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**A Technology Safari** [|elephant3.mov]   **Written by:** //__Beth Bordner__ at Washington Elementary School __Ruthann Hays__ at Bonnie Brennan Elementary School __Kim Gonzales__ at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School __Steve Sartain__ at Winslow High School //

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While exploring their multiplication facts, Cooper and Ryan are increasing their marksmanship with the Smartboard to help them scope out this skill. // The website the boys are "playing" on is[| www.multiplication.com]



//Our students are thirsting for new technology enhanced lessons.

__Quotes from current technology coaches: __//  <span style="display: block; font-size: 87.12%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 70%;">" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 70%;">You can use the smart board to record lessons.and replay them later. That is something that I do a lot, especially when I have a sub. " <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">Michael Vogler, High School Teacher
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">"One thing my peer teacher is doing is having her sixth grade students make a claymation period to show a transformation example: a caterpillar turning into a butterfly or cell mitosis. The students are going to use digital cameras to take still shots of their clay representations. Then,they will use Windows Media to make the film." <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">Ruth Donnelly, Kindergarten Teacher
 * 3) <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">"I cannot imagine ever teaching without a document camera, smart board and projector. When my "tools" go down, I feel lost!" Ruthann Hays, Third Grade Teacher