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=Please add to the list.= = = =Why do we need to make things happen?= **__ For the kids - __** to develop skills necessary for our children to lead in the 21st Century. motivate students to learn and be excited about education using technology __**For the teachers**__ - Access to web tools and tech tools needed to promote 21st Century skills Access to update classroom computers as needed to utilized web tools to prepare our students for the future =What is our objective?= to learn more about technology how do we use technology effectively in the classrooms to keep up with the changing times provide students meaningful opportunities to utilize the various technologies that they already see in their world =Each Grade level needs different things. What are some things you would like to see in your room?=
 * To ** ** motivate our kids to learn in ways that captivates their attention on a day-to-basis **
 * Student achievement and to prepare them for the digital world **

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=__**Pre-K**__=

age appropiate software, 4 student computers in room, IPods, Smartboard = =

=__Grade K__= More computers, the capability for wireless keyboarding for their writing to take off! An Elmo, a Flip video recorder to record writing conferences, etc… Would love more training, but they have no time after school for this... Summer training?maybe

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__Grade 1__
Activotes; flip boards are time consuming and would like an in-service to develop some. They have heard of places that have these but have no time to look. = =
 * Additional computers in the classroom; laptop for each child; digital cameras; digital video cameras; active-votes to go with our whiteboard **

=__Grade 2__=

Smart board; iPods; better student computers
A computer station for 4-5 kids at a time would be great

=__Grade 3__= smart boards, more students computers, a printer in the classroom, teacher laptops, elmo for each teacher, digital cameras for each grade level, flip videos for each grade level, microphones for the computers. =__Other teachers__:= Library would like more computers for AR Testing. 2 more student computers students working on group projects on the computers Use computers/technology in the area of writing for special needs children more student computers frequent updating to enable computers to be used when needed instead of having to wait for updates and thus put off teaching skills, etc. Smart board technology throughout the district

Cow and Classroom need to be updated to windows 2007