Technology+Reflection+Page

School Name: Stanta Fe South __Grade Level(s): 9-12__ __Avg. Number of Students: ___20___ Location of School:__ OKC_

 Type: Desk Top __ Age ___ CD – Regular, Burner, or DVD || VCR DVD Player Laser Disc Player ||  Type (Mac or PC)  How many? __ Internet access? ___ __ Printer __ __ Color InkJet Laser? ___  Networked? _ || Projection System Software <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Titles?_ || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">How was the classroom physically arranged? How is the technology arranged in relation to student and teacher desks?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">What Technology did you see in the classroom (check all that apply)? ** ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Telephone || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Television ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Computer for a teacher
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Computers for students
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Scanner || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Digital Camera ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">SMART Board || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Camcorder (video camera) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Clicker System || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Airliner ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Calculator set || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Digital audio recorder ||  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The teachers desk was in a corner and the students desks faced hers. The SMART board was to the left of her desk and was directly in front of the students so they could all see properly. **

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">What kind of lab areas were available for a teacher to use? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> The teacher had one computer on her desk. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Was there a computer lab (or labs)? Where was it located? ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">No computer lab in the classroom. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">How does a teacher get access to the lab (if applicable)? ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">N/A ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">How available is the lab and how much notice needs to be given to use it (if applicable)? ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">N/A ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">How was the lab space physically arranged? You may describe it or draw it below. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">N/A ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Ask a teacher about or obtain a copy of the technology use policies for teachers. What limitations are placed on technology use? Give an example of how they are enforced. || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Take a few minutes to reflect on the school.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Where there other types of technology available in other locations? For example, were there resources a teacher could borrow from another content teacher? What kind of resources were they?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">There were TVs and DVD players that the teacher could bring to her classroom from another teacher. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">What evidence do you see of technology being used in the classroom and school? Do you see any student projects? Describe these below.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The teacher uses the SMART board as a teaching tool but the students aren’t really that involved with using it. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">What kind of technology is available in the classroom or elsewhere in the school that might help accommodate a student with special needs? ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I didn’t personally see any technology there that could assist students with special needs. But that doesn’t mean there are not any available. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">What keeps teachers from using technology at this school? Ask the classroom teacher. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Funding is the biggest issue in the school. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Who does a teacher ask for help with technology use? How do these people help a teacher? ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Most often the teacher will ask another teacher if they have any trouble and need help. ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Policies **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">:
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Most often the teacher will ask another teacher if they have any trouble and need help. ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Policies **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">:
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">There is a policy on “Frivolous use” which means the teacher cannot be wasting time on the computer instead of teaching. The computers can be monitored on how much use is done. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Ask a teacher about or obtain a copy of the technology use policies for students. What limitations are placed on technology use? Give an example of how they are enforced.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The students have limited access to websites and can only use ones that help in education. There are blocks that prevent students on certain sites. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">School Reflection **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">School Reflection **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">How does this school differ from other classrooms/schools you have observed in.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This school does not have the funds to spend on a lot of technology. I have been in schools where each classroom has the best high tech tools for teaching. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Do you think more or less technology was available or was this school typical? Give specific examples.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Less, this school does not have much funds to spend on technology, while other schools, in Norman for example, have funds to spend on technology. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">How did the software available in the classroom and lab spaces differ from what you would expect? ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I knew what to expect going into the school. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">How much of the technology you observed was specific to the subjects and content that a teacher taught? Give examples of specific and non-specific technology you saw. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The technology I observed was being used for different activities. The teacher did a lesson on the SMART board. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Did the physical arrangement of the classroom or lab spaces help or hinder efforts to integrate technology? Why do you think so? Give examples. Can it be changed? ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The technology was arranged so both the teacher and the student could both see and use the SMART board. The SMART board was next to the teachers desk and in front of the students with space to be at the board ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">From this inventory, what are three needs that you can identify in the school? Give a rationale for why they are a need and a not just a want. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The school needs better funding. There is not enough technology to better educate the students **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">From this inventory, what are three needs that you can identify in the school? Give a rationale for why they are a need and a not just a want. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The school needs better funding. There is not enough technology to better educate the students **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The technology needs to be updated. They have SMART boards but they aren’t up to date with the right technology to use. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The teachers, especially science, need to have TVs in the room so they can play DVDs and VCR tapes, because there is great educational science information on VCR tapes that can’t be played without the VCR and TV. ** ||