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**Reflections on K – 8 and 9 – 12 Surveys on Technology Integration **

This activity fulfills the requirements for
 * II.E. Developing leadership techniques for working with all levels of the educational community and to manage and administer instructional technology programs at the building and district levels including: **
 * **Developing plans to assess the technological needs and resources, and to evaluate technology implementation and outcomes **

The activity was to “evaluate and summarize data collected from a teacher survey related to integration of technology in the district. Prepare an executive summary and PowerPoint.” In order to prepare a summary of the teachers’ technology surveys (K – 8 and 9 – 12), I organized the survey data into tables according to the types of response and grouped some related data to simplify the analysis. Then I analyzed the survey results of technology use and came up with various conclusions and recommendations. Finally, I organized the survey responses into two PowerPoint presentations and arranged the slides according to the order of the survey summary.

My recent experiences in writing a thesis were very helpful in organizing and analyzing the data. Even though I had been able--on two occasions--to observe some technology use in one of the three K – 3 schools and the Intermediate School (grades 4 – 6), it was challenge to make recommendations without knowing Southern Lehigh School District’s community of teachers and learners and experiencing how they utilize technology on all levels and in different environments. However, those experiences provided some insights. On the other hand, since I did not know the teachers or their daily routines, the analysis can be unbiased and based solely upon the responses teachers provided. I believe the District would benefit from utilizing observation tools (e.g. ICOT) to observe how teachers use technology. In this manner, the survey data and observation data could be triangulated .