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Introduction
Technology has to be one of the most useful tools in any profession. Technology has changed the world and will continue to be a driving force. The advancements made in technology have steadily grew until the last ten to fifteen years where it has sky-rocketed. There is not a career in the world that does not use a form of technology. However, what good is technology if you do not know how to use it. Whether it is teaching yourself how to use technology or being trained there are always more to learn.

Basics
With the advancements that technology continues to make the training to use such programs should also be evolving and constant. The situations each of us are involved in allow us to have ongoing training to use the technology we are implementing. The ratio of teachers having computers is extremely high, being from 95% to 100% and the ratios of computers was just as high.

The best time to upgrade the technology in a school system is over the summer. However, this provides little time for any kinks in the programs to be worked out by the time it needs to be implemented. The technology which has been upgraded is then given to the teachers to use, but included is usually a less than adequate training. There are cases where you may need to actively prepare before going, but in these situations you do not realize this until the training is over. Other situations you find yourself in a training involving technology you are already familiar with or feel you could learn more about it by investigating it yourself.

Comparison


Through the research we each have done we have found that there is a high number of teachers, administration and staff who are trained to use technology and who have computers at their own homes. However, we may be receiving training most of us agree that we are not receiving enough training on how to use the technology we are to implement in our classrooms. In the Richmond Public School district here in Virginia we receiving a minimal amount of training and it is only at the beginning of the school year and a day or two throughout. This is an average of around four trainings a year. Melissa, in her situation has had around ten trainings a year and she still feels this is inadequate. Like it or not, technology is everywhere and ever-adapting. Without the proper training as Chris mentions in his evaluation, “an untrained instructor could lead to wasted time in the classroom.” Wasted time is the worst thing for a teacher, we already are being pushed in every which way, this shows how important being trained to use technology is.

Conclusion
Technology is easily the most important aspect of any profession, but the lack of training teachers receive does not begin to match the advances made in technology. We expect the most out of the students we interact with daily but if we are not adequately trained to use the technology ourselves, how are we suppose to instruct others to use it. Of course we are being trained but is it enough? The results of the surveys and evaluations we each created brings me to the conclusion that no, it is not enough. Each of our evaluations points out important aspects of technology which we use daily, and others which we are just finding out about. If we are expected to learn everything on our own, where are we going to find all of this extra time? In the end, there is no use for technology in any workplace or classroom if the training is not provided for the user.

Section 4: Evaluation Processes