As much as technology is changing these days, it is crucial that districts perform technology assessments every so often. While performing these assessments may provide valuable information, there are many pros and cons that can be associated with them. A common advantage of taking a district technology assessment is obviously looking at what a district has. This will help a district see where they are lacking and in what areas they can improve. Another advantage of taking a technology assessment is that a district can observe how the technology is being used in the classroom. When observing my campus STaR chart information, we were advanced in some areas, however still lacking in other areas.
As good as conducting a technology assessment might sound; I do believe that it can have its drawbacks as well. For example just because a district has technology does not necessarily mean it is being used in the classroom. This argument could range from anywhere to having technology just “sitting there” to an educator who is too afraid of 21st century technology tools. Another disadvantage that might be considered of a technology assessment is just that, it is an assessment. As we all know school finance has been a bit tight lately and districts are having to cut where they can. Unfortunately our district did not receive its yearly technology allotment for this fiscal year. Basically a district can assess as much as they want, but if there is no money to go around to purchase new technology, then all you have is data.
Adan Andres Chavez EDLD 5306 September 2, 2011
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