Week+11

As I fight to get caught up with my work, I took some time to reflect on my four teachers responses to their wikis. I was very excited to read that each one is proud of the accomplishments that they have individually made in the classroom. It is a relief to now have working technology and ground breaking changes being made in the school building. I am most impressed with my teachers attitudes toward change. Each teacher shows a new motivation to try new activities and/or technology in their classrooms each week. We work on accomplishing baby steps versus climbing big mountains in one day.

eTech brought a certain level of excitement to Windham. However, as the teachers minds are filled with ideas, they think twice about the support system built within the school that may prevent them from trying new things. We have taken the technology in the building and put together pods a way to accommodate more students. The teachers still see a need for more professional development in application of technology in a subject area. With new computers in the library, there appears to be more of a drive to use them. Teachers are battling with sign out sheets and are forced to stay in the classroom because of availability. We are hoping that a mobile cart can be budgeted into our Action Plan.