Capstone Project Proposal Sheet Analysis

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EDT 600: Week 6: Capstone Project Proposal Packet Ginger Curtis EDT 600- Educational Technology Planning Week 6: Capstone Project Proposal Packet 4/10/2011 Capstone Project Proposal Packet: Educating Educators Executive Summary The era of Generation X has taken the world by storm. We have computers, internet, cell phones, and a host of programs used among each and everyone. Imagining there could be a problem with this doesn’t seem imaginable. However the number of teachers unable to perform at the same level as their students technologically is growing in numbers. This now makes the real question; how do we change this? When introducing technology into any school district we must follow all policies and procedures set forth by that district. This usually means there will be several committees to review the proposed technology to see if it fits into the budget and timelines already in place. Upon approval the committees will approve specific technologies to be implemented. Once the approval list goes out the teachers will be notified the stages of implementation and the tentative training schedule. Where all new things eventually work out for the best there will be pitfalls in the road to overcome. A few of these include time constraints, funding, and resistance. The most problematic being resistance from educators not…show more content…
Also we must consider that without technology this section would take three times as long to teach, I honestly can say this factually because when I learned the same information it was over a period of three weeks instead of one. Did I retain the information…honestly, No. Therefore current technology can not only reduce the amount of time it takes a student to understand a unit on supply and demand in economics, but it also increases efficiency and
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