Become An EdTech Specialist #edtech
[Reproduced from Edudemic website: “Become An EdTech Specialist: Do You Have What It Takes?”]
Personal Skills and Abilities
- Excellent interpersonal skills with staff, students, and parents
- Excellent communication skills
- Acknowledged leadership and collaboration skills
- Acknowledged ability to manage change
- Involved in continuous professional growth and leadership
Knowledge
- Sound understanding of 21st century skills in education
- Sound understanding of collaborative planning
- Sound understanding of inquiry based practices
- Up to date on current effective teaching practices with technology through professional development
Experience
- Demonstrate success in using 21st century skills in the classroom
- Demonstrate success in fostering a range of digital skills and attitudes in others
- Experience in leading others in a variety of contexts
What do you think, does this cover everything? If you knew someone looking to get into education technology, would this be enough to show them the basic skills and approach they’d need to demonstrate to be ‘successful’? No, what would you add or change then?
