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=EdTech Leadership= San Jacinto College District 4624 Fairmont Pkwy. Pasadena, TX 77504 281.542.2084

Members

 * Niki Whiteside - Vice President, Educational Technology
 * Martha Sells - EdTech Blackboard Support Coordinator
 * Sherry Nixon - EdTech Design Team Supervisor
 * Chris Duke - EdTech Training Team Director
 * Amy Birkhead - Blackboard Support Specialist
 * Lisa Kitchens - Blackboard Support Specialist
 * Jennifer Ramsey - EdTech Trainer
 * Sandee Page - Program Manager

Online Learning Community Purpose and Goal
The **__purpose__** of this online learning community is to collaborate as a team in order to assist faculty and staff of San Jacinto College in integrating available technology tools into the classroom and office. The team will also use this site to share research and its discoveries of new technologies we may explore for future use.

Knowing the Long-range Plan for Technology in the state of Texas will create educators with the tools and knowledge to incorporate technology into the classroom, and a greater satisfaction by the community as to how their tax dollars are being utilized to educate today's youth, it is our responsibility in the community college to continue what is started in the K-12 setting.

We can assist our service area schools in advancing their key area STaR totals and classifications by assuring our dual-credit students are knowledgeable in the use of classroom technologies, and they are integrated in our teaching. This will help develop a hunger for learning, as they are able to put their own "gadgets" to work in the classroom.

Consistency in curriculum cannot be halted once a student graduates from high school. As they progress into higher education, they must continue to have access to the same tools and technologies to which they have grown accustomed. As the responsible entity within the college, it is imperitive that the Educational Technology Division be proactive, purposeful and knowledgeable in attaining the necessary knowledge and skills to do just that.

Therefore, the ultimate **__goal__** of this site is to use our findings and decisions to improve technology use and integration in the classrooms and offices of San Jacinto College.

Here is a link to an interesting video discussing the 21st Century Learner. Although it refers to schools in Colorado, it can be applied to Texas schools as well. []