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My Philosophy
We bring our own experiences into our work as we search for solutions to understanding how best to develop our role in leading a system. Incorporating my own personal perspective regarding the use of technology, I see a common thread for its integration as a powerful tool.

Technology for the twenty first century student is embedded as a catalyst to learning. I believe as students are exposed to technology the doors of greater learning will occur. The issue at large is that technology is not just a convenient mechanical tool. Its greater value is found when technology is integrated throughout the everyday content and fabric of our lives, and it becomes embedded throughout our culture such that it affects the process by which we live and learn. As schools adjust to new technologies, a one-to-one learning environment emerges. Therefore, as more schools shift to one-to-one programs in which technologies are tools of choice, educators must learn to reorganize themselves, manage their classrooms, and transform their traditional instructional methods to fit the new technological environment in which we all live in. There is research to support instructional technology findings and therefore, as a leader of a school organization I must find a way to effectively place the research in practice.