Week #2- EDU 638 Blog

Technology and Leadership

 

In Educational Leadership and Planning for Technology fifth edition, Picciano (2011), that throughout our society and school system, technology has evolved our world, through the predominance of the internet and World Wide Web.  In addition, K-12 education has evolved into a much more outcomes-driven enterprise that depends upon technology and data to perform many of its basic functions.  Picciano (2011), that both the theoretical and the practical considerations for planning and implementing technology in today’s schools, with an emphasis on the total application of technology including both administrative and instructional uses.

 

Therefore in order to provide informed leadership and become agents for realizing the powerful potential of technology in their schools, a great technology leader must be in place.  According to Hall (2008), that a key responsibility of any leader is the development, management and characteristic of an organization’s team leader’s vision.  The vision becomes a powerful vision by allowing the organization to reach its goal.  One of the characteristics, Hall (2008), that one of a great leader is a sensei, which represents the dual role of mentor and facilitator.  They focus on assisting individuals to growth and help solve problems.

 

Worldview it is defined as the means through which one interprets the world around them through the foundations of their beliefs.  In a Christian worldview, man was created with the talents and abilities to produce a variety of tools to assist God in his work on earth. In Genesis, Chapter 4, we read how men were producing tools out of iron and bronze. As technology continues to find ways to enhance our lives, we must continue to find ways to equip our students with the knowledge (Brummelen, 1988) and technology that is required to succeed. Technology is a design from God, in which man crafted.  God in his awesome wisdom gave insights to individuals on how to create a computer such as Englishman Charles Babbage in 1822, known as the father of the computer. Charles Babbage received the insights from God, and he crafted a machine that used the decimal number system that was empowered by a cranking handle (Marshall, 2012). Technology is here to stay, and it is forever advancing in our society, and will continue to grow and advance.  We should prepare our students with these present advancements and future advancements. Therefore, in order for these advancements to be implemented a great leader must be in placed that projects great management and have great characteristics in their leadership skills and Christian worldviews.

 

References

Hall, Don (2008). The technology director’s guide to leadership: The power of great questions. International Society for

     Technology in Education (ISTE): Washington, DC.

Picciano, Anthony G. (2011). Educational leadership and planning for technology (5^th ed).  Pearson Education, Inc.:   

     Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Brummelen, H. V. (1988). Walking with God in the classroom: Christian approaches to teaching  and learning. (3^rd
     ed.). Colorado Springs, CO: Purposeful Design Publications.

Marshall, J. (2012) Computer engines". Retrieved July 08, 2012.
     http://www.allsands.com/history/objects/history/objects/babbagecomputer_yy_gn.htm