I am trying to figure out what this job really is. I’ve asked around and found out that the job title, description, and tasks vary greatly from school to school. Here are the titles I’ve heard:
Instructional Technology Specialist
Ed Tech Specialist
TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment)
Technology Coach
Technology Liaison
The job descriptions have included:
Run computer lab
develop/maintain school website
assist teachers [...]
I wrote about using a writing tablet in math class a while back. Now I am taking it to the next level. I got a grant for a bunch of Interwrite wireless writing tablets for the math department at my school. The money doesn’t come in until June but I was able to get one early on [...]
For a couple of years I’ve tried to make some kind of online calendar for my classes. At first I was trying to update a list of assignments just using HTML. To do that I had to open the file, update it, then load it up to the server. It took too long [...]
A couple months ago I decided to start taking my math classes to the computer lab once a week. The first day I asked everyone to start a gmail account. It was going just fine until halfway through first hour when Google blocked our server from creating any more accounts. They though we were spammers. One of the [...]
I am applying for a masters of education degree in Curriculum, Technology and Education Reform at the University of Illinois. Aside from one meeting on campus the entire program is on-line. I’ve taken classes on-line before and they have been great. I’m looking forward to the program and I know that it will benefit me [...]
