Project Evaluation

Given what I have learned through the process of my TechQuest, there are a couple of things that I would do differently. First of all, the timing of this project, although for the most part out of my control, was perhaps a large contributor to the fact that I had to go with a Plan B for my project implementation. This is because the overall project dealt with training teachers how to use a SMARTBoard, and because the end of the year is such a busy and hectic one for teachers who are beginning to wrap up a school year and are bogged down with meetings, testing, grades, and an overall feeling of needing to move from a sprint into an all-out run to the end of the year finish line, this is in general what caused me to run into a problem with getting teachers scheduled for the lesson that I had planned to do with them. And although I was concerned about what this would do to my ability to follow through with my TechQuest, ultimately my Plan B helped to make this TechQuest more powerful and stronger in it's delivery and overall success. This validated what I have always known and believed in as a teacher, which is "remain flexible" and I am thankful for the fact that I am able to keep a positive outlook on things even though they may not look how I had planned them to. And even though this project ended up working out to be very successful, I would still try to keep a close eye on the timing of a project such as this one especially with one that deals with gathering together a group of very busy teachers.

In the future, and as the Technology Facilitator in my building, opportunities such as this one will likely present themselves again. Knowing that, I will take a lot of learning from this TechQuest with me and will use what I have learned to choose, implement, and create topics that are engaging and relevant to the needs of my teachers in my building as well as to the students to whom those teachers are responsible for. This leads me to the second thing that I would change or consider for future projects like this. This time, this TechQuest topic was chosen because I felt there was a genuine need to get teachers some training on the use of SMARTBoards within my building, however, in the future, allowing teachers an opportunity to voice an opinion towards what they feel they are needing or lacking training or support in, would allow for an authentic interest in helping themselves and their students to learn 21st century ways of teaching and learning.