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**EDLD 5370 Reflections on assignments in** **EDLD 5362 Informational Systems Management** In this course I had the opportunity to interview to a Irma Pizano is a retired teacher from the State of Florida who is currently settled in Texas and she is working in our school. Because he is retired, I named this work “From early stages of computers to Internet”. For this person I would learn about the transformation that happened the education in US, when technology was not used, and when computers were used in education with the the use of games in 80’s (Verenikina, Harris and Lysaght, 2003). I can said to that as student I experienced the some changes in the use of internet, because I used the Apple IIe and the PDP 11. However I could never imagine that the technology could changed in how the students participate and have changed the role of merely receptors of information into producers of materials and she is glad to see how internet allow students to enhance higher thinking skills as was visualized by Lemke (2011). I think that we could be part of this change not merely observers of how technology change, we can use this state of the art technology devices to create more appropriate environments for teacher learning to promote a better implementation in the classrooms. I could know about the different networks that exist that are related with education, some of them are really helpful such as SchoolRack. In particular I like this because we could share information, documents, and files, allow discussions online, report grades online to students or their parents, weep in touch with private messaging. As teacher we can connect with students by sharing information and documents, posting grades and assignments and holding discussions and students increase interaction with teachers, complete assignment, enroll to workgroups and access school materials.The other tool that is interested was Global Classroom, that is really affordable and has a friendly interface for administrators, teachers and students and is based on moodle. This characteristics would allow this tool to be applicable to our school because it support levels from (K-12). Also I learned about the Student Information System (SIS) that our school is using, that is one service provided for the Regional Service Center Computer Cooperative, called //RSCCC//. I knew that it has some features such as a part called SHARE (Student Health Assesssment,  Records, and Evaluation) that can manage test scores, txGradebook (Online) and has on part for PEIMS for attendance and discipline. As leader, it is important that we could know the system that our school is utilizing and to know its capabilities. Another interesting work that I did in this course was the to envision the classroom in the year 2016 where schools will be starting the phase II of the Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020 (Educational Technology Advisory Committee, 2006). In order to make this classroom be reality we need to start actively promoting the use of technology in our schools and in the leadership position, we must facilitate and allocate resources wisely to serve all students regardless of their economic position or access to technology at home. For our school this is a challenge because we know that our population doesn’t have enough access to technology derived of being economically disadvantaged for more than 90%.

**References:**

Educational Technology Advisory Committee, (2006). The Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020. Retrieved on May 6, 2010 at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147494561&libID=2147494558

Lemke, J. (2005). //Research for the future of science education: New ways of learning, new ways of living.// Paper presented at the VIIth International Congress on Research in Science Teaching, Granada, Spain. Retrieved on April 17, 2011 from http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jaylemke/papers/Granada%20Future %20Science%20Education.htm

Verenikina, I., Harris, P., and Lysaght, P.(2003). Child's play: computer games, theories of play and children's development. In //Proceedings of the international Federation For information Processing Working Group 3.5 Open Conference on Young Children and Learning Technologies - Volume 34// (Sydney,