Week+1+Assignment+Part+1.2,+Comprehensive+Examinations

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**Introduction** This comprehensive examination is a summary of the content for the Educational Technology Leadership Master’s Program at Lamar University. It includes the concepts and skills I have learned and developed through the courses in this program. My goals for the future and my current curriculum vitae are also included.

**Position Goal** The Educational Technology Leadership program has been instrumental in preparing me for any future position in education. I am currently a classroom teacher, but have had experience as an instructional coach working with other educators. At the present, I am enjoying being back in the classroom. If the opportunity presented itself, I would work in a computer lab or a distict position working with educational technology. Once my children are grown and out of the house I may pursue an administrative credential to become a principal. Given the direction of education and society in general to become more and more technologically advanced, the skills learned in this program will be invaluable.

**Leadership Goal** As an instructional leader, I want to bridge the divide between the teachers who are digital immigrants, and the students who are digital natives (Prensky 2001). There is large, well-documentedgap between the way students learn with technology outside of school, and the lack of using technology to learn in school. Additionally, there is a need for a new view of what and how students need to learn to be prepared for the future. There is a fundamental shift from the “3 R’s” reading, writing, and arithmetic to what Richardson (2007) terms the “Seven C’s”; communication, connection, collaboration/cooperation, creation/contribution, community, continual learning, and culture. I enjoy working with teachers to help them navigate this “c-change” (Richardson). I want to see both educators and students succeed in the rapidly-changing world we will all face in the future. It is my passion to see that students, especially elementary, have the skills, knowledge, character, and higher-order thinking they will need to succeed. With my 12 years of teaching in the classroom, my experience working with teachers to improve their practice, and now the knowledge, skills, and resources I have received from this program, I am more than prepared for leading school improvement.

References

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital native, digital immigrants: Part 1. //On the Horizon////,// 9(5), 1-6 Richardson, W. (2007). The seven Cs of learning: A new c-change in education. //District Administration//, //43//(3), 97.



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