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**Foreign Language Technology Integration Development Committee**  **Bellaire High School**
 * Houston TX **

Hello Everyone. Welcome to our online learning community. I’m so glad you’ve decided to join**.**  **Members **** Sra. Margy Laufe: Spanish 3 Pre-Ap Sra. Judith Tamai: Spanish 1& 2 Sr. James Gunno: Spanish 1 & 2 Sra. Amanda O'Leary: Spanish 1& 3 Mme. Maria Gloria Borsa: French 2 & 3 Sig.ra Donna Beveridge: Italian 3 & 4 Gveret. Devora Borik: Hebrew (all levels) Mrs. Sarah Tsai: Chinese (all levels) Mme. Lisa McLendon: Russian (all levels) ** 

Ø Gather and discuss ideas and suggestions for improving the use and integration of technology on campus. Ø Identify and provide the necessary training and professional development to make it happen Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ensure that we are moving forward with LRTP ** <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> **__Why a wiki?__** Why a wiki, I hear you ask? We chose a wiki because it is, for all intents and purposes, a conversation. Just think ,we all have different conference periods but we can still get together online and have those conversations that at present we only manage to have once a month if at all. Your voice needs to be heard and your opinion matters. We may not be the technology experts but in terms of curriculum and instruction in our different languages we know what we are doing and we have LOTS worth sharing. It's really the web equivalent of having 3 way calling (except in our case it's more like 10 way calling) WIKI WIKI is the hawaiian word for quick. Wikis are quick and easy to use and contain the most up-to-date information. ( for more information on wikis go to <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">http://www.wikispaces.com or go to youtube and access the video "Wikis in Plain English")
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Purpose __**
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All members of the group can edit this page, make suggestions, ask questions or participate in any way. You may post anytime anywhere. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> **__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rationale __**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Texas Campus STaR Chart was developed to determine campus progress in meeting both state and district goals with regard to technology integration in schools. The four domains are: <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Instructional Support and Infrastructure **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Analysis of the Campus STaR Chart for Bellaire (See next page for results and conclusions) <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">highlights our strengths and weaknesses. This online learning community has been formed to analyze and utilize the data produced by the STaR Chart and other technology inventories in order to address our weaknesses, build upon our strengths and in doing so, create an integrated technology -rich environment for our “digital native” learners.
 * __Wiki Guidelines__**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> ****<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teaching and Learning; **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> ****<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Educator preparation and Development; **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> ****<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Leadership and Administration, **

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Here is a question to get us started. I hope it will be the first of many. Please read the STaR Chart results on the next page <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Why, in your opinion have we scored so poorly on Educator Preparation and Development and how can we as a group improve the score?
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Guiding Question __**