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for Bowie Elementary School, Grand Prairie, Texas
Members: Moria Nelson- Kindergarten Teacher, all subjects Elaine Carter- ESL Kindergarten Teacher, all subjects Alma DeLaTorre- Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher, all subjects Lori Jenkins- 5th Grade Teacher, all subjects (teacher of our students in the future and upper grade technology use) Shari Miles- Behavior Specialist, all grade levels

Purpose: This wiki was created to bring us together to discuss technology and how we can improve our understanding, use, and integration of technology with our students and for our own benefit as teachers.

The Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020 (TLRPT) states:

 * All teachers need to master Technology Applications standards*
 * Students must start working on Technology Applications TEKS in kindergarten*
 * Students need to be proficient in Technology Applications TEKS by grade 8*
 * 54 percent of students in the Texas public school system are economically disadvantaged*

We as teachers at a Title I, high-poverty school are very aware of this last fact. We as kindergarten teachers are among the first to begin instilling the technology skills, values, and ethics our students need. We teach them Technolgy Application TEKS including the following:
 * Foundations- using keyboard keys and starting/closing programs correctly*
 * Information Acquisition- doing keyword searches and how to find and create audio, video, text, and graphics*
 * Problem-Solving- research and presentations, like Pixie 2 and slideshows*
 * Communication- using appropriate font, graphics, color and space and publishing work on the screen and by printing it out*

The Texas Campus STaR Chart for Bowie Elementary shows that we were/are at the following levels in 2008-2009:
 * Teaching and Learning - Developing
 * Educator Preparation and Development - Developing
 * Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support - Developing
 * Infrastructure for Technology - Developing

Do you think we are moving beyond Developing, to the Advanced level in any of these categories of our Campus STaR Chart?
Citations:
 * //Update to the long range plan for technology//. (2006, December 8). Retrieved from http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/lrpt/lrpt_lrpt.html
 * //Texas star chart//. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://starchart.esc12.net/