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 * Technology Facilitator Standard VI ** deals with the social, ethical, legal, and human issues related to the use and implementation of technology. It is a technology leader’s responsibility to understand these issues, communicate them, and assist in dealing with them. This can be a very challenging task. According to Williamson and Redish (2009), “Some of these challenges—such as cyberbullying and promoting appropriate netiquette—can be readily addressed…others…require technologists to consider the social ethical role of technology in promoting (or denying) educational equity.”

In order to provide equity for all students and teachers in sharing a new mobile laptop unit at my campus, I requested feedback from teachers for possible scheduling options. I compiled all of the information I received into several schedules. I presented the different schedules at the campus leadership team (CLT) meeting. After presenting all of them, I made my recommendation for the schedule I felt would be the least restrictive and most suitable for providing equal access to mobile net book cart for all teachers and students**.** My recommendation called for scheduling laptops by grade level on a rotational basis. I further suggested that this type of schedule would allow teachers the consistency needed to plan for technology integration into the curriculum. Furthermore, the laptop cart would need to be moved less frequently up and down the floors. Many CLT members thought this rotational schedule might work. However the principal raised a concern about the net book cart sitting idly in the classrooms. On the other hand, I voiced my concern about the cart sitting idly in the library. Furthermore, I mentioned that as reluctant teachers see others use them, they too would eventually follow suit. However if they sit idly in the library, the net books are simply out of sight. At the meeting we agreed to discuss this topic further at the beginning of the next school year.

Although I was pleasantly surprised about the support I received by the CLT members, I’m concerned that it will be forgotten by the time we begin the next school year; or that the lack of time all teachers are faced with will cause the CLT to abort their support.

Resource Cited:

Williamson, J. & Redish, T. (2009). //Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What every K-12 leader should know and be able to do.// Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.