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HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY ONLINE COMMUNITY: __**LIGHTING**__ __**THEIR**__ __**WAY**__

You have reached my wiki - Middle School Musings

__Note: This wiki's construction is ongoing and will be updated daily as content is evaluated and added.__

This is my campus. It is a middle school in San Antonio, Texas, Northeast I.S.D., John H. Wood Jr. Middle School

Please add your name to the member list if you wish to become a member of our online community. We need your imput to help each other be the best that we can be as technology leaders and reaching our community online to create awareness and ultimately educators preparing our digital natives to be 21st Century learners.

__Members:__ Russ Griffith, 8th grade math teacher Terry Grundy, Assistive Technology Specialist Jose Alcala, teacher Michael Rigal, teacher Miguel Leija, 3rd grade bilingual teacher David Silar, teacher Allison Sproles, teacher A. Bordelon, technology director

The purpose of my online community is provide a venue for those of us educators who wish to "light" our students' ways in learning to be 21st century learners and users of technology in this information age. On my wiki, hopefully, we will come together to brainstorm and discuss ideas and ways in which we can integrate technology and help those who need any help and/or help each other become better at it. A second outcome I would wish for this site is to gather any information, strategies,and tips to take to my campus to provide assistance to anyone who needs further help or instruction(s) in the area of integrating technology. My campus received a score of Developing Technologyin the three years that I canvassed. I would like for us to strive for the next level of Advanced Tech.

I have inserted information reflecting my campus' scores on the STaR Chart. I have prepared a PowerPoint presentation detailing my campus' scores on "Tech and Learning", Part One of the STaR Chart for the years 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08. Please click on the link below to view the PowerPoint.

__Questions to Ponder about the Scores__: 1. What ideas would you give the faculty in the areas of "Teaching and Learning" to help the integration of technology? 2. The scores in all three of the years were very close in numbers. Why do you suppose the scores were so close together, and what significance does that have for you? 3. What do you determine are the strengths and weaknesses, if any, for this campus?

Concepts of Educational Technology.pptx