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**Making the Most of Technology Equipment** **Written by:** //__Cheryl Paulsen__-Flagstaff Unified School District// Current Favorite Technology tool: Document camera and projector //__Ruth Tanner__-////Flagstaff Unified School District// Current Favorite Technology tool: Smartboard //__Katrina Gatheright__-////Flagstaff Unified School District// Current Favorite Technology tool: Smartboard


 * Our Team, the TTT'Ts (Teaching Technology Together Team) asked other coaches to contribute success stories from their perspective of which resources benefited them the most in your coaching endeavors and pictures of them utilizing their favorite resource. We asked them to include a brief story about a resource that has benefited their coaching experience and send a picture of them using their favorite resource. **

__QUOTES FROM CURRENT TECHNOLOGY COACHES:__

 "Smartboard has been the best!" //-Kaci Heins, Middle School Teacher//

"The most valuable tool that I have found in coaching has been the projector." //-Michael Vogler, High School Teacher//  "I love using the document camera! It has made science experiments and going over homework much easier and more engaging. It has been an amazing addition to the classroom." //-Jillian Small,Elementary School Teacher//

"   The tool that has had the biggest impact on my teaching has been my document camera. This allows me to do so many things in a much easier way! For example, when I am reviewing problems on calculation I can work them out on lined paper under the doc cam. I don't have to worry about my position at the chalkboard blocking the view of some students. I can also use it to show pictures in books without having to take time to walk around the whole classroom. I can demonstrate games much more efficiently. We are also using math manipulatives much more effectively. " //-Katie Warke, Elementary School Teacher// <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"The resources that have been working for me are: smartboard, digital cam, photo documentation and coaching background. I have been making a change of the way of use technology in the classroom. It enhances all of our class discussions in reading, math, science, practically my whole curriculum this year. I can not tell you how invigorating it has been to see the students engagement, the ah haa moments have been like this year! The students are turned on when it comes to incorporating tech lessons into our current units. Photos from digital cameras, have had a tremendous differences in our research projects, writing and reading activities. It helps tell a story and to build enthusiasm into learning." //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Vicki Thomas, Intermediate Teacher //

<span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 87.12%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __COACHING ARTIFACTS AND TESTIMONIALS:__ Ruth Tanner, 2nd grade teacher, has developed a classroom webpage using Dreamweaver. This was created for 2nd grade students to be able to navigate to links from the classroom and from home. The links are grouped by subjects, and then by literature units, science units, math units, and social studies units such as holidays links. Students use indivdual laptops from the school wide laptop cart during a center time and access our classroom links. They can also access links and work in pairs and groups on one computer during biweekly computer lab time. See the 2nd grade classroom webpage here: http://www.fusd1.org/sechrist/tanner/index.htm

Katrina Gatheright, first grade teacher at Kinsey Community School, utilizes technology to communicate with parents through email and monthly newsletters. The attached document is an example newsletter that describes monthly events, needs in the classroom, and discussion of curriculum and units. Katrina also integrates technology into a class math meeting daily. Students interactively use the attached template to practice math concepts including calendar, money, time, and place value.

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