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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.

-Yes, we all do because we are all library media specialists. We represent all three academic levels. We teach a variety of online tools, such as [|www.citationmachine.net], AVL, United Streaming, evaluation of sources, copyright infringement, plagiarism, and general ethics of Internet use/Internet safety.

Integration of technology includes... Copyright infringement plagiarism General ethics of Internet Internet Safety Book blog (students post reviews)

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

- Three out of five principals create their Friday Facts and send them through Outlook; they also use the Outlook calendar to alert staff about appointments. Some principals have their staff send in lesson plans through STI.

-Surveying the staff: The principal created an online survey to gather input from staff on online surveys.

- One principal regularly posts questions through e-mail and invites staff to "Reply All" to respond to questions.

- One principal is particularly technologically savvy through using her Blackberry to edit documents and write documents.

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?

Yes, we share any knowledge gained from technology professional development activites through leading technology inservices, emailing teachers helpful websites, collaborating with teachers to use new technologies in their lessons. One LMS has a Technology PD wiki.