Rfelection Essay # 5

I think that the most interesting thing I learned in this course is the concept of digital immigrants vs. digital natives. Recognizing that I am a digital immigrant has motivated me to
assimilate into the word of the digital natives if I am to continue as an educator. I recognized that my technology skills were rather low and that I was making excuses for not increasing my skills.
Learning about the Texas Long Range Technology plan was eye opening. It made me realize that technology has to be incorporated into the ways students are learning, not simply to meet the goals of the plan, but because students have changed and are living in a world where the skills and situations required to exist in the plan are necessary to prepare today's students to be successful in today and tomorrow's world.
So, my overall attitude about technology has changed and I believe that as a future administrator, I will have the opportunity to help influence as well as model to other educators about the importance of using technology to enhance student learning. I believe my leadership skills are evolving and that the knowledge I am gaining about technology in education is an important component of those skills.