February+ISTE+Research+Paper

I read the following article: The Changing Roles of Elementary Technology Coordinators: A Follow-up Study

Neal Strudler

"This study reports on the evolving of elementary technology coordinators and their efforts to support technology integration in a large urban district."

I think that the purpose of this study was done to talk about the role of technology coordinators and what they would like to have accomplished in districts vs what they are actually being able to get done. Technology coordinators seem to be having a hard time doing their desired tasks as they are spending a majority of their time dealing with technical issues and little time having instructional time with the staff to develop their technology base a to use it with their classrooms. Funding seems to be an issue as well as to whether or not the technology coordinator is able to completed their desired duties as many school districts don't have the proper funding to make this happen. He finished by saying... //"The goal, then, is to establish an efficient solution for providing technical maintenance and support so that coordinators have sufficient time to pursue the “higher order” goals of providing staff development, curriculum consulting, and follow-up support."//