WEEK 2: STaR Chart Analysis (Teaching & Learning)

I chose this area of the STaR Chart because I feel that our campus needs the most improvement in integrating technology as a whole into our classrooms. Our campus has several fascinating teachers who utilize resources and integrate technology on a daily basis. Our campus also has teachers who are set in their ways and refuse to apply technology integration into their classroom. After conducting the analysis, our campus needs improvement in the TL1 and TL6 areas. To get to the target tech phase, we must continue to improve with the integration of student-centered learning and technology. Online learning must continue as well. The three year trend shows that our campus can only reach the advanced tech phase. We must strive to improve in these weak areas to reach the target phase so our campus may reach the goals of the long range technology plan.
One way to improve the patterns of classroom use is to work collaboratively with our communities businesses, industries, and higher education institutions. Having the support of these stakeholders will allow our students to apply technology in real world application. We must challenge our students to become problem solvers. Textbooks are a good start, but collaborating with other stakeholders will allow students an wider range of opportunities to become real world problem solvers.
One way to improve our online learning is to continue to educate our teachers on web-based lesson planning and teaching. Providing our teachers time to implement this technology into their daily lessons is the key to successfully improving this area in the STaR chart. Most teachers are willing and eager to implement technology into their classrooms, but few want to spend hours away from their families doing that. Our campus must find ways to utilize time to allow those teachers the opportunities to integrate that technology into their lessons.