Technology

• November 2008 - I became the website liaison. I maintain the school website by updating calendar events, school news, photos, etc. http://srt1.atlantapublicschools.us/fickett/site/default.asp
• November 10, 2008 - website training (3:30pm - 6pm)
• November 12, 2008 - website training (3:30pm - 6pm)
• January 28, 2009 - met school Learning Technology Specialist (LTS) and was introduced as the onsite technology person for the school. We discussed setting up a training for teachers on using activotes with the Promethean Boards. In addition, we discussed adding more memory to the computer lab.
• February 16, 2009 - confirmed final date for activote training (training will take place on February 19, 2009). Sent email to seven collegues informing them about training date.
• February 19, 2009 - (3:00 - 4:00) participated in activote training. Although I was only a participant in this training, I felt the need to post it in my blog because I organized the entire thing. I organized the entire training, including selecting teachers that would go. The training went extremely well and left us with helpful information about using activotes with the Promethean Boards. I also took some notes about presenting that will be helpful for my upcoming staff development. The most important thing I took from the presenter was to "get to the point." She used a lot of pictures rather than words in her flipchart pages that she presented to us. She told me that she did this because people have the tendency to remember more with visuals rather than words. Therefore, as I do my staff development, I plan to use a lot of visuals!