Hello my fellow classmates! I look forward to blogging with you all in the near future. My past posts are from my Master's courses. Feel free to check them out.
This week, we are supposed to create a question about writing in the 21st century. The following question is one of great interest to me. I feel like many teachers are ready to begin, if not already, writing in the 21st century in their classrooms. Why do I feel like our school administrators have a different idea about 21st century writing than our professors in these courses?
Over the past 3 years, I have been learning how to implement technology into my classroom. Recently, the technology people from the district re imaged my computer. They also linked it to the district server. Internet tools I have been using are now a struggle to get to because of the filters. My computer as a whole works slower. I lost files from past programs on my computer. Even the timing of the re image seems funny. In the middle of the year? Why not in the summer? I just feel like I am getting mixed messages. How many times has someone told you to be really careful about blogging in your classroom? You never know who is accessing your blog pages. It always seems like an administrator is discouraging you by putting the fear of a potential problem in your head. It also seems like our school is focusing this semester on improving certain areas of the paper pencil writing section of the CSAP test. Many LA teachers have been told to scrap the CAP and focus on a specific area of the CSAP test because the district predicts scores to be low. Which is more important, writing in the 21st century or passing the CSAP handwritten test?
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I have a response, but I wouldn't want to offend any one and you know, get fired! What was it the ambulance driver back East posted? Her boss was a _17, psych patient? (Mine isn't--he's actually very cool, but people do like to sue and CSAP is a god among assessment tools.)
ReplyDeleteMaybe it is just me being optimistic, but I am very curious to see how the new CSAP will look. I can't help but think (hope, pray) that technology will be a piece of it, not only to save time and money, but to align it more with the direction we are supposed to be headed. Time will tell.
ReplyDeleteChris, I can only imagine what it is like at the secondary level in regards to CSAP and CAP. We, at the elementary level, have also been hit hard. I have also wondered about the technology issues and why we have to go through so many hoops to teach the technology standards. I have completed all the technology classes offered through the online classes, at least those that work for elementary level, yet I can't even download Google Earth to the computers in my room becasue I don't have rights. We have the technology standards, yet like you said, "It always seems like an administrator is discouraging you by putting the fear of a potential problem in your head." When is the right hand going to know what the left hand is doing?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments guys! I appreciate your thoughts. I look forward to seeing everyone involved in education working together to give our students and children the will rounded educations they deserve.
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