Action+Plan

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Leadership 49 dots
Where does the school board/community stand? What defines an administrator? What does leadership look like in a school? What resources do we need? What does the research say? How do we make it relevant/personal to the community/stakeholders? What part of the policy can change?


 * Trust staff to install certain apps without admin approval (adobe ect)
 * Push to allow admin to allow less strings to try new things
 * Get encouragement from admin to take more risks
 * Admin expectations create that allows teachers to have a mess classroom while experimenting with technology
 * Have staff/admin see the value/importance
 * Leadership role from within-teachers training on their ideas
 * Have powers users
 * Tech people will actually talk to teachers and take into consideration teacher needs and wants
 * Open communication between ALL staff and admin
 * PD for school boards and admin about 21st century skill and learning
 * Instructional technology/person building
 * Give staff the experience of a tech based culture at the professional level so they feel more comfortable with it
 * New Admin
 * New Admin
 * Supervision over initiatives
 * Admin Directives
 * ADMIN DIRECTIVES
 * Administrative support and vision
 * Develop district wide visions that include shift expectations

Professional Development 62 dots
Professional development aligned with 21st Century skills/tools. Provide teacher choice in PD opportunities based on levels, tools and topics Creatively flexible scheduling Schedule time after PD for collaboration and planning
 * Expectations (or goals to meet)for using technology in the classroom or collaborate
 * More tech training, practical hands on
 * Use projector like a white board and use initiative items to involve students in learning
 * Utilize SKYPE to save $$$ and time
 * Go to white board training have notebook software installed
 * Schedule
 * PD time built into the calendar
 * See if we can provide ACT 80 days
 * Time for teacher directed and led PD
 * Dedicated faculty time for PD
 * Concentrate on 1 major tech initiative per year
 * Inservices to educate on uncertainties
 * Use scheduled staff meetings to learn new ways of using technology
 * Spend time researching the web for students to use
 * Give time during PD to develop plans for 21st Century skills
 * Training educators earlier in how ot incorporate 21st Century skills
 * Utilize SKYPE or webinars for teacher meetings
 * Allowing staff to become the experts, not expecting 1 person to do it all
 * A new cohort of teachers to go thru PLP next year
 * Build in time for teachers to learn
 * Give teachers additional planning time
 * Inservice that teach and support technology
 * Collaboration
 * Staff Development time for teacher collaboration
 * Support innovation tech use with "hand holding"
 * Train teachers at differing grade levels so they can teach/share with co-workers
 * Choice
 * More Inservices taught by teachers-give teachers choice
 * Individuals can develop track plans that focus on 21st Century learning -make this a priority
 * Allow staff to choose what they are comfortable with and work throughout the year
 * PD by comfort level/passion/interest
 * Teachers to have combined prep for PLC
 * Educate teachers on resources available on the internet
 * PD
 * Why/How/PD sessions-time given geared towards Web 2.0 tools and classroom integration
 * Continue to provide PD to faculty
 * More staff development opportunities throughout the year
 * Better PD
 * PD Opportunity
 * Continuing PD for teachers
 * PD for teachers around 21st Century Learning
 * Creative PD solutions-Summer Institures-Coaching-Job Imbedded Learning Experiences with support-PD communities
 * Ongoing PD
 * Provide education to teachers to learn tools
 * Allow teachers to choose the opportunities/choices in staff development
 * Develop PD practices that align with 21st Century Skills
 * Creative PD that really meets needs
 * Tools

Support 11 dots

 * Support of tech coordinator and admin
 * To solve time problem- have an employee who finds models/lesson plans for staff
 * More support for teachers
 * Have more curriculum leader specialists to guide learning and teaching practice
 * Have admin step in and support/encourage the shift
 * Support mentor system
 * Individuals can...offer their help.Seek out the "yeah but" people
 * Tech training online, tech camps to help anyone who needs something like edu-tube
 * Unblock and Unlock the computers. E rate and CIPA do not demand all this limitation that inhibits teachers and students
 * Whats working now is searching for educators who have already been successful and using their expertise
 * Tech Support
 * Tech department to work for US as teachers to listen to our needs and wishes
 * Set up support groups for areas of technology or grades etc.

Time 36 dots
Use faculty meetings for PD rather than STUFF that could be in an email, google doc or calendar Reflect-write down what you do each day. How could your time be used differently? Dedicate time to 21st Century learning-make it a priority Reevaluate schedules policies to better reflect changes in education/learning Use virtual environments to make learning available to teachers 24/7 Using available technologies to share with colleagues NING, Google Docs, Social Bookmarking Common planning time Extending the daily schedule(teachers day w/o students) Shared assigned responsiblity Administration directive/accountability
 * Demonstrates spending 1 hour today can save 5 hours next week
 * Always be helpful and positive even when you don't have time
 * More planning time in order to explore technology and prepare for modeling for students
 * Have 1/2 day once per month for planning and training
 * 4 day week for students 5 day week for teachers(PD needed based for networking)
 * Year round school
 * M-Thursday School week or late starts Monday or Friday
 * Change the schedule to make planning periods to same for groups of teachers to meet. Other teachers can fill in for them to also provide time for them to meet and plan too
 * More prep time for faculty
 * I can block out time during the summer to explore new websites and 2.0 tools/plan lessons
 * PLAN your planning periods
 * To write down plans for prep periods before and after school
 * Use computers too save time(grades, lesson plans)
 * Primary content teaching
 * Collaborate weekly with colleagues on ideas
 * Collaborate with other schools (in grade level)
 * Currently have opportunity to meet F2F with classroom teachers 1X per month to collaborate
 * Collaborate with everyone
 * Share what is working with other professionals
 * We have PLP'ers on differing levels of techiness which can assist with non PLP'ers attempting to touch the water or drink the juice
 * Continue ton ask for collaboration time on the best practices with technology
 * Plan monthly staff collaboration time with teachers and teams
 * Provide time on a regular basis for teachers to collaborate
 * Provide meaningful time for staff to collaborate
 * Collaborative sessions to share, create, develop teaching strategies
 * Collaborative Professional Development
 * Provide time during collaborative sessions to share what is happening in classrooms with technology
 * Built in collaboration time for teachers
 * 1/2 day per month so PM? can be used to collaborate
 * Collaborate with others so that I am not always re-inventing the wheel
 * More time to collaborate with team leaders-reducing fear
 * Collaboration: In-Service time that allows grade levels to collaborate with tech guidance available from tech coordinator
 * Provide regular collaborative opportunity
 * Team collaboration/planning, time to share, play and explore
 * More planning time with co-workers
 * Integrating collaborating time into the schedule
 * Provide ongoing time and collaboration
 * Collaboration across schools and districts
 * Establish structures where teachers can work/plan together
 * Time management-create blocks of time for web 2.0 collaboration (PLC's)
 * More of our teachers willing to collaborate more.

Collaboration 60 dots
How do teachers get support and answers to their questions? How/Where? Accountability issues for follow through and being productive. How can or will administrators provide support for the risk taking involved in collaboration? When would be a good time during the school day for collaboration? Grade level, Cross Grade level, Outside school?
 * Collaborate with other schools (same grade)
 * Team Teaching
 * Individuals can talk and listen(learn) from others
 * Collaborate with others who successfully integrate 21st Century skills
 * Teachers share success stories
 * Lesson downloads available for each grade level utilizing current web 2.0 tools and our curriculum
 * More accountable time on peer collabs and PD to encourage tech rather than the same district discussions that move nowhere
 * Admin and teacher collaborative vision for 21st Century learning along with action goals
 * Encourage risk taking within your grade level and filter out
 * Network with others that have similar issues to develop synergy in discussions
 * Model collaborate to show how passion based learning connects to standards
 * Use networking for ideas and lesson plans
 * Collaborate with teachers in my grade level to share ideas of websites/tools that they have used that work with students. Each of us toe share with others
 * Maintain a wiki to teachers to collaborate and share outside the classroom
 * All educators should be granted collaboration time to examine and study different school systems
 * ASK QUESTIONS
 * Promote Wiki Use
 * Research and share with colleagues
 * Bring in experts that are already doing it to show how easy it is
 * Time to meet with grade levels to create tech plans for lessons
 * Create a community of sharing = less work for all but greater outcomes
 * Demonstrate/share successful lesson plans and uses
 * Collaborative development 21st Century lessons available to all teachers
 * Teach "HOW TO" to teachers and demonstrate
 * Teach teachers how to implement into room and provide them time to collaborate and have others to watch to give help
 * Turn students loose to learn together
 * Encourage collaboration between cross grade level students
 * Allow and encourage more student collaboration to solve problems and promote teamwork
 * During collab meetings give/share great ideas for using tech with kids so hte activities are engaging for students

Funding 46 dots
EQ How can we provide MORE funding for technology to ensure student learning of 21st Century skills? Create.promote foundation idea 503C Provide opportunity for individuals to be part of the solutions PTO/PTA Community business Networking Presentation of the impact of technology imprtance to decision makers/ED BOD/stake holders
 * MORE $$$$$$
 * MORE $$$$$$
 * MORE $$$$$$
 * MORE $$$$$$
 * Push for needed resources (internet access for each student as a basis or starting point
 * Campaign for technology
 * Continue to push to get the technology (computers, access etc)
 * Encourage administrators to allot more money so that more computers (carts) are available for student use
 * Districts sharing resources for equity "NO SCHOOLS LEFT BEHIND"
 * Search for funding
 * $$$ support or community collaboration to provide technology equity to all schools
 * Seek funding sources with business partners to allow schools to be equipped with the latest greatest stuff
 * Find ways to get more technology-fundraisers?
 * Better budgets for education
 * GRANTS
 * Apply for GRANT $$$
 * Grants budget for monetary needs
 * Work on writing grants to get technology into the schools districts UI's
 * Give every student equal access to technology no matter what district they live in
 * Equal funding for all schools
 * Purchase netbook to be used by children
 * More resources available for teachers to have regular access to
 * Equipment needed, give all students and educators a laptop
 * Have individual computers 1:student
 * One student One Computer
 * 1:1 computer student ratio initiative
 * Provide more computers in classrooms for students
 * Laptop for every student

Curriculum 9 dots

 * Replace writing just for teachers with writing for audience
 * Within required programs, teach differently
 * Standard for technology at schools...1 laptop per student
 * Teach by themes integrating all subject areas
 * teaching mult-iage classrooms, more Montesori like
 * Dispose of all existing lesson plans and start over, re-invent the process
 * Hold teachers accountable for including 21st Century skills
 * Change unit tests/report cards/curriculum
 * Given a priority: Whats the first thing you want me to do? Whats most important
 * Have local district experts for everey topic(civil war, covalent molecular bonds, adding fractions) and have the experts design the instruction for that district
 * Student led portfolio work/conferences to demonstrate learning
 * Prioritize and get rid of things that students will not use in the real world
 * Curriculum-not an exact guide for teaching,allowing for teacher creativity
 * Include NETS standards for lessons

**Beliefs, Dispositions and Attitudes 37 dots**
 * Give teachers the freedom to fail with new ways of teaching
 * Failure is OK change takes time so allow years not moments for change to occur
 * Be open to change
 * Resistance to change, Convince the first tier to buy in, 2nd tier will complete, 3rd tier will need brainwashing
 * Individuals can be more open minded, willing,positive,enthusiastic,STOP THE SARCASM
 * Prioritize
 * Replace one lesson standard with a new idea every day/week
 * Not thinking of web 2.0 as a new way to plan need more time to do make it the new way the standard way to plan
 * Encourage growth mindsets in all
 * Prioritize things that are important...we cant do everything
 * Pick the low hanging fruit; easy wins that can be used to accelerate the process
 * Become a 'POSITIVE PETE" and not a "NEGATIVE NANCY"
 * Don't be afraid to fail forward, have patience

PLC 11 dots

 * Mentor faculty who are less comfortable with technology
 * Establish Tech Mentor Program
 * Form PLC's
 * have partners work together to support each other while learning to use tech tools
 * Mentors for a specific tech tool. Lots of opportunity to practice
 * Provide staff time to learn (PLC)
 * Develop a that demonstrates your passion using web 2.0 tools
 * Learn more about new tools and methods of instruction (Twitter, webinars)
 * Be a professional friend...suggest new ideas to colleagues
 * Staff development...allowing time to play
 * PLC's are working We just need to spread the knowledge of their existence
 * Choose a specific tool to concentrate on with colleagues

Community 2 dots

 * Showcase outcomes and ideas to inspire others to buy in
 * Take time to play and laugh together within the community
 * Educating staff, schools,community and legislature of best practices
 * Parent education/training for understanding and for volunteers
 * Ideas: getting out to districts to see working models
 * Hold training days for parents/community
 * Discover the strengths and weaknesses of each individual and discover passion
 * Inform/partner with community and parents

**Assessment 3 dots**
 * END standardized testing
 * Screw caring about the tests, If we teach kids correctly they will pass any test they give them
 * Eliminate PSSA in order to decrease pressure on teachers so that they feel they have more time to explore technology
 * Eliminate PSSA testing format and evaluate students based on inquiry based learning
 * Do what is best for students instead of doing what is best for a test
 * Change the mindset that drill and practice is what makes students successful on PSSA
 * Use alternative assessments NO MORE TESTS
 * DITCH the PSSA's
 * Get rid of state testing PSSA
 * Less Standardized testing
 * Test less, more performance based assessments
 * For PSSA tests take skills and devise inquiry based lesson plans on these
 * Change state accountability protocol PSSA
 * Change PA standards or make them to require 21st century teaching
 * Standardized tests-Stop giving State Standardized Test-give students tests as needed but purpose has created
 * NO standardized tests...Performance based Authentic Assessment

Fear 22 dots

 * Encourage parents support within the classroom
 * Encourage positive attitudes
 * Listen to the students
 * Let go of the past and embrace the present/future
 * Start slowly with one piece (or two) of technology that the whole school implements for the whole year
 * Learn from mistakes, don't fear them. What would you tell your kids
 * Start a Mentor/Mentee program with those that have completed this year long course
 * Fear-pair up with someone who does not have this fear and help them with something they fear that you dont
 * Fear-Take one step at a time to overcome
 * Be willing to try something new-regardless of expected outcomes
 * Be sure staff has a comfort level before trying to impose more on them
 * Somehow develop trust-so it is OK to fail (flounder), make it safe
 * Have teachers develop trust between one another
 * There are people willing to take risks
 * Have teachers do technology have teachers do tech together so they realize everybody makes mistakes with it
 * Encourage risk taking by admin modeling in groups and classrooms
 * Trying things in the classroom even when I am not yet and expert on the tool(fear) risk taking

Buy in 12 dots

 * Individuals take a personal stake in learning (PD)
 * Creative solutions to old problems
 * Demonstrate to staff how technology can access information in a way that cannot be replicated via any other modality/methodology
 * Show results of action projects
 * More background information regarding the benefits of technology so there is more buy in and excitement about change(s)
 * Allow the students to have control of their learning
 * Teach what students are interesting in
 * Change your teaching...not your students

Culture 19 dots

 * Talk about the culture of learning in your building. What should learning look like?
 * Develop a culture of trust
 * Work with administrators to encourage a change in culture to a more student directed environment
 * Change the way teachers teach, open their eyes to new ideas
 * Build trust
 * Stay positive encourage colleagues
 * OH STOP COMPLAINING...try it...
 * Encourage creativity
 * Change the norms in our classrooms
 * Make students equal share members in the "solution" Invest in them
 * Connect with community resources to get equipment
 * Have a more positive attitude
 * Principal Support
 * Start 'High Fiving"
 * Train teachers in how to have kids help each other so they don't have to feel like they have to be the expert
 * Encourage teachers to move around the lab during activities
 * Encourage teachers to have engaging activities so kids stay on task and focused in computer labs, so they are not disruptive

Teachers 0 dots

 * Stretch the limits of using technology as an "assist" for physically impaired
 * How can we collaborate/team to help break down the amount of stuff or learn skills
 * Replace/Dont add on
 * Use learning teams Kids become experts on one thing then teach others
 * When teaching kids code of conduct for behavior, teach digital citizenship...they are the same...
 * Teach according to passion rather than the test
 * Talk with "schools of ed" and change the way teachers are prepped
 * Be a positive role model
 * Expect more from teachers and expect individual accountability
 * Time- Allow implementation time, like we are over the summer teachers leave with lessons done
 * Respecting and listening to our professional opinion
 * Respect for teacher input

Policy 36 dots

 * Time for training
 * Burn the textbooks, workbooks and worksheets. Then build the curriculum with the technology already integrated
 * Legislators are forced to take the PSSA and create consistent schedules each year with consistent content
 * Time- Student access at all times, each student have his own laptop
 * Allow students to bring their own devices to school
 * Overhaul federal and state guidelines to reflect 21st century learning and expectations
 * Clearer laws and policy concerning copyright issues, student privacy and recording students
 * Discussions concerning statewide technology expectations and statewide funding to get there(such as statewide 1:1 issues)
 * Change state and national legislative decisions, let teachers make laws
 * More local control
 * Take your voting rights seriously
 * Teachers driving direction on education
 * More control given to teachers as far as what they can do without tech support needing to help
 * Giving school staff more admin rights over the work technology
 * Allow access to more websites at school
 * Provide computers in schools to each child individually
 * Allow students and staff to use personal tools(phones, computers etc)
 * Change filtering on content (websites)

Infrastructure 7 dots

 * Cross grades
 * Create an environment where concern over security could be diminished to allow access to anywhere and where tools form home could be used
 * Have organizations (UI13) work with district hosting my classroom to provide school access to blocked internet sites (Wikipedia,twitter, You Tube etc)
 * BYOD Bring your own devices
 * Every student gets a computer and internet access from school and home
 * Reliable access for all
 * A universal/national system of education in required to appropriately assess instruction learning and progress
 * Have a universal network in schools that receive IU services so that all staff can log on effortlessly
 * Have IU13 work with district to provide wireless access so I don't have to have a 50' cable from the one port in the corner
 * Develop and support a plan to provide the infrastructure necessary- bandwidth, server space etc

**Resources 45 dots**
 * Write grants to get more computers in classrooms
 * Mix of resources for students to use (ipads, itouch) for students to use
 * Devices/computers for each child in order to use time more efficiently
 * 1 computer for each student
 * Form partnerships with business to provide resources and time
 * Resource sharing sites and PD sessions. Team collaboration times well utilized for web 2.0
 * Provide resources for teachers to add to their professional development
 * Technology-Computer schedules should be worked out that a car doesn't have to go to one class. teachers could guarantee that had what they need
 * Grants to get more computers for our schools or have fundraisers to help with $$$
 * What can individuals do? Encourage and share lessons with each other (tech paths)
 * Funding issue-have drives that fund equipment that is needed
 * Give teachers the freedom to develop their own curriculum or pick out the materials they want with their colleagues
 * Post tech ideas over district site
 * Computers for ALL students
 * More technology at our fingertips
 * Resources available to all students at all times
 * Access to technology at our school
 * Fair sharing of resources across the district
 * Master a tool
 * Provide every student with access to the technology
 * Use the resources available to the best of my ability
 * Technology $$$ so each family can be in the network
 * Working now: Computer carts
 * Build an IS Wiki to collaborate and share ideas
 * Break up carts for small group access all the time. Change config/access to current stuff
 * Teachers pair up/group to use computer carts/materials
 * Group students according to project/focus to work with various teachers

Students 20 dots

 * Allow the students to learn programs/technology by themselves
 * Give students more control over their learning so that it is passion based
 * Lean on students, they have questions AND answers
 * Group students by ability not age
 * Motivate students to be life long learners
 * Using the students to teach a few how to use the tools and allowing them to co-teach with you
 * Assume that kids are knowledgeable
 * Let kids decide how to show of their learning
 * Teach kids to type at an early (earlier) age
 * Keyboarding
 * Student centered learning
 * Let kids teach you-its OK to share power
 * Student input
 * Smaller class sizes
 * Involve the kids, ask their ideas and try something new

**Goals 1 dot**
 * Form communities of practice among teachers who are already passionate
 * Make using technology ion classrooms a requirement so teachers have to learn to use it
 * Determine some school wide goal and implement it
 * Decide on small diversified goals that meet many needs
 * Teachers set personal goals for using a tech tool to foster ownership
 * Written tech expectations or goals for students and teachers as well as staff
 * have teachers team either in pairs or threes to develop plans
 * Requiring tech standards on lesson plans(requiring tech goals)
 * PD which includes time for teachers to start projects using tech do they are easier to implement and experts are available to problem solve
 * Pick one new thing to try each year start small
 * More directed goals statewide

Barriers:

 * Hard for teachers to let go
 * Fear, teachers afraid to let go of control
 * Afraid to think outside the box
 * Lack of creativity and flexibility
 * Time
 * Creating something new will take extra time
 * Things have worked for me before, why do I need to redo it
 * State-driven by PSSA’s
 * Teachers are worried by getting this and this done before April/May
 * Drill and kill
 * Always the results of the test
 * AYP
 * Spend most of time and energy to make AYP
 * Change
 * Letting teachers go, not sure of what will happen next year
 * Standardized testing
 * Colleagues are hesitant because of need to get standards in within time
 * constraint
 * “How are you controlling that? How are you keeping them on task?”
 * Having the technology available for spontaneous moments
 * Losing technology coordinator next year
 * Pressure on teachers
 * “When we need help, who do we go to?”
 * Always testing our kids
 * Practice tests, real tests
 * No time to collaborate with colleagues
 * We have ideas, but we don’t have time to build on ideas in collaboration
 * Collaboration
 * Buy in from the top for this to continue
 * Continual professional development that needs to happen
 * Other important things that need to be done as well
 * Lack of continuity
 * Time
 * Planning for multiple groups
 * Wide range of levels in the classroom
 * Juggle curriculum and groups within in time constraints
 * Collaboration is not there
 * Teachers spread throughout county
 * Time to actually use what is taught
 * Shown something, then expected to use something
 * Need to revisit and refresh
 * Lack of technology
 * Frustrating knowing how to implement any of this without the tools
 * Teachers resistance to change, especially veteran teachers
 * Need for getting rid of sacred cows, think outside the box
 * Resistance to change
 * Little bits and pieces of training
 * Not enough to go back and do anything meaningful
 * Lack of training = resistance to change
 * Veteran teachers, different generation, resistance to change
 * Do not give correct training
 * Less community to collaborate and community to bounce ideas off
 * Frequently changing technologies
 * Hard to get used to different technologies because of constant overturn
 * No effort after being given chances to try small bits and pieces of technology
 * Fear of unknown
 * Risk taking situations
 * Trust between colleagues
 * Need for understanding by administrators for experimentation
 * Culture of learning in a school
 * Need to recognize that what students need to be able to learn is different
 * from previous generations
 * Testing is answer based, we need to be why based, process based
 * Passion and professionalism

Discussion: Barriers
Whether it is district, school or organization, there are still teachers who are not on board with these things so teacher mindset is a big problem. Money - you need the tools to help the students do these things I just don’t have enough time. TIME TIME TIME. I already have all these other things I need to do, and I already have too much. Time and I have a faculty that is very comfortable with the way they do things and uncomfortable being stretched. TIME comes up every time we asked people how to help them embrace technology. Also a lot of teachers want to do what they’ve always done. Time is definitely a barrier, any prof development is another thing to do, new initiative this week and then we’ll be doing something new next week, I can handpick the teachers who will embrace it, those who will ignore it, those who will talk big and then go back ad close the door. I think there’s a few of change and a fear of unknown. Change is scary to a lot of people. It’s not that they won’t embrace it they’re just afraid to try because of a fear of failure. A fear that things will not go properly. Because we all have our comfort level and it makes us uncomfortable when people push back. One constraint is if we let the kids out on the Internet will be safe. Teachers need to control learning. Very similar to what’s been said, I think that it’s easier to go into your classroom the next day and do what you’ve done before than to do something different. Most people teach the way they were taught, not how they were taught to teach. Do we need to start from scratch? It’s easy to blame behaviors or learning challenges for going back to what’s always been. The test - how are my kids going to pass the test if I’m spending all my time do self-directed learning. The biggest barrier is the testing. We start every year assuming we’re not going to make AYP so everything we do must be standards / research based so we can prove that we’re doing something to make the kids pass the test. We have lots of extra intervention times that we would have used for student based learning before. I agree with most things. Another constraint is our problem with / unwillingness to prioritize and also attempts to standardize all students. Constraint is the kids seem so low it seems hard to think about how we could do these things with them. We really lack the tools our teachers need to get the kids involved. It’s hard to get beyond the point where a teacher is modeling on 1 computer. Money is a big. I think it has to be the mind-set or the pedagogy. Considering the change that needs to be made we need to think about leadership. Are they in on this like we are? Are the leading the way or do they support it like we do? Maybe leaders are more focused on instruction instead of management. Without instructional leaders, who’s going to say put away the workbooks. We are missing the element of being able to let a child to find what their passion is. So much of the creative portion of learning and teaching has been squelched. This is about people and we are not focusing on people. I know there’s a responsibility, but we forget why we’re doing this -- for the kids. When you think about a tool you use well, whether it’s riding a bike or whatever, you use it all the time. To expect a student or a teacher to use a tool in the optimal way when you can use it on a Tuesday from 2 -3 PM; it just can’t be done. The only time a tech tool will impact achievement is if the child is using it 60% of the day and if the teacher is teacher is using the tools and teaching differently. When I think of change I think of fear: others not embracing it, not knowing expectations, tech won’t be available next year, the kids don’t like it, not knowing what I could / should be using It’s like a kid in a candy store. There are SO MANY different choices that you don’t know where to start, and you try to do everything at once and then burn out. Embarrassment if the kids have to help you because you don’t know. Takes too much time…I don’t have time. If it’s not broke, why fix it? How are we supposed to grade this? How will we measure success and share it with parents in a way they’ll understand? Fear/Mindset of what I’ve done it the past works…What if I take a risk and it fails? Stuck in a schedule…How will this work? If it doesn’t work, am I a failure? Not lack of desire…Lack of TIME. Teaching all the content areas and no wiggle room to not teach what is required. Lack of family support Lack of access (technology hardware/software, internet) Money/budget not there to support what we need How do I manage this??? Especially with 25 kids and differentiating for their different needs & interests! More important content to be covered that is mandated by the state Learning a whole new curriculum TIME! Not enough access to computers for the kids. Time with carts/computers is limited Planning late at night to keep up with busy family schedules No lesson plan for this…No one to model this for me so I need to figure it all out alone How do I know my kids are getting what they need to get if they’re all doing something different? Money to get the supplies that we need Multiple disability students Students getting into inappropriate content when they are off searching on their own Computer time limited to a lab setting 1 time per week Money, equipment, and BANDWIDTH…Resources for the infrastructure needed to get teachers and students access to what they need to pull this off successfully Parents learned one way, it’s worked fine/I grew up with this….Not being supportive of doing things differently in school today World we are preparing students for is something we don’t even know what to expect Inability to control or have access to the sites/equipment needed to teach them successfully How to balance needs with expectations Confidentiality issues for students with an IEP Teaching Math in Social Studies, Science, Health, etc. to make up time needed to teach my content before the PSSA Need time to explore new tools and learn them so we can help our students Can’t get the tools when you need them Not enough support Getting teachers to buy into student-directed School of education teaches sage on stage
 * Hard for teachers to let go
 * Fear, teachers afraid to let go of control
 * Afraid to think outside the box
 * Lack of creativity and flexibility
 * Time
 * Creating something new will take extra time
 * Things have worked for me before, why do I need to redo it
 * State-driven by PSSA’s
 * Teachers are worried by getting this and this done before April/May
 * Drill and kill
 * Always the results of the test
 * AYP
 * Spend most of time and energy to make AYP
 * Change
 * Letting teachers go, not sure of what will happen next year
 * Standardized testing
 * Colleagues are hesitant because of need to get standards in within time
 * constraint
 * “How are you controlling that? How are you keeping them on task?”
 * Having the technology available for spontaneous moments
 * Losing technology coordinator next year
 * Pressure on teachers
 * “When we need help, who do we go to?”
 * Always testing our kids
 * Practice tests, real tests
 * No time to collaborate with colleagues
 * We have ideas, but we don’t have time to build on ideas in collaboration
 * Collaboration
 * Buy in from the top for this to continue
 * Continual professional development that needs to happen
 * Other important things that need to be done as well
 * Lack of continuity
 * Time
 * Planning for multiple groups
 * Wide range of levels in the classroom
 * Juggle curriculum and groups within in time constraints
 * Collaboration is not there
 * Teachers spread throughout county
 * Time to actually use what is taught
 * Shown something, then expected to use something
 * Need to revisit and refresh
 * Lack of technology
 * Frustrating knowing how to implement any of this without the tools
 * Teachers resistance to change, especially veteran teachers
 * Need for getting rid of sacred cows, think outside the box
 * Resistance to change
 * Little bits and pieces of training
 * Not enough to go back and do anything meaningful
 * Lack of training = resistance to change
 * Veteran teachers, different generation, resistance to change
 * Do not give correct training
 * Less community to collaborate and community to bounce ideas off
 * Frequently changing technologies
 * Hard to get used to different technologies because of constant overturn
 * No effort after being given chances to try small bits and pieces of technology
 * Fear of unknown
 * Risk taking situations
 * Trust between colleagues
 * Need for understanding by administrators for experimentation
 * Culture of learning in a school
 * Need to recognize that what students need to be able to learn is different
 * from previous generations
 * Testing is answer based, we need to be why based, process based
 * Passion and professionalism