St.+Joseph+St.+Robert

Hello! We are the SJR Team from Warrington, PA. This year we are looking to gain new insights and best practices through PLP and the use of technology in our classroom.

Team Members and Subject Area:

Fran Cross (7th and 8th Math and Social Studies) Alissa DeVito (7th and 8th ILA) Marie Orzechowski (Library and Technology)

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**Abstract:** As we examined the problems and needs of our staff, our team began to notice that our peers felt overwhelmed with integrating technology into the classroom. Teachers were unsure of wh ere to start and how important technology, and digital citizenship, really was to their every day practices. After studying the ISTE NETS standards, we decided to formulate simple, accessible professional development sessions for our peers to help them gain confidence in their own technology skills and use more technology in their classroom. =====

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 * **Problem, Issue, or Possibility**

**Objectives and Assessment**

 * Help our teachers feel less overwhelmed by technology through positive modeling and active support (ISTE NETS Standard 5)
 * Give teachers the tools necessary to be an active member of the online community (ISTE NETS Standard 3)
 * Define digital citizenship and give teachers the resources to make this apart of their every day practices (ISTE NETS Standard 4)

**Implementation Plan**

 * January 2011-February 2011 Research concepts, assign group tasks and roles, survey the needs of our staff, develop topics for the professional development sessions.
 * Early March 2011 Develop presentations and activities
 * Late March 2011-April 2011 Provide 3 after school sessions for our staff, support staff through their exploration and use of technology
 * Late April 2011 Send an evaluation survey to staff, continue to provide active support, reflect upon the project and evaluate survey results
 * May 2011 Attend the culminating event!

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Our staff was amazing during this project. They were enthusiastic, open, and willing to try a variety of technology. 100% of our staff said the sessions helped them to better understand and feel less overwhelmed with technology. Teachers gained understand and therefore, used more technology in the classroom, ranging from the Smartboard, to their own TeacherWeb pages, to exploring and trying interactive Web 2.0 tools. =====

**Artifacts and Documentation**
"Links for Every Teacher" - A compiled list of Web 2.0 Tools applicable to a variety of grades, subjects, and technology "savvy" levels **https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1wF5z1OLa-Tp2oh2TMFQh-UzGzOxFweTZYq3KJ1U3qJM**

Professional Development Presentations: This is a file of all 3 of our professional development presentations. We worked on activities such as using Google Docs and AudioBoo during the sessions. There were 3 sessions/presentations: 1. Digital Citizenship 2. Web 2.0 Tools 3. Virtual Communication/Social Networking

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9a4r2D6zwnAYjk2MjYzNTctNjlmMC00ZTlkLTgwZjgtZmMyZjZiMjQwN2M1&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Please feel free to contact our group for any information or for these files (if you would like to edit them for use at your school!) We are happy to share! Alissa DeVito adevito@stjstr.org