Chemawa Middle School 20042005

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Chemawa Middle School2004-2005

• Instructional Technology

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Assets and Resources

• 1310 students
• 52 teachers
• 1- iTree classroom
• 2 - Promethian boards (1 currently working?)

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Library Lab

• 35 working computers
• 2 laser printers
• Reading Counts program used by all students,
  monitored by Language Arts teachers
• Content area research projects

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Available for Teacher Use

• 3 LCD projectors
• 3 Laptop computers
• Frequently used by History Dept. and Language
  Arts
• Digital Cameras

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Yearbook

• 10 working online computers in classroom 503
• Connected to a laser printer
• Digital cameras
• All pages are done online

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Classroom Technology

• Each teacher has a computer and is either
  networked to a printer and/or has a desktop
  printer in their class.
• All grades are done on the computer using the
  program Making the Grade.
• There are TVs and VCRs available for each
  classroom.
• Overhead projectors are in each classroom.

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InservicesStaff Development

• Teachers have been provided with inservices by
  staff members on using Making the Grade. This
  included downloading class lists from SASi.
• Edusoft is another staff development topic.
  Making tests and answer sheets, as well as how to
  pull results from assessments administered, were
  covered.

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Future Plans

• Technology reps are in the process of devising an
  inventory to survey what is in individual
  classrooms and what is available at the site.

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Challenges

• working with older computers that have a variety
  of operating systems
• variance in the level of comfort of different
  teachers with technology
• insuring all teachers have the ability to access
  email, the internet, and SASi
• Lack of technical help support over the phone (We
  do realize nis is understaffed.)