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Collier County Public Schools Instructional Technology Department Martha Green, Instructional Technology Specialist Project Manager, EETT Cyber Café Grant Golden Gate Elementary School Marilou Andrews, Principal Sean Brosig, 5 th Grade Teacher Golden Terrace Elementary School David Glennon, Principal Cathy Honiball, 5 th Grade Teacher Jennifer Knutowski, 5 th Grade Teacher Golden Gate Middle School Geronimo Mulholland, Assistant Principal for Curriculum Priscilla McGuire, Science Teacher Mary West, Reading and Language Arts Teacher

850 students 79% from non-English Speaking homes 90% Qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch 66% Hispanic 14% Creole 11% Black 7% White 2% Other

890 students 72% non-English Speaking Homes 93% Free/Reduced Lunch 66% Hispanic 10% Creole 11% White 9% Black 4% Other

891 students 69% non-English Speaking Homes 82% Free/Reduced Lunch 58% Hispanic 17% Black 12% White 10% Creole 3% Other

EETT (Enhancing Education Through Technology) Grant Our process for transforming classrooms to include 21 st century tools and skills Collaborative effort between the district, schools, and students

Targeted 5 th, 6 th and ELL students (grades 3 -8) within one feeder system in Collier County Targeted teachers involved in intense training and coaching School Administrators and district personnel including subject area and ELL coordinators

Teachers will exhibit competency in creating instructional environment that authentically embeds Web 2.0 technologies through project based learning opportunities Increase academic performance in the target population in science and language arts

Teachers participated in Florida Digital Educator Training Summer 2008 Teachers participate in every other week after school training in Web 2.0 tools, technology integration and project based learning Provision of one-to-one laptops for all students in targeted teachers classes

May 2008 Teacher participants identified June 2008 Teachers attend Florida Digital Educator July –August 2008 Prepared laptop, software, peripheral orders August 2008 – September 2009 Teacher Training/Curriculum Writing/Action Research September 2008 Placed laptop orders November 2009 Placed laptops in classrooms (finally) Throughout – monitor progress

Trainings include but are not limited to Angel Wikis Podcasting Voki Photobucket Blogging Social bookmarking Discovery Science Probeware Laptop Care and Maintenance Classroom Procedures Shared Best Practices Lesson Planning/Writing Marzano and Project-based learning strategies

Provides vehicle for teachers to evaluate changes in classroom practice Monitored by Mentors Teachers address REAL issues in their own classrooms

Time Funding Time Funding You get the idea!!!

Increase in collaborative work by and with students Increase in time on task Decrease in student behavior issues

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Martha Green Instructional Technology Specialist Collier County Public Schools