Introduction

My name is Kevin and I have started this blog as a part of my Integration of Technology into Schools graduate class.

I am an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher in Prince William County Schools in Virginia.  I taught 4th grade as a new teacher and have since been in the roll of a technology resource and coach for the teachers and students at my school.  I enjoy what I do, but I know I can do better.  So after 4 years as the ITRT I decided it was time to move forward and enhance my knowledge base and to acquire a new bag of tools.

As a part of this program we have learned about many different technology driven activities that can be used to help student become better users of information.  Better thinkers and doers, because they are taught how to understand the contexts what they are doing.  They are starting to link living and learning.  I firmly believe that one learns best by doing, and this program fully supports my teaching beliefs and philosophies.

In the last couple of years I have pushed my teachers to utilize blogging and digital journaling to reach their students and to start to bridge the gap between living outside of school and learning.  Some attempts have failed, but a few of my teachers have embraced the Edmodo platform and have used some of the more basic features to reach their students.  We have a long way to go, but I am confident we are moving in the right direction.