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View four different tech plans from four different areas of the United States. Look at your grade level plans first and compare how you are with other parts of the states. Then look at the previous grades and decide upon three technology goals for your class or school for this semester. ||  || BM - I'm a little embarrassed but it had not really occurred to me to teach my students about the keyboard and parts of the computer. I model using the computer and teach them how to find information using it but really missed the boat on the actual machine. I will make a point of teaching them computer vocabulary, proper posture, hand position, and discuss the shift key and space bar. I was very impressed with the tech plans I read. We don't have anything like that at our school. I will definitely share the links with our technology guru. NH- I'm a little embarrassed I did not know what a technology plan was or where to find one. I just googled it and up it came for schools all over the country. Then I realized I guess every school needs one and I should to. I have always incorporated technology in my classroom because I am from a generation that everyone has a computer. However, over the last year or so I have assigned PowerPoints to students assuming they know how to do them. I need to set a goal of teaching the technology I want my students to use in my classroom. I want to use a digital video recorder this year in my classroom to record students reading fluency so they can see themselves at the beginning and end of the year. I want to keep an electronic portfolio for my students so they can take it with them with their best work. I want to teach my students good research on the internet. Finally I want my smartboard to be used by the students and stop being so selfish with it.
 * Case Study #9: Your tech plan