Chapter 6 Review

This chapter was hard for me to follow because I am not an administrator.  I have not had my own classroom yet so it was hard for me to follow because I do not really know what it will be like to be in my own classroom and dealing with administration.  I know that I need to be in constant communication with my administration and support them but that is the extent of what I have been taught and seen thus far.  I like the idea of a principal using a blog, but I do not think that I am fully ready for that to take the place of the schools web page.  I also do not think that just because a school principal has a blog should stop announcement sheets going home to parents because not all homes have internet and that should be considered.  

In this chapter we have come back to the financial cost of some of the most advance and best software.  Principals need to be aware that there are programs out there that are free but they need to be willing to look around for the best type of software for their needs instead of just going with the first thing that is brought to their attention. There is always a chance that after a school starts using a 'open' software that a cost could be started so that is a chance administrators need to be aware of before they use the 'free' software.  It is important that students also get a chance to work with software that is not free but is used all over the place such as Microsoft Office.  There will always be free things for schools to use but it should not take the place of popular software that students will need to be familiar with to succeed in life.