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Can Teach Techology!
San Antonio, Texas

Members: Marivel Tijerina-Kindergarten Teacher Dulce Villaneava-Kindergarten Teacher Lynette Bowles-Kindergarten Teacher Shae Hamilton-Kindergarten Teacher Christina Santana-Kindergarten Teacher Monica Zone-Graduate Student Daryl Borel-Professor

I am excited about creating this wiki. What a great tool for discussion and communication. My goal for this wiki is to discuss and share how we can better integrate technology into the classroom. The Texas Long Range Plan has a vision to for learners to actively participate in technology and have experiences where they can evaluate, manage, and use information through an assortment of formats and sources. As an educator we can use the Long Range Plan and the four strands (foundations, information acquisition, solving problems, and communication) of the TEKS to strengthen our digital natives knowledge and skills of technology to prepare them for a future of higher learning and a global workforce.

1. Has your professional development prepared you in the area of technology?

2. How do you feel about integrating technology into the classroom?

As a member you may add, edit, and change content in this wiki. Please ask questions, give suggestions, or participate in discussions. MonicaZone- In response to question 1- I do not believe I feel prepared after finishing technology professional development courses. I have had some great professional development, for example the Intel week long program. While I enjoyed the material and liked researching to create my own lesson plans, I was not able to finish it all in class and therefore it is still undone. I find that I am most able to use technology ideas that trade out with things I already do. I believe by making this kind of shift, I will consistently add things and make progress. One program (while one on one) that did great with teacher followup and follow thru was SuccessMaker. I appreciated their hands-on approach. They did a workshop, then visited the campus and stayed in the lab all day to observe and answer questions. The e-clickers provider for our school did a fairly good job of mentoring us on use of the clickers. Unfortunately, they do not have many premade items compatible with Mac's and I had to create my own question sets in order to use the clickers. I feel that I have been most successful when using a product in the classroom with the students and having a "mentor" on hand to answer basic questions.