Research

**Goal 5 – Promote research and data-driven decisions about technology-enhanced teaching and learning.**

** To be leaders in our roles as technology educators, we must incorporate research at all times. What is absolutely the best solution today has been in R&D for months by another company, only to hit the market in six months. We must find and continue to absorb new ideas coming in the technology industry. I believe this goal is very important if we want to continue to be leaders and stay ahead of our students and truly prepare them for their future. **

** My confidence in this goal is high, but until starting this masters program I have not had a focus on technology as it relates to education. I have researched and implemented software solutions for the Legal, Retail, Manufacturing and Banking industries, but not education. I have subscribed to an educational post, the 21st Century Fluency Project, out of Vancouver, BC, that provides a weekly e-mail to ten articles related to technology. I have started reading those articles and posting brief reviews to establish a habit of keeping up on research done by others, for now. **