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=**The Tiger and Bearcat's Den E2T2 Grant 2009-2010**=

====//**Sandhillls Middle School and Sandhills Elementary School were awarded the Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant for the school year 2009-2010. The goal of the E2T2 Initiative for Lexington four is to provide a means for students to become technology proficient by the eighth grade through the integration of technology via the English Language Arts Curriculum.**//====


 * May 28-June 2nd**: 8th grade ELA students completed Glogster webpages as a culminating activity for the year.


 * May 28, 2010** ~ 8th grade classes worked on the spreadsheet project. Student created graphs and collected data on the Ratio of Number of Prime Sum to the Cumulative Number of Rolls.

SMS: Six GT Art students submitted their Doodle 4 Google projects. March 8 & 9 2010~**Photostory 3 with 3rd and 4th grade
 * May 24, 2010**~ 8th grade ELA students will be participating in the post-assessment.
 * May 18-21 & 24-28**~Gave 3rd and 4th grade the post-assessment during computer lab time.
 * May 14, 2010**~ 8th grade Math students will be working on spreadsheet project.
 * May 4, 2010**~ Worked with music teacher at SES on VoiceThread project.
 * May 3, 2010** ~ 8th grade ELA students created a novel cover using Kerpoof from a character's point of view.
 * May 1, 2010** ~ 8th grade ELA students used Titan Pad to collaborate during "Nothing But the Truth" novel.
 * April 26, 2010**~ Repeat session of Museum Box.
 * April 25, 2010**~ Wired Wednesdays Session on Museum Box.
 * April 21, 2010**~ Worked with music teacher at SES on Green Team website.
 * April 20, 2010**~ Worked with a 6th grade teacher, Kristen Hill, on an Animal WebQuest/Glogster project
 * April 15, 2010**~Worked with the Literacy Coach at SIS on Glogster and 4th grade teacher, Ringhausen, on Colonial America WebQuest
 * April 13, 2010**~4th grade timeline project
 * April 13, 2010**~ In collaboration with the Literacy Coach, Mary Beth Thomas, at Sandhills Intermediate School, 6th grade ELA teachers Mrs. Ringo and Mrs. Jumper (2008 EETT ELA teachers) are hosting a book club on Moodle entitled "Found".
 * March 31, 2010**~ Repeat session of [|Fotobabble] held at SMS.
 * March 30, 2010**~ News You Can Use Research with 4th Grade
 * March 30~**Wired Wednesday Mini-Session held at SMS on Fotobabble.
 * March 29, 2010~**Students were selected from teacher recommendation to submit video questions to JASON Space Energy Ask a Scientist on April 12th. Students will be videoed on April 1st.
 * March 29, 30, 31 2010~**The media specialist, Ms, Kirkindoll, a 4th grade teacher, Ms. Bolen, and I worked with students on a Glogster poster they created about severe weather after completing a webquest.
 * March 25, 2010**~ 8th grade GT class began Online Book Club using Moodle entitled "Not Agatha". Students read and respond to forums posted my science teacher, Brian Marcum.
 * March 25, 2010~**The media specialist, Ms, Kirkindoll, a 4th grade teacher, Ms. Vail, and I worked with students on a Glogster poster they created about severe weather after completing a webquest. [].
 * March 24, 2010~**SES: A 4th grade teacher, Ms. Ringhausen, and I started a webquest on Colonial America. Students have to write a proposal to the Dutch East India Company to show how they plan to create a successful colony in the New World. Students researched the England, Middle, and Southern colonies to choose a location. Details at... []. Once students complete the task they are going to chose how they want to demonstrate what they learned-Photostory or Glogster.
 * March 24, 2010** ~ SMS: CyberSafety Day held at SMS for students.
 * March 18, 19, 2010~**Marcia, Sandra, and I (Charlene) attended the ETV Technology Workshop. We added new Web 2.0,SMART Tools, Glogster EDU, and Podcasting Widgets to our "Technology Toolbox."
 * March 11, 2010**~ Face to Face Session for Web 2.0 attendees at SMS.
 * March 10, 2010~** SES: Attended a mini session with Robin and Sandra on Moodle setup. I used Moodle to set up a Wiki for our Year at a Glances (YAGs). I also set up discussions for teachers to reflect on their instruction and student learning.
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 * March 5-7, 2010**~SMS Technology Coach attended the [|SCMSA Conference] as part of the Leadership Team. Session attended included Differientiated Learning, Movie Maker, iPods in the Classroom and Podcasting.
 * March 2, 2010**~Assisted the new computer lab teacher with teaching Word processing to 3rd and 4th grade students.
 * March 1, 2010~**Marcia, Sandra, and I (Charlene) along with two literacy coaches and a principal attended the Literacy Leadership Day. This one day conference focused on teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
 * February 24, 2010** ~ Cybersaftety Day for SIS, SES, SHS, FPMS, SPS.
 * February 23, 2010~** The computer lab instructor, Ms. Ward, and I began a spreadsheet project with 4th grade students to upload to ePortfolio. Students learned the purpose for spreadsheet projects and conducted several on their own.
 * February 18, 2010**~//Reaching Out// "Lunch N Learn" We held a parenting session at SES/SIS to inform latino and hispanic families about resources we have for them in Spanish. We shared Census 2010 information, literacy books in both languages, Rosetta Stone subscriptions, Parent Portal, and a translator for future gathering. Ms. Means, Ms. Owens, Ms. McKenzie, and I served as the liaison for parents. They informed us of changes they would like to see in the district concerning bilingual communication.
 * February 16, 2010~**I set up the Palms for a 4th grade teacher at SES-Ms. Zeigler. We put a trial version of the Sketchy software on the Palms. She used the Palms to allow her students to sketch and write about the Revolutionary War. She had hoped to upload them to the Sketchy context but the requirements has changed.
 * February 11, 2010~** "Empowering Parents" The Lexington 4 technology coaches held a Parent Portal session at 8:15 am and 6:00 pm to inform parents in the district about the new system.
 * February 10, 2010~** I worked with a 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Port, on a Photostory project. The teacher and I co-taught a unit on Fables. Students created a story with characters, a plot, an a moral.media type="file" key="The Lion the Monkey and the Elephant.wmv" width="209" height="143"

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 * January 29, 2010~**8th grade classes completed the brochure and the presentation aspect of the Student ePortfolio requirements.
 * January 27-28, 2010**~ Mrs. McGarry, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Darby, Ms. McCrork, and Mrs. Dowling participated in the Tuesday mini-session on Photostory. Ms. Busbee, Mrs. Lawson, Ms. Dirggers, and Mr. McElvain participated in the Wednesday mini-session on Photostory. We look forward to seeing their projects.
 * January 26, 2010~** I began a research project on "News You Can Use." Ms. Zambito and I co-taught a unit on paraphrasing and sorting sources. Students researched DISCUSS and various websites in a sharedtab to collect data on animals. Students created a brochure on important information about various animals.
 * January 25, 2010~**I held an ePortfolio Clarification Session. I held mini-sessions during teachers' planning periods to answer any questions teachers had and to show teachers the requirements of their levels. I also used this opportunity to inform teachers that we were going to have a Web 2.0 class for anyone who was interested.
 * January 20, 21, 2010**~"Empowering Parents" Each coach held a session, during parent teacher conferences 4-7 pm on the Parent Portal system, to inform parents about how they can stay connected with their child.
 * January 15, 2010**~Cybersaftey training with the SMS staff for preparation to implement with students on March 24th.
 * January 6, 2010~** Worked with a 3rd grade teacher at SES, Ms. Garrick, to create her class webpage. []
 * December 17, 2009~**Introduced Voicethread to principal at SES, Ms. Evans. We developed a question for teachers to reflect on. Teachers reflected on the question. Teachers were encouraged to try it. Many teachers asked me about ways to utilize this tool in their classroom.
 * December 12, 2009~**Introduced podcasting as a reflective tool. Taught 3rd grade teachers how to use Audacity. They intially used it to record students reading. Students used the tool to reflect on their reading fluency. They used a rubric to grade themselves on accuracy, automaticity, and prosody.
 * December 3, 2009~**Technology Night at SES-Teachers shared various ways they use the SMARTBoard to enhance instruction with parents. Teachers shared EDM games, PhotoStory projects and a technology video to show parents how teaching has evolved to meet the demands of the 21st Century.
 * December 1, 2009~**Lexington 4 coaches came together to give resources to our substitutes to help them better understand procedures and teaching strategies to use with students. Some substitues suggested SMARTBoard training in the future.
 * November 30, 2009~**Lexington 4 Technology Coaches, Marcia, Robin, Sandra, and I taped a show at ETV with Catherine Giddens, our Technology Integration Specialist with the SCDE, on the eLearning Coaching Initiatives.
 * November 24, 2009~** Worked with SES' Guidance Councelor,Ms. Means, to develop a website. We use this site to communicate the projects we conduct with students at SES such as I Care, Wee Deliver, character traits, Bearcat Buddies, benefits, and appointments. []
 * November 9, 2009~** ELA classes are using [|Wordle] as they teach the concept of theme. Below are some examples of student Wordle's as they read the novel //The Outsider's and h//ere is an [|online example] from the Wordle gallery.
 * November 4, 2009~** Shared [|Google Custom Search], [|Google Squared] and using [|Voicethread] during the 8th grade house meeting of the Patriots.
 * November 3, 2009~** Student ePortfolio make up testing.
 * October 30, November 6, 13, 20, and 23~** Conducted Speak Up Day surveys with 3rd and 4th grade!
 * October 27, 2009~** Technology coaches put the finishing touches on their portion of the District Technology Plan.
 * October 21, 2009**~ Worked with a 4th grade teacher, Ms. Bumgardner, to set up her class webpage.
 * October 19, 2009~**[|Speak Up] Day Survey Opens!
 * October 14-16, 2009~** 8th Grade ELA Teachers, the technology coaches from SMS, SES, SIS along with the project manager of the E2T2 grant will participate in the[| SCAET EdTech] Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC.
 * October 12, 2009 ~** Mrs. Deas' classes participated in the ePortfolio pre-assessment.
 * October 9, 2009 ~** Ms. Logan's Classes participated in the ePortfolio pre-assessment.
 * October 6, 2009~** The Technology Focus PLC used Poll Everywhere to discuss concepts or topics to guide their planning.
 * October 5, 2009~** Mrs. McGarry's classes participated in the ePortfolio pre-assessment. The web-based program has server issues but we managed to get through the first round of assessments. We have been told the system should be better for our next attempt on Friday.
 * October 5, 2009~** The Gifted and Talented Classes completed podcasts on Green Technology.Students used audacity to present their projects and research on Green Technology.

//**September 29, 2009**~ The Technology Focus PLC met and Mr. Green and Mr. Marcum presented varous aspects of the Notbebook Software with the SMARTBoards. The random sorter (name and picture) that is being used in classrooms to randomly select students to answer questions as the "hit" of the day. Resources: []
 * October 2, 2009**~The Guidance Counselor at SES and I sat down to create a suvey on Survey Monkey to assess the needs of the students at SES.
 * September 25, 2009**~ Worked with a 3rd grade teacher and her enrichment class on researching. I featured DISCUSS and how it can be used as a search engine for students. The students used DISCUSS to research plants. They used the information they gathered to create a Photostory. We also talked about the importance of siting resources.
 * September 24, 2009~** District Technology meeting. Eighth grade ELA teacher and technology coach laptops were dispursed**.** Teachers were shared how to login. The new laptops will be piloting a Windows deployment in lieu of a Novell deployment of district tools.
 * September 22, 2009~** DES Webinar on Media Share.
 * September 21, 2009~** Virtual Coach meeting with SDE to discuss coach roles and connections to student learning, as well as looking at avenues for finding a "Hook" for students and teachers.
 * September 1, 2, 4, 9, 11 &15, 2009~** The Technology Coach participated on a grant writing team for the round 9 grant of E2T2 and ARRA. Grant submitted to district personnel for SDE submission on the 14th.
 * September 14, 2009~** SDE held it's ePortfolio update meeting for school districts. Due to the changes in the system with the requirements and the rubric, all certified staff will have to start the process from the beginning.
 * September 9, 2009~** ELA Honor's classes will be using the [|Harlem Renaissance Timeline] for background information gathering with the novel//[|Bronx Masquerade]//**.**
 * September 8, 2009~** Ok..sometimes the best intentions have stumbling blocks. Spent the entire day back with the laptop carts and all 92 laptops. The district changed passwords over the summer and the laptops would not login with their new password because they did not recognize the password. I believe this minor set-back has been resolved and the laptops are good to go as the ELA teachers intend to use them with a background scavenger hunt activity with [|//Bronx Masquerade//].
 * September 3, 2009 ~** SMARTBoard training at Sandhills Intermediate School with Math and ELA teachers. Teachers were share a powerpoint entitled "SmartAnswers" showcased at SCETV on how to create SMART Notebook activities using the different tricks with color, layering and hyper-linking.
 * August 28, 2009~** The 8th Grade ELA teachers participated in a trouble-shooting session with the laptops and the wireless access points.
 * August 27, 2009~** Laptops carts were deployed to the 8th grade ELA teachers clasrooms.
 * August 26, 2009~** Debut of our live news program entitled "SMS Wake Up Call" via [|portal.lexington4.net].
 * August 25, 2009**~Meet with computer lab teacher at SES to talk about ISTE/NET standards. We also talked about how ELA standards could be included in her computer lab year at a glance (YAG).
 * August 20-21, 2009~** The [|DES] Conference was held at SCETV. Updates to the admin section of [|Streamline], the teacher side of [|StreamineSC], [|OnePlaceSC.org], [|Knowitall.org] and the IP System for delivering content to the district. Lex 4 currently has the IP server and can record, stream, or share video content via this system. Prior to this conference the system was primarily used for recording DES services for playback, however, after a two day training session SMS will utilize this system to deliver it's morning news program entitled "SMS Wake Up Call". Previously a live to tape production, we look forward to the new and improved live version. The link that can be used within the district is: [|portal.lexington4.net]. Teachers are given a username and password to access the program.
 * August 18, 2009~** ePortfolio update at the SDE office of eLearning. The ePortfolio system has been totally revamped to a newer and more deliberate system. An overview session was held today to get the districts a look at the changes. Official training will be September 14, 2009.
 * August 17, 2009~** Today was "Welcome Back" Day for returning coaches and" Welcome to the Program" for new coaches with the coaching initiative with the SDE. The Technology Coaching Initiative will be utilizing the[| SDE Moodle Page] for collaboration and conversation. We will also be utilizing [|The Innovative Teachers Network Peer Coaching Model] sponsored by Microsoft for training and professional development throughout the year.
 * August 10, 2009~**Fourth grade teachers from Sandhills Elelmentary School participated in a Technology Immersion Day with [|__Animoto__], [|Kidspiration], __ [|Microsoft Photostory 3] __ and an afternoon of [|__SMART Notebook__].


 * August 3-7, 2009**~ 8th grade teachers began their technology training as well as updating their curriculum with technology strategies. The ELA teachers created teacher websites, worked with Animoto, SMART Notebook, Microsoft Photostory 3, Podcasting with Audacity using Tony Vincent's Podcasting Booklet, Blogs and Blog REubrics, OneplaceSC.org and it's builders, Movie Maker and creating KMZ files for use tieh Google Earth.

Also, the ELA teachers have been planning and updating their curriculum.
 * July 31, 2009**~ The Technology Coach and the 8th grade ELA teachers meet for collaborative planning.
 * July 28-30, 2009**~Technology Coaches attended the SCETV's Technology Workshops. Topices included: Web 2.0 tools, SMART Answers, Google Earth Advanced, GoogleLItTrips, Geo-caching, Video Cameras, StreamlineSC Builders, Internet Safety for Teachers, Knowitall.org and Kerpoof.
 * April 3, 2009~** We were funded for the 2009-2010 school year!! We opted for a Technology Coach in 8th grade and a Technology Coach in 4th grade. We are allowed to continue our program with teh added benefit of partnering with the Lexington County Branch Library System.