April+2011

Monthly Activity Reflection
April 2011 Standards VIII-A, VIII-C, VIII-D The Technology Task Force meets each year in April. I am the team leader so I call and lead the meeting. A needs assessment has to be done before entering data in the district’s Technology plan. We discuss the results of the survey taken during the March workshops and any other request from the faculty and staff. We discuss purchases, changes in hardware or software and any new information from TEA. This year we asked for input for evaluation of the new Student Information Software. Another activity I facilitated was the use of the Classroom Performance System (aka “the clickers”). We use our Flex days to assist those students that have been classified as needing a little help before taking the TAKS test. This is the last year we were going to be allowed the Flex days. This year I helped a Social Studies teacher set up his class in the software, and then helped him create the assessment. We found one online that covered all of the TEKS he wanted to cover. On what we call “Fantastic Friday” his class used the clickers to participate in an interactive assessment. The teacher used the data generated by the software to determine from which lessons the students would gain the most benefit. After the first Fantastic Friday and before the next one, I helped the teacher use the reports generated by the progam to work on what questions to include for the next flex day. Working with the teachers and the clickers is always fun. I have learned that the teachers who were the most afraid of the technology are coming around, so I will keep working with them. This gives me hope for the future of technology integration at our school.