What
worked?
- K-2
new participants -- We're starting over!
- F.L.I.P
books
- Cyber
Cafes and Meet & Geek sessions
- Just-in-time
troubleshooting
- Teachable
moments
- Modeling
for others
- One-on-one
with the basics
- Troubleshooting
- Research
for others
- Role
models
- Encouraged
use of technology
- Joyce/Craig
- great SUPPORT!!
- BRIAN
++ (should be hired F/T) (Note: echoed by all schools about
their tech aides)
- District
office listened to our needs for mobile lab
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What
could have been better?
- Software
needs for K-2
- Effective
instructional use of technology
- More
opportunities to co-teach with teachers
- Time
to train people during the school day
- Motivating
ALL teachers to integrate technology
- Time
wasted on Macs that are no longer in the building
- Need
a better location or more computers to teach both teachers
and students
- Commitment
to support technology (Districtwide)
- Technology
that is up-to-date and functional
- To
get more faculty to use email & technology
- Faster
tech support
- More
time for additional training of staff for technology
- More
hands-on activities and time to play and explore
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What
roles will individuals play this year?
- Train
staff w/ computer hardware peripherals (iLav, AlphaSmarts,
Digital Cameras, scanners, etc)
- Support
modeling and training using technology with instruction
- Maintain
web page
- Maintain/revise
web site
- CyberCafes
- TechNews
in "What's Up" Newsletter
- Monitor
Mobile Labs (per pod)
- Add
to F.L.I.P. books
- Each
will develop specific web-based activities using the mobile
labs and targeted at specific grades. (Karen is now doing
science and Leanne is doing Social Studies.)
- Teach
rest of science dept about labs, probes and calculators
(Mary)
- Assist
with ideas for other staff
- Continue
encouraging Integrade Pro and guidelines and usage of portable
labs
- Power
Library and Big Chalk on laptops and 500 (Charleen)
- 9th
grade introduction to library and computer lab (and standardizing
for reuse in future years) (Charleen)
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What
will Craig and Joyce do for your school?
- Provide
JIT training
- Help
w/ DreamWeaver
- Consult
w/ teachers through e-mail (create a PLE listserv??)
- Tell
us about new products and software
- Provide
STAFF training to grade levels during the school day (ie.,
e-mail, server use)
- Co-teach
during school day w/ classroom teachers
- Support
teachers during technology lessons
- Demonstrate
new technology and help us to get it.
- 2
carts for LCD projectors
- Fix
HS #2 Cart to make all computers available
- Make
Charleen an administrator on mobile laptops
- Craig
-- continue to work with English Dept and newspaper
- Continued
support for Integrade Pro
- Joyce
-- help students learn to use graphing with Excel
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