UPhill+battle

In Area V we had a number of people trained and all were quite keen to get back and if it a try. They had teachers chosen to work with and the motivation was there. We even had resource teachers who were not able to go to the training eager to get it when we had returned. Unfortunatley it didn't quite work out as planned. Time was a major issue as people wanted to get together but 'life' got in the way. As for the start of this school year - we had a number of people leave resource - some out of the province/area and others just back to the classroom. I found that when it comes to technology in our area - there seems to be alot - but when look at it in comparison to the number of children and staff.. it isn't enough. We have a lot of teachers who want to use technology but struggle with getting it to work when they want it to - get let down and are less likely to use it in the future. At Jack River school we have serious technology issues in the at the ‍internet is not very reliable ‍. Some of the equipment doesn't work and needs to be repaired as well. There is no computer teacher there (use to be) and so now kind of falls on ' who knows' to put in the help tickets when things don't work. As for myself - I have taken upon myself to look into getting some tablets here - prefer the ipad... as we have a number of special needs children (especially with autism) that I would love to try them with. So many applications to try. I am not one to give up - will keep supporting staff in getting technology and programs. Oh - also - many programs have not been loaded into the computers (have essential skills at one school but it isn't loaded!).