Going through the ITS program has opened my eyes to so many possibilities in the classroom and outside. I've tried out a few lesson plans in my own classroom and shared ideas with others in my building. Most teachers that have reached out to me for "advice" on how to best technology in their lessons want to try it out for themselves. Then, on the hand I've had some teachers say something like "that sounds interesting, would you like to try it in my classroom too?" This made me consider what do really want to do in my school. As I thought about this I came to the conclusion that I want to model technology integrated lessons for teachers in my building. Then I thought about, how could I do this in my current position. As an English Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher I support multiple classrooms so once I have a rapport with the classroom teacher I could "slip" in and make suggestions for lessons. Before we begin to plan the lesson I could pose am authentic problem and have the students use technology to solve it. This could work right? Or would I need to be in a different position that only focused on technology? Trouble shooting software and hardware problems doesn't interests me so applying for a School Based Technology Specialist (SBTS) position I don't think is the way. Is there any position that would just allow me to work with teachers, students and authentic problems? Until I find something else I guess I'll just stay where I am and influence the teachers around me.
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