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"Working to improve the use of technology today by using the digital tools of the tomorrow"  We are INDIANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION and we are located at the high school campus of the Port Neches-Groves ISD in Port Neches, Texas.

The purpose of this learning community is to find ways to incorporate technology into our present curriculum, beginning on the first day of school. The members of my learning community are:

1. Ruthie Wolfe Business/CATE Teacher, grades 9-12--Keyboarding, Computer Science, Accounting, and Cheerleading

2. Traci Ewing CATE Teacher, grades 9-12--Communication Applications and Family and Consumer Science

3. Darlene Low Business/CATE Teacher, grades 9-12--Careers, ICT, and Business Support Systems

4. Laura Shipman Business/CATE Teacher, grades 9-12--Keyboarding and BCIS

5. Doneane Beckcom Assistant Band Director, Grades 9 - 12 PNGHS, grades 6 - 8 PNMS    Here we are with our wikis!! This is all so foreign to me. As I get further along, it seems to be falling into place. Hope you guys are doing well!! **__Here's a question for you __** -- What is the simplest idea you can think of to start off the new school year, on day one, with a technology-related exercise?

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Ruthie**: I know that I always start by teaching the students how to type in their user name and password so that they can access their network files. I would really like to start off with something a little more "interest grabbing." I'll get back to you when I have my idea.


 * Traci:** On the first day of school, I plan to review the log in process with my students and to have them create an index card in word or paint that they will print out to be used as their project order cards during the semester. Each student will later in that period present their cards to the class as an oral presentation.


 * Laura:** I will have to go over logins this year at the beginning of the year because all of the student logins have changed. I often use a PowerPoint template that the students fill in with their informations, class schedules, birthday, etc., instead of having them write it down on an index card. You could also have them write a small paragraph about themselves in a Word document.


 * Darlene:** I think that during our inservice the teachers should be grouped and each group should look at a Wiki Space and make comments regaurding it. Hands on brings the wikispace to life. This could also be a required assignment in the classroom with the students.


 * Doneane:** We are doing a jazz themed marching show this year. Most of our students are not familiar with jazz music style, which is something you must "feel" in order to play correctly. They must learn to read beyond what is written on the page and put the correct style behind the notes. I plan to find some youtube videos of some good jazz bands playing the music we will be playing, so that they can see and hear the difference in style from any music we have ever played before.

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