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Week 4 Assignment 4.5 Alberto Guia – ET8008 Williamson and Redish 7th Standard of Technology are the Procedures, Policies, Planning, and Budgeting for Technology Environments (2009). This standard I feel is one of the most important factors of technology and I think it has the greatest impact on everyday teachers. Two key works, planning and budgeting, makes this standard very important and one that I feel is often over looked. I have seen, even experienced first hand, the lack of planning and budgeting for technology. For the past three years I was my campuses computer teacher and go to guy for technology. Just two weeks ago I was informed that the school was cutting my program, computer teacher, and I was being replaced with a teacher assistant. I am now at a new campus and teaching 4th grade science/social studies. This is where the lack of planning and budgeting comes into action. I worked at an elementary campus with over 1,000 students. We were larger than some area middle schools. With a campus this big, we need someone who understands technology, the Technology TEKS, and is capable of running three computer labs. I do not see how the campus can justify not teaching the students technology, which is something that everyone has to know for even the smallest or mundane jobs. If the campus personnel were able to plan ahead and budget properly the students would not have to suffer and miss out on an important aspect of their learning. The other two components of this standard, procedures and policies, are also very critical. I feel as a technology leader there should be guidelines in place to help protect the sensitive and personal information of all students and staff. These guidelines often come down from federal or state agencies but I feel that the local school should also have procedures in place to have an added level of protection and security. .   ** References ** Williamson, J. & Redish, T. (2009). //Technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every K-12 leader should know and be able to do//. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.