Comments on: Transforming the Tech Role http://www.sometechsense.com/transforming-the-tech-role/ Putting All Those Tech Pieces Together Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Suzanne Shanks http://www.sometechsense.com/transforming-the-tech-role/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Suzanne Shanks Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:25 +0000 http://www.sometechsense.com/?p=95#comment-35 Amanda, thanks for this post and a peek into your work life these past few days. As a full-time "Lab/Tech Teacher" who aspires to work herself out of a job, just as you hope to eliminate the position from your school, I applaud your efforts. I am the only tech evangelist at my school but I keep on talking it up and helping people (IT Specialist at times) as an ET would if the position existed in my school or district... I think that we agree every teacher should be embedding web 2.0 and the occasional use of a lab by the tech-proficient content-area, classroom teacher would be lovely! I hate that in my school all the core teachers leave it to me (the Electives Computer Teacher) to cover anything and everything related to tech. However, there are a few people who are finally interested in moving forward and starting to take my bait. My district is finally starting to make some 21st Century initiatives after about 5 years of no movement whatsoever. That being said, I'm really commenting to thank you for the inspiration! Amanda, thanks for this post and a peek into your work life these past few days. As a full-time “Lab/Tech Teacher” who aspires to work herself out of a job, just as you hope to eliminate the position from your school, I applaud your efforts. I am the only tech evangelist at my school but I keep on talking it up and helping people (IT Specialist at times) as an ET would if the position existed in my school or district… I think that we agree every teacher should be embedding web 2.0 and the occasional use of a lab by the tech-proficient content-area, classroom teacher would be lovely! I hate that in my school all the core teachers leave it to me (the Electives Computer Teacher) to cover anything and everything related to tech. However, there are a few people who are finally interested in moving forward and starting to take my bait. My district is finally starting to make some 21st Century initiatives after about 5 years of no movement whatsoever. That being said, I’m really commenting to thank you for the inspiration!

]]> By: aldecardy http://www.sometechsense.com/transforming-the-tech-role/comment-page-1/#comment-34 aldecardy Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:45:13 +0000 http://www.sometechsense.com/?p=95#comment-34 HA! I think you are correct that it goes a long way to help the teachers out with the IT side for the first few weeks. You get to know the teachers and they do start to see you as a go to person... I'm savoring the conversations about ET - I know there will be more to come! HA! I think you are correct that it goes a long way to help the teachers out with the IT side for the first few weeks. You get to know the teachers and they do start to see you as a go to person… I’m savoring the conversations about ET – I know there will be more to come!

]]> By: Jeff Utecht http://www.sometechsense.com/transforming-the-tech-role/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Jeff Utecht Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:20:41 +0000 http://www.sometechsense.com/?p=95#comment-33 Sounds like you are off to a running start...literally. I had a teacher today see me sitting at my desk in the ES office and say: "Didn't I see you literally running from class to class today?" Yes...it was one of those days. I'll just leave with a little word of advise....take it or leave it. :) It's good early on to help teacher with their tech issues, it's how we get into their classrooms, how we open that door to projects later on. But it's also how we get sucked into becoming an IT person instead of an ET person. The IT part...will...if you let it.....take over your time. Drawing that line is difficult but learning to say "You're going to have to e-mail IT on that one....but CC me so I know what's going on." is a good way to get the message out just where that line is....and only you can decide where that line is. :) Just some advice from someone trying to do the same. :) Sounds like you are off to a running start…literally. I had a teacher today see me sitting at my desk in the ES office and say:

“Didn’t I see you literally running from class to class today?”

Yes…it was one of those days.

I’ll just leave with a little word of advise….take it or leave it. :)

It’s good early on to help teacher with their tech issues, it’s how we get into their classrooms, how we open that door to projects later on. But it’s also how we get sucked into becoming an IT person instead of an ET person. The IT part…will…if you let it…..take over your time. Drawing that line is difficult but learning to say “You’re going to have to e-mail IT on that one….but CC me so I know what’s going on.” is a good way to get the message out just where that line is….and only you can decide where that line is. :)

Just some advice from someone trying to do the same. :)

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