http://btcactus.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/technology-and-the-school-principal-leader/ Teach People HOW to Learn, Not WHAT to Learn Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:57:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://btcactus.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/technology-and-the-school-principal-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Don Watkins Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:25:51 +0000 http://btcactus.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/technology-and-the-school-principal-leader/#comment-1271 I think the problem really exists because in the last 15 years public schools have increasingly relied on BOCES to provide technical support. Twenty years ago most technology coordinators were teachers who had been reassigned. As those folks retired they were replaced by technology coordinators who were largely curriculum coordinators who had no real knowledge of the workings of a computer or networks. A good technology director/coordinator needs to be both an educator and a technologist. New York State would do most school districts a huge favor if they actually stipulated the requirements for a technology director/coordinator. In my twenty years no such requirements have been forthcoming and so now we find situations like the ones you have described in your writing. I think the problem really exists because in the last 15 years public schools have increasingly relied on BOCES to provide technical support. Twenty years ago most technology coordinators were teachers who had been reassigned. As those folks retired they were replaced by technology coordinators who were largely curriculum coordinators who had no real knowledge of the workings of a computer or networks. A good technology director/coordinator needs to be both an educator and a technologist. New York State would do most school districts a huge favor if they actually stipulated the requirements for a technology director/coordinator. In my twenty years no such requirements have been forthcoming and so now we find situations like the ones you have described in your writing.

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