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4/27 notes: PPT Inspiration / graphic organizers Waterford – time licensing issue Study Island DIBELS Harcourt – developmental issues

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Joshua Rogers: Good Goverment Day - Job Shadowing Tech Director Tech Needs from a student's perspective.

Accessibility of technology outside school of the school day: Offer labtops to students whom don't have at home - can pay insurance. Curriculum: -Math classes more intergration of technology. -Students online publishing using Web 2.0 sites ie: deviant art, wiki..ex -Skype -- Foreign language classes -How to integrate current Technologies inside school ..ie laptops, ipods,cell phones--student owned -Being able to use cell phones for specific class room funtions ie:calculator, polling, research. -AUP revisions -Give students more access to manage accounts -- like customizable backgrounds and themes. -Ethics--start early, cyberbullying and copyright- before middle school (4-6?) - Should be part of tech curriculum. -Students learn keyboarding before high school. -Online literacy -- Reliable sources vs not reliable -Firefox vs IE -Current district website: Hinders student creativity, ie for our class assignments we used to be able to create pages for clubs.