Week 1 Post 1 Inst Ldrshp

As a technology leader on my campus, in the role of librarian, I feel my strengths in educational technology leadership are pretty varied. On the first survey, the Technology Applications Inventory, I scored a total of 58 yes responses and 0 no responses. According to the inventory, I am a strong leader of educational technology on my campus. In becoming a librarian, I had to attend several graduate level courses on integrating technology. As the field of librarianship becomes more and more technology based, my skills have had to grow with what our campus offered. I certainly don't think I know all there is to know about technology, both hardware and software, or electronic information. I noticed that I knew far less about the technology and skills of the building teachers and students than I thought I would, according to the second assessment, SETDA Bldg Survey. I chose the building survey because in my job as librarian, I must help all students and be available to all teachers—of any given subject or grade level offered in our building. Through this survey, I realized I knew less about what technology and skills are both offered to our teachers, as well as how well/often our teachers use them.

I feel that my technology weaknesses are with spreadsheet details (I can use Excel, but do not know how to implement all the fantastic features the program offers), and I almost never create my own database in Access. If I have to create a database, I almost use Excel exclusively. There is so much more technology available than I have the time or opportunities to learn, implement, and share with others. When classes come to the library for research, I'm lucky if I get 20 minutes to show them how to use our online catalog, work with specific research databases to show the students the ease research can be with all the features that are offered through the district, plus go over ethics of writing and research, including citations. Time is the enemy of the 21^st Century learner and teacher right now—everything is moving at light speed, but teachers have 47 minutes a day to try to lasso information and share it with students.

I don't feel that these two surveys gave me a thorough insight to my skills in technology and leadership. There is so much more to educational technology.