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Do you integrate the technology standards into your curriculum? List specific ways that you have integrated technology into your content area.

We use websites to review books, complete internet scavenger hunts, and how to cite sources. We teach research skills through the AVL and the Alabama Department of Archives. We teach students to login to computers to use the Library World search stations. Literature appreciation and author studies are completed through downloading author interviews and biographies. E-pals.com is also a tool we use for learning how to e-mail and about other cultures.

Do your administrators model daily use of technology? If so, how?

Our administrators send weekly e-mail messages and at times the send daily announcements about upcoming events. They use PowerPoint in faculty meetings. Faculty agendas and calendars are e-mailed instead of making copies. Lesson plans can also be e-mailed to them.

Do you share with your colleagues the knowledge gained at the technology professional development activities? How? Do you conduct a follow up session or conversation?

We provide workshops after school and during faculty meetings. Sometimes we also provide one-on-one training. We do not conduct a follow up session except informal conversations.

Would you be able to benefit from having a full-time tech coordinator?

We could benefit from a full-time tech coordinator by having someone to be responsible for integrating the technology. The coordinator could offer more professional development for ideas on integrating technology. This person could also check to see if the technology is actually being integrated into their lesson. This would also be a great person to go into classrooms and model technology integration. We do not have time enough to complete these tasks.