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Name and Location
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Expertise
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Challenges
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Bob, K-8 District
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Tries to keep things general because he wears so many
hats
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Connie, Elementary School
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Troubleshooting, "making it print," internet, ClarisWorks
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Time...how to do all these things & have a life.
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Earlene, High School
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Using applications, integrating use of technology into
curriculum
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Technology decisions being taken away from teachers &
put in hand of technicians
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Tim, Elementary School
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Working with site tech advisors, training, teaching,
wiring
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How do you do it all? No time
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Susan, Middle School
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Site coordination, Mac troubleshooting
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Staff development with integrating into curriculum;
hooking everyone up...its so tedious and now what do we do
with them?
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Julie, High School
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received Digital High School grant
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Getting staff online; used to use old equipment; had a
fire & other major setbacks; since they're starting from
ground zero; how to balance time; staff development,
infrastructure
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Micheline, County Office
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Digital High School; trying to improve DHS help to
schools
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Jan, Consultant
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School-business partnerships; tech planning &
implementation; educational software
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Finding out what's on everyone's minds so her next step
can be as helpful as possible; wanting to know model
programs as a resource to others so they don't have to
reinvent wheel
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Lisa, Private K-8 School
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Technical information (former engineer), instructional
design, staff development
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teachers who aren't all ready yet; too many hats
(especially network administration); role isn't in line with
expertise; sees children once a week - wants more flexible
schedule; teachers dump kids off at the lab and say they
don't have time; administrative issues
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Mary, Junior High School
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background as librarian; training teachers and students
to use technology in media center
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Scheduling; unable to do library stuff; how to manage
kids on computers for accountability (sign in numbers?
Passwords?); Management strategies, particularly with
internet; managing printers and supplies; staff training;
getting computers on teachers' desks.
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Christine, Junior High School
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Research; integrating technology into curriculum with
research
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No long-term plan; making decisions that change;
management by crisis; managing labs; getting computers on
desks;getting everyone to use grading program; using donated
computers
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Catherine, Middle School
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Curriculum development; working with kids to develop
projects; getting kids excited; staff development;
organization (time management, getting systems in place)
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So much happening at K-5 level in technology, so
integrating it effectively into curriculum at the middle
school has now become a priority.; trying to make lab a
training center; getting teachers more on board
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Tina, K-12 District
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provide training & curriculum development for tech
coordinators and teachers and secretaries; technical end
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Getting stipends for tech coordinators; defining job
definition; getting technology into the classrooms; getting
secretaries trained in MS Office
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David, Junior High School
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Chemist by training; Jack of all trades
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Individual teacher buy-in; differentiation between
technology levels of kids who are haves and have-nots
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Donna, Elementary School
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All free time is spent on troubleshooting &
installations; wants to do more staff development; teacher
buy-in; full-time teacher, so how to manage her availability
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Shelagh, Elementary School
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lost her lab; library and lab are now in one portable due
to class size reduction; kids get computer access for one
hour every other week; teachers even less; lab teacher is
now 15% time; 6th graders are in limbo because they may be
going to middle schools; doesn't have infrastructure; go
from crisis to crisis
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Doug, County Office
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Web design; networking; staff development; community
building
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trying to find ways to support this group and make life
easier
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Dee Anne, K-12 District
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Implementing technology bond measure; creating Acceptable
Use Policies for student and staff use; figuring out levels
of student, staff and classified abilities; starting a SASI
users group
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Just moved to SASI XP and its been a nightmare; updating
master plan so it ties in with strategic plan
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Dale, Elementary School
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new LAN with new Pentium computers; great system but lots
of new stuff for teachers
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web site development
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Cathleen, K-8 District
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passed $79 million bond measure; was an MIS director;
expertise in building infrastructure
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how to support tech coordinators; how to get additional
computers in classrooms; how to keep donated equipment
maintained; building district-wide intranet
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Jana, K-8 District
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Zero is in their budget for technology; they have it
there but there is no maintenance plan;
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Joe, K-12 District
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63,000 students, 5 tech people serving whole district;
teachers don't want to use computers because of lack of tech
support; keeping up with increasingly complex network; how
to support curriculum standards with computers; how to
structure tech skills for kids; how to spread computers out
amongst ALL classrooms
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