go to use a computer to access a cool educational video or lesson and the computer is locked from the site and needs administrative approval to download anything that the program may need to run. With one tech person and 95 teachers I'm pretty sure running down to PE land is not a top priority.
October 28, 2010 at 8:18 PM
I feel like the district is unwilling to spend the money to train teachers to properly use and troubleshoot the technology we use. Then, they give us no administrative rights so that we can't "mess anything up."
October 31, 2010 at 11:53 AM
I would also appreciate training. I know that when I have difficulty with data director, for example, I find out that I am not the only person having difficulty.
We are willing to learn new things, but dislike the inefficient, frustrating way in which we have to learn them.