Sticky+Notes

=Administration (33 dots)=

- New administrator - We dont need so many chiefs - Create a system of support within school/district - A supportive administrator who understands why youre doing projects - No repercussions for using it during "teaching task time" - Local leaders (administration) should be people who have family in the schools, who live here and plan on staying here - Less admin pressure on good teachers - Principals other admin must have actual classroom experience in multiple grade levels - Everyone on campus respects you - Teacher jobs should feel secure no pressure of job loss - Administration acknowledges the need for more technology - Top leadership - Student led education not state/local admin led - Principal selections based on student achievement where tech is an important aspect of learning

=Curriculum (66 dots)=

- Rewards for teaching not based on test - Better, Focused schedules of TEKS - No more standardized testing - Let teachers teach - incorporate the technology into the curriculum so its not the double the work - Specific content related tech lessons are incorporated into our curriculum bundles - Lessons that already have links to web activities - Required use of technology - Instructional tech/ C&I cooperating buy in - Provide time to integrate technology. Put it into curriculum not just use easy tech or united streaming - Allow technology to be a part of classroom teaching (subject taught) - Previewed URLs for specific lessons - Lessons with technology embedded into them - Making technology use mandatory - Technology lessons integrated into bundles - Standards that reflect 21st century learning - Ensuring creativity with rigor - Think outside the box - Goggle model of classroom learning 20% free time - Change up once in a while - Try new things - Being able to move on once the skill has been mastered - Allow teachers to create their own curriculum according to the TEKs - Project based learning (stop teaching to the text) - Allowing for student products to be displayed thru Podcasts or nodcasts - Virtual field trips and classrooms - Re-emphasizing TAKS strategies. instead, do higher order thinking kids will pass the test - Let classrooms go back to places or learning rather than places for testing - Find an alternative to the current testing as the end-all eval of a student progress - Bundles need to allow flexibility - Concentrate on the "big" concepts and study them in depth - Time to teach - Differentiation through technology to include SPED and LEP pops - Freedom in the classroom - More autonomy for school- not so many directions from central office - Allow teachers and students the freedom of selection, from lesson activities and research topics - Freedom from the curriculum documents from the district - Meaningful tech lessons aligned to specific activities in curriculum - Allow teachers more flexibility in their schedules (ie everyones "fearful" of a walk through and theyre still on math instead of language arts) - Flexible scheduling - More flexibility with the pacing of curriculum and assessments - Have students do different projects that they would be interested in - Increased hands-on opportunities - Integrate the curriculum - Eliminate weekly lesson plans. Allow teachers to use curriculum - Ease up on the curriculum - Help the lower grades - Make it mandatory for state and federal legislators to teach for a least one week - Not expected to go over every single assessment copied word for word - Trust from central office - Provide teachers opportunities to collaborate on projects with their classes - Emphasizing quality teaching and quality products from students

=Equipment (48 dots)= - Enough technology for each student - All kids have access at home to a computer - Each student is assigned a yearly laptop - Special soundproof room to use for recording videos and podcasts - More technology in the classrooms. Computers, Smartboards - Support for technology equipment. Budget money to purchase - More computers available to sts with updated tools - Put more money into technology. Need more computer per class - Set up a system to check out the equipment so that more teachers have access - Teacher accessibility to technology they need - Flat panel TVs in each classroom as presentation device - Online textbooks and printed classroom set Create server access that is faster. Low downtime while waiting for the internet - All classrooms to have document cameras in focus smartboards, computers, Ipads - Student laptops for school use - Create a 4G wireless halo for the entire district - Updated applications programs computers - More flexibility with equipment - Sufficient equipment for students - Using the technology that is available - More computers in each class at least 5 or 6 - iPad for each student - More expose to technology - e-readers - Students to have computers available to use on a daily basis - Cool educational software in all computers - Full class set of cameras - Brand new computers - Buy Ipads instead of laptops to facilitate use - Smart boards use expander from electronic which board to use - Computer check-out program to take computers home - One to one computers. Students would have a laptop to take home and to school... or could bring their own device - Equip classrooms with technology - Equality in equipment. Justice for all - Every class should have some equip - All classrooms have equal technology up-to-date playing field - Updated equipment - Unblock sites so kids can explore and learn through technology - 1 smartboard per grade level - A complete set of class laptops - Purchase more equipment - At least a small group class set of computers for each class. 5-6 - MACs for all students and teachers - Make sure equipment is working/maintained - Become affiliated with HP or IBM partner to get equipment or a way to get equipment repaired in timely manner - All students have a computer all the time - Lots of technology equipment. 1 for each students - If every child had a computer and/or internet access

=Time (62 dots)=

- Time in the daily schedule to utilize technology - More training and longer periods to allow practice - Let teachers teach - More time to teach - More freedom to teach - Teach after 6 birth date - Less rigidity on schedules - Build in "time" for the teachers to implement the technology into their current curriculum - More planning time - Given time to plan and collaborate with other teachers on technology use - Realistic tech training for teachers- and time to implement in the classroom - Getting rid of other programs that arent effective so we can make room for technology - Time away from instruction to put everything together - Having time scheduled to allow teachers to learn technology and not just one long day, evenly scattered training - Time- schedule teacher groups to work together- support groups! - More training or tutorials online for continuous reference - No time constraints. EX- 90 min rdg, 90 min math. - Some days you might need 150 for math and 30 for reading or vice versa

=Professional Development and Training (49 dots)=

- Help teachers feel more comfortable using equipment - More time for technology in the classroom - Longer prep - More training with the equipment - Provide beneficial/productive staff development - Provide time for group planning - More training for all teachers - Training on best practice - Tech education for teachers - Teacher training in tech college - Monthly training for teachers on applications- then they teach students - Get back to basics - One full week of staff development at beginning of school with no pull outs for meetings of any other kind. Staff development based. - Tech training - Training for teachers on teaching - Teach professional development - Make all people computer literate - Support from district - Provide more assistance so that the project does not overwhelm us. - More support from teachers and administration - Have students explore computers - Lesson plans that include detailed "how to" instructions - More training to education teachers on importance - Teachers training time - Start training kids at earlier age pk-k - 1 day of tech exploration a month with a paid sub - Intensive technology training - Training - Dont launch a program (tech) until the district knows it will work - Training for teachers - Unblock sites - Need a certified technology teachers in ever campus - Grade level inservice day to work on activities together - Sharing of ideas with educators at your school and at your district - Developmental PLNs, PLCs - Stop thinking that this is something "Extra" to teach, but realize the quality of true learning that will be achieved by use of technology to connect our kids - Mandate "X" number of technology hours per school year - Have meaningful technology training for teachers - More time to learn the technology well - Have a real computer/tech person for each campus that can really help the teachers (not an aid) - Tech teachers on each campus - Monthly- incorporate "hands on" training for all teachers (on going) and in small segments and easy to use - More hands on training of programs even during PLCs on campus - Technology savvy teachers and students - Share with peers - Teachers are motivated to integrate technology - More hands on training on using the equipment and less PLPs - Training with after training support - Training on best practice - School-wide training for teachers (not all aboard of course) - Year round school- continuous school calendar so teachers have time to plan- paying them their daily rate - Network of teachers who can split up the work - More training - People would be positive about learning new things

=Money (43 dots)=

- Reduce class size - Smaller classes in all grade levels - More teachers= smaller class sizes, more students reached! - Have a full time technology coach for each campus - Technology specialist at every campus - Tech site at campus - Pay teachers a bonus if they use more technology - A stipend for training others how to use equipment - Stipends provided to unite tech lessons for EPISD curriculum - Stop wasting tax payer money - Catholic schools lack dinero - School allocate budget - Make education a financial priority - More materials to use (maybe per grade level) - A computer for ever student/teacher - Purchase a set of cameras and flip cams for each teacher - Stop buying textbooks and materials that are out of date before they are printed - Equity in school resources - Money - Communication between user (classroom) and purchaser for what is needed and how to maximize $$ - Learn of companies that budget-school monies can be utilized better - Pay increase would definitely be motivating - New computers in classroom and enough for all students - Grant writing training and teams for every campus - How can "green" technologies be utilized to make new technologies for grants

=Testing (41 dots)=

- Take away state assessments - Be able to actually teach and not to the test - Go back to letting kids be kids - Lose a lot of the tests - Do away with the 100 pt grading scale and go to a 4 point - Take our curriculum and build it around a projects cased approach to teaching - Less assessments more fun technology - Relax the inference on testing - Eliminate testing. Make the project their test. If they can show they understand it, they pass. Use of a rubic - Individually developed assessment. Portfolios, etc - Teach a technology tool a week- part of the lesson plans - Make tech part of the tested TEKS - Need less stress NO test - Waiver for no more TAKs - Less testing - Do we really need 4 tests? - Making technology a state mandated test piece - Equal test for bilingual kids - No more standardized testing - Stop trying to mold our students - Allow teachers to teach lessons and not teach to the test - No TAKS - No standardized tests - Less focus on standardized testing - Only 1 or 2 per grade level or get rid of testing - Eliminate testing - Work towards change in testing. Many small voices can create a change - State-mandated testing should diminish in importance - No more liner teaching and teaching to the test - Cut assessments in half or cut out repeat assessments - Less remediation, more tech incorporation - Bring student tech rubrics to the forefront- access equally with core subjects - Let me teach!! - Stop testing every week - Get rid of so much testing - Lessening of standardized testing emphasis to allow for more experimentation

=Leadership (32 dots)=

- Cooperative district departments - Moving with the direction of the paradigm shift - Lead with technology.. follow with technology or go write on paper - Set clear goes/direction for end products - Set clear goals and expectations before assigning a project - Teachers decided fun activity based on curriculum - Give us the resouces, let us school - Introduce in small, doable doses - A leader that sees.. use technology or get out of the way trying to stop it - Remove horse and pony show - Allows more autonomy in the classroom - Give teachers back control of their classrooms - Let teachers teach and be creative - Give teachers more leeway to express creativity - Believe that every student should have an equal app to be connected to the work regardless of socio-eco background - Placing students needs first - Not so much focus on technology remember different needs of students - Just do it, stop looking for obstacles to prevent make it happen for the kids - Take the fear away from people - Give people enthusiasm to try new things - Remove negativity - Give people positive attitudes - Teachers attribute

=Teacher Eval (13 dots)=

- Fire all incompetent teachers and inept administrators - Reward teachers who really making a difference using technology - pay increase based on performance not experience - Multiple ways to measure teacher performance - Freedom to fire teachers without a 6 inch stack of documentation - Force retirement/fire of all non-effective teachers

=Community (1 dot)=

- Without funds its hard to provide updated computers - Business/community/school partnerships to bring "Real life" techies on campus - Plan to share projects with parents - Teach 1 group of students k-12 grade 1 teachers for 1 group for 12 years

=Support (22 dots)=

- Internet access for all students - Teachers support (aides) - Help in the classroom with the lower grades (k) to help with the kids - The district needs to have a clear vision of what they want and support with money, etc... - Having technology coach at each campus - Parental accountability - Knowledgeable Lit coaches - Show teachers how to infuse technology seamlessly into their curriculum - Limit classroom size - A temporary aide in the class with other students while teacher works with project - Inclusion students to more teachers - Kids that are able to follow instruction and respect materials - Have all teachers on board with optimism - Give me support and positive feedback - Bringing the joy of innovation to teaching - Teachers enthusiasm for learning - Be more open to technology - "Showcase" projects that classes have create - Technical support when needed - Parents - Help from lit. coaches

=Schedule (21 dots)=

- Enrichment time for technology tool teaching - More flex in curriculum bundle to teach with tech tools - Open labs after school - Simplify 1 great lesson can cover multiple skills - Going to the computer lab two times a week - Get rid of notebooks - Allow teachers to use EP time for technology

=Collaboration (20 dots)=

- Learn from them or we can learn together - Team teaching - People wouldnt be so competitive and would be willing to share and help with their expertise - Professionalism among teachers - Collaboratively moving forward for childrens success - Devote more time to grade level collaboration planning of evaluation at least 4 hours a week - Have more days for staff development and collaboration. Dont put all of them at the beginning of the year - Encourage collaboration amongst teachers and parents - Focused/structuring PLC time - Local school districts are affiliated with `BM- can El Paso have similar opportunities - Divide the labor.. share ideas - Use of google docs to collect student products - Utilize web based learning community - Parent involvement - Mentor teachers committed - Having all teachers post a lesson plan on a web page - Sharing students work samples on a web page - Dont be afraid of failure. Its gotten a bad rap but failure isnt bad it lets you learn! - Everyone is as excited as you are - Excitement - Motivate and encourage use of technology in the classroom - Encourage/persuade professional development - Everybody shares - Teachers working together to find lessons and sharing - There would be planning time to collaborative and share technology ideas - Implement technology in the cip - Technology teacher that comes in one or twice a week into our classroom that helps the teacher and kids with technology projects - Full time art teachers - Full time music teachers - PLC to explore resources such as edmoto and then selecting responses to implement - Easy to do projects per grade level to integrate tech - Technology PLCs- more time on a regular basis such as once a month