How Much Value is there in Assessing Technology Skills of Educators?

           According to my personal beliefs, I believe that assessing technology leadership knowledge and skills is highly valuable and important. This is due to my thinking pattern that it is always better to improve when possible. As I took the Keirsey Temperament, Multiple Intelligence Inventory,  LoTi Digital-Age Survey, and several other technology assessments last week, I learned so much about myself. I learned my areas of technology that need improvement, such as implementing more technology into my lessons, as well as my areas that I am advanced in, such as basic operations of the computer. These assessments really helped show me how to improve and be more productive in my career. I think that assessing the knowledge and skills of student technology is also quite valuable, because it will show me what I need to help students work on to be more successful. For me, one of the most valuable things in education is that I am able to help my students develop the skills they need to achieve their goals.
           A couple of things to consider when using technology assessments are the pros and cons of the assessments. One pro of technology assessments are that they show the skills that need improvement, and hence give guidance  in improving education, whether it be the teacher or the student. On the other hand, a con is that some of the questions on assessments do not directly apply to each person or campus in particular. For instance, on the LoTi Digital-Age Survey that I took last week some of the questions did not apply directly to my content area or my campus. This could lead to inadequate feedback.
           In my opinion, technology assessments help show us the parts of technology that we can improve which will lead to technological advances being made; and there is value in that.