Technonlogy and the 21st Century Classroom

Technology is an integral part of the 21st century and definitely an important part of the 21st century classroom. Teachers, students, and all stake holders must be prepared to be knowledgeable in the use of this new age phenomenon, in order to prepare students for the modern global economy.
The Texas Education Agency has provided guidelines that schools can follow to prepare staff and students for this innovative use of technology in teaching and learning. Likewise, my school and district have been working on providing staff with professional development training to prepare for the accomplishment of the state technology TEKS.
The four domains of the Technology Applications Inventory are foundations, information acquistion, solving problems, and communication. Based on my personal assesment of my knowledge of the four domains, my weakest points is in the foundations section. The results of the other three domains also show a 50/50 spread in each area. This information shows that I need to put in a lot of work in developing many areas of technology use in order to be fully prepared for the 21st century classroom.
The SETDA survey for my school shows that there is adequate preparation at my school and district for technology use, although still in the early stages of development. I plan to take rigorous technology applications courses in the coming months, as well as improve on the applications that I am using currently to better serve the students, and also for my personal professional growth.