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Technology Is The Sole Media Specialist For Cartersville City Schools

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I am currently employed as the sole Media Specialist for Cartersville City Schools. This is a four school district with each school averaging 1,100 students and 80 staff. There is a fulltime media clerk at each of the schools. I am responsible for managing the clerks as well as the traditional jobs of a media specialist. I also assist in the purchasing of school and system-wide technology. Upon request from the administration, curriculum director, or technology director, I lead teacher training. Most everything I know about technology is self- taught. I spend a lot of my time teaching classes to students and teachers on how to use databases, e-books, and the new hardware and software our system purchases. I took this course in order to learn more about student assessment as it relates to technology-enhanced instruction. This knowledge will in return help make better use of the hardware my schools currently have and the type of assessments that are offered. In doing so, I hope to change the mindset of some in my district that technology is not for just the students to “play” on, but actually can and should be used to increase the rigor in their classrooms. Review of Learning This was my second semester towards pursuing my Ed. S. in Instructional Technology. I was anxious about the course due to it being a shortened semester and it being in the summer with my small kids at home. While the course did move a little faster pace, I felt the course load was reasonable and I

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