Crushing Barriers

The first barrier that I feel impedes me from having my students use technology more than we do is time. I was hired at Castleberry ISD in September after another teacher quit. I think I missed out on a alot of prep time at the beginning of the year that other teachers had before starting class with their students. I'm hoping to get to spend more time this summer researching the internet, hearing from the CISD technology department, and hopefully hearing from my coworkers for more resources in software, apps, and ideas to have a better start for the beginning of this next school year. The other barriers that I think hinder my use of more and better technology with my students is the make up of my students being Resource, and the fact that my primary goal is to work on each individual students individual goals according to their IEP. I think I have come a long way in getting to know my individual students and getting them to put out a little honest academic effort with using the right incentives that work for each one. For this upcoming school year, I think using technology is a wonderful way to improve my students personal efforts, as opposed to pencil and paper work, if I can find a lot of child friendly, useful things for them to do on a computer. I am open to any and all help that the district has to offer!!! I plan on doing a lot of searching on my own but would love all the help I can get. This is why I chose to attend Tech Academy after my first year teaching in CISD instead of waiting another year.