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Our group is one part of PSD's school-wide focus on quality uses of educational technology. Our task will be to connect classroom and instructional concerns with our IT folks, so that the right and left "hands" are in synch, and the needed supports for effective applications of both hardware and software are achieved at all levels within the school.

February 16, 2010 - 1:00 - 4:00 March 24, 2010 - 12:30 - 2:45 April 20, 2010 - 12:30 - 4:00 April 27, 2010 - 8:30 - 12:00
 * 2009-2010 School Year Meetings**:

**2010-2011 Committee Meetings:**
Wednesday, November 10 (2:00 - 3:45) Wednesday, December 15 (2:00 - 3:45)


 * Hoped For Outcomes (Year One):**
 * 1) committee members will represent the interests and needs of their cluster/department
 * 2) we will be able to use the ISTE Standards to map out a structure for age-appropriate integration of educational technology that supports the curriculum
 * 3) some needed structures will be proposed for administrative level decisions
 * 4) our thinking and work will be grounded in what our students need to succeed in the 21st century
 * 5) our work will support creativity and increasing facility among students and staff

**Hoped For Outcomes (Year Two):**
1. Clear understanding of the lines of authority for approvals and the capabilities of our ed tech committee work (what can become reality?) 2. Follow up on committee work from last year - next steps? 3. Policies/procedures regarding computer expectations for use at all grade levels (and for staff supervision) that is developmentally appropriate (e.g., concrete baseline school-wide with related consequences) 4. A sequence of meaningful uses of ed technology that supports the curriculum through the grades/ages 5. Identify and offer professional development topics that are required of instructional staff (e.g., teacher web pages) a. specify minimum requirements/expectations for teachers to use ed tech (such as at least _ times a year) in their plans b. basic programs that are taught to teachers c. develop a long-term ed tech prof development plan annually (connect with the educational school-wide wiki features) 6. Create instructional prototypes or model uses for the different grades/ages

Melissa Angelucci - Middle School Science Teacher - Lead Technology Teacher Tony Cartolaro - IT Coordinator, IT Consultant Janice VanGorden - Librarian Marcia Volpe - Director of Curriculum and Instruction
 * Who Are We?**
 * Melissa Draganac-Hawk - ASL Specialist **
 * Chris Gruber - High School Math Teacher - Lead Technology Teacher **
 * Suzy Long - Early Childhood Teacher **
 * Katie McElhenney - Early Childhood Language and Curriculum Support Teacher **
 * Stephanie Michniewicz - Curriculum Support Teacher **