Technology Obstacles

What obstacles do you face in your school that could impact the use of technology or effective change?  How might you go about working with or around those obstacles?

I feel that at my school in general, we are blessed with many opportunities for access to technology. I currently teach kindergarten and when I look at a comparison between the school as a whole and my grade level, I feel there is a deficit. Every student in grades 3-8 has either a tablet or chrome-book. In kindergarten, we had old desktops and smartboards. This year (in May) we received 5 i-pads per classroom. This to me is a step in the right direction, however without any training or time to explore, I fear that my use of them will be ineffective. 

I believe that some obstacles that my grade level faces and the school faces as a whole is money. Technology costs money and with a school as large as ours, it is challenging to have or access enough money through grants to fund the amount of technology we need. In addition I personally feel that we have little to no training around effective use of the technology we are provided. In order to combat these challenges, I feel that we need to use what we do have as effectively as possible. I believe that a realistic and reasonable approach to using the i-pads effectively is to try out a couple of different apps at a time. I can monitor how they work, if they are effective and go from there. I feel that if I try to do it all at once, not only will I feel defeated and overwhelmed, but I also feel that I won't use the i-pads to their fullest potential. My goal will be to intentionally plan and try out a total of 4-6 apps throughout the year and monitor how well they worked for the needs of my class.