Collected+Resources

=Collected Resources=

__**7th Grade Technology Pretest**__
[|gr7presumqtr1.htm]

__**7th Grade Technology Posttest**__
[|gr7postsumqtr1.htm]

__Teacher Technology Questionaire__
[|Prescott Technology Questionare.pdf]

__**Summary of Those Responses**__ (by Chris Russell)
Please take the time to read through the actual responses. As I read through the surveys, here were the main points I saw:


 * **__Question #1__**: What does this potential focus on technology mean for you?
 * PSD would be progressive - on the cutting edge.
 * We would be keeping up with other districts.
 * I would be using tech more.
 * My teaching would be more efficient.
 * I would be less irritated by the current lack of technology.
 * We would have more resources of assistive technology for students with disabilities.
 * I would be changing my current instructional practices and learning new ones.
 * **__Question #2__**: How would the potential focus on technology impact student learning and our schools?
 * It would prepare our students for a future filled with technology, giving them 21st century skills.
 * Instruction would be more engaging and exciting, making lessons more interesting for students, keeping students focused in the classroom.
 * We would have better test scores.
 * Students would stay current on the issues with more access to technology.
 * Students would sit around more, be less active, and get overweight.
 * Students would learn how to gather information on their own.
 * It would have a positive public relations impact for the district.
 * __**Question #3**__: What technologies would interest students, enhance instruction, and help us move in a new direction?
 * More COWs (Computers on Wheels - portable labs).
 * More Computer Labs.
 * Improved Student Information Management Systems (grading, health, discipline, etc.).
 * More tech support.
 * Apple products (iPad/iPod).
 * More electronic documents - turning in papers digitally - saving paper.
 * Teacher websites.
 * Wi-fi.
 * Google Docs.
 * More access to Dragon Naturally Speaking.
 * Staff training!
 * Social Networking.
 * Kindles.
 * Student e-mail accounts.
 * Graphing Calculators.
 * Web 2.0 applications (Blogs, Wikis, etc.)
 * SMART Boards/Promethean Boards (and additional Flip Charts).
 * Department specific requests (e.g. Science Department Needs)
 * Office apps & training.
 * STEM.
 * ITV.
 * Online lessons.
 * More tech classes at the high school level for our students.
 * __**Question #4:**__ Do you see any downsides or issues that may make this difficult or impossible to implement?
 * Funding
 * Time (training)
 * Energy
 * Current staff skill level
 * Theft
 * Security
 * Availability of technology (at current levels)
 * Use the real version of Microsoft Office instead of Open Office.
 * Technology purchase but left unused.
 * Teaching students ethics and morality about technology.
 * Hard to keep up once we've started.
 * SPED has traditionally been ignored with technology. Will SPED continue to be ignored?
 * Lack of processing time for teachers.
 * Technology needs to be user friendly.
 * Technology will be introduced without proper/adequate training and continuing training.
 * The current Internet filter is too limiting. Open it up, please!