Technology at Tumbleweed

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Technology at Tumbleweed

• By Shelby Luffy

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Tumbleweed

• District Washington Elementary School
• Location 39th Ave. and Cactus
• Student Population K-6 (620 students)

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Classroom Technology

• My TV/VCR/Laserdisc combo
• I dont have a DVD player yet and I have never
  used the Laserdisc player! Waste of money?!
  Perhaps

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My Classroom Computers

• My teacher station (with internet access)
• My student station
• (without
• internet access)

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Printers

• One laser printer for
• every four
• classrooms.
• This one is NOT
• in my room.
• (There is one color printer in the Principals
  Office)

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Computer Lab

• There are 30 computers
• in the C-Lab.
• I have 2 forty minute
• sessions for my class
• in a six day cycle.
• (This is just one section. There is another on
  the other side, and four more computers along the
  back wall.)

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Technology in the Library

• There are 8 total computers
• in the library, and 1 printer.
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  There is also a video
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  library (mostly VHS tapes).

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Unsung Heroes

• My overhead projector
• (I dont have a Smartboard,
• but maybe next year!)
• Copy Machines

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Cameras

• School Video Camera (which is mostly used to
  broadcast morning announcements).
• The Student Councils digital camera (which I
  happen to sponsor!).

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Other Technology

• Laminating Machine
• CD player and
• Electric Pencil
• Sharpener

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Technology in USE!

• My students love to ham it up for the camera or
  not.

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THE END

• THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!