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I am currently a biology teacher at Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland. This year will be my tenth anniversary of teaching. Courses I have taught include Biology, Advanced Placement Biology, Genetics, and Earth Science. Technology plays a very important part in my lesson planning as I have access to many desirable gadgets at my current position. I have fourteen computers in my classroom that are internet accessible, a Smartboard with all corresponding supplemental devices, an LCD projector, and a really old stereo that gets much use on lab days. My students keep asking every year when I am finally going to spring for an IPOD (I have one at home).
 * Adam Swetz:**


 * Ways I will use technology this year:**

1. Bookmarking sites are incredibly helpful at storing sources of information for easy access. I also really like this format because it does not require a log in, and my students can access them at their leisure. [|My site] also allows for me to store links and block them from view of the sites users.

2. I will be using my WIKI for vocabulary expansion and increased collaboration in my AP Biology class.

3. I will also be using yola.com to formulate a site for my biology content team. [|ArundelBiology] is in its infant state but really has potential to make a huge impact for this upcoming school year.

4. My wife and I will be using technology for entertainment. We stream TV shows and movies from our computer to TV, instead of having cable. I am huge fan of ITUNES and all the services they offer. Both of us are constantly emailing, and "facebooking". I am still undecided if Facebook can be effectively used in education, but it certainly has the potential to do so. We are also trying to get the parents on the technology bandwagon, as they now both SKYPE with us to talk to their new granddaughter.

I teach Physics at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. I just completed my seventh year teaching at Whitman. In addition to Physics, I have also taught Biology and Matter and Energy. I also coach girls varsity tennis, girls JV lacrosse, and the Science Bowl team. The main use of technology in my classroom is the use of the Promethean Board, Activinspire software, and Activexpressions. This allows me to create interactive lessons that integrate various types of media and allows students to directly interact with the content. The Activexpressions enable students to directly participate in each lesson and provide immediate feedback so I can modify lessons as needed.
 * Julie Frank:**

1. I am currently working on updating my classroom **website** to provide up-to-date information that is easily accessible to my students and parents. The website will provide assignments, calendars, grades, expectations, additional resources, as well as enrichment material.
 * Ways I will us technology this year:**

2. I am planning to use more interactive software programs in my teaching. Numerous software programs exist in Physics that allow students to design their own investigations, manipulate variables, collect, and analyze data. These allow students the ability to perform inquiry-based labs more accurately and efficiently.

3. I plan to integrate more types of presentation media into my lessons. Now, my flipcharts consist mainly of graphics and text, with links to video clips. I would like to integrate more audio components using techniques learned in this course.

4. Finally, I would like to create a class wiki and/or blog to promote more communication and collaboration among students. This would provide an area for students to share ideas, ask questions, and interact with each other.

I am beginning to teach Foundation of Technology at High Point High School in Beltsville, Maryland. This is the end of my third year teaching at this institution and I am looking forward to continue teaching for several years in the future. Previously, I was a part of the business department and taught many course such as Keyboarding, Entrepreneurship and computer Application. I have been exposed to the use of technology in the classroom and strive to become more proficient in my technology skills. .
 * Lorna Carter-Johnson: **

1. I have created and occasionally make updates to [|my classroom website] in order to make it current for my students to access class related information. This website provides relevant information for students, students and parents that include class assignments, calendars, notes, expectations, resources, games, and links to my other sites.
 * Ways I will use technology this year:**

2. As a new addition to the Technology Department, I am seeking to access new software and an interwrite whiteboard for the department. These software are to be used to give students access to technology simulations and tutorials which I intend to make my students learning more interactive and enhanced.

3. There is much room for integrating technology into my classroom instructions that will greatly benefit my students. The performance of my students is expected to improve exceedingly as I apply the interwrite whiteboard technology to my classroom lessons. This device has so much capability that can be utilized to assist students at various levels and experiences.

4. I would like to see technology use in my classroom becoming a natural aspect of the students’ daily activities to make knowledge and skills more accessible to them. This therefore requires of me a great deal of effort to become very competent to guide them in acquiring the skills required.

I am starting my ninth year teaching, though only my fifth at C. Milton Wright High School in Bel Air, MD. I teach trigonometry, precalculus, and algebra. My algebra course is taught in a computer lab as it has a computer component (Cognitive Tutor) built in to the curriculum. The classroom is also equipped with a document camera for easily sharing student's work with the rest of the class. The two trig/precalculus courses are taught in two different classrooms. One classroom has an IWB while the other does not. I had the same situation last year and, to be completely honest, it was hard to get motivated to use the IWB as more than a glorified overhead projector when whatever I created for my one class I would not be able to use with my other class.
 * Cynthia Jenkins **

1. Use screen recording to create a resource bank of mini-lessons for students to review when absent or when needing a second look at something. My plan is for my students to make some as well as my students.
 * Ways I will use techonology this year:**

2. Use the IWB as more than a glorified overhead projector even if it means a different lesson prep.

3. Use either a Wiki or Yola/Weebly to have my trig/precalculus students create chapter reviews in preparation for their midterms and finals.

4. Use Performance Matters in the same way that I used Achievement Series last year to analyze test data and adjust instruction for my algebra students.

=Emily Snow= I'm starting my 10th year teching and teach all levels of German. We have levels 1, 2, 3, 4 and AP (Advanced Placement). I don't have any student computers in my classroom anymore and this means that any time we want to use the computer, we have to sign out a lab. I consider myself to be pretty tech savvy and am able to figure almost anything out by using it. I have a language lab in my classroom which has drop-down headsets students can use to listen and talk. I can record individuals or groups. In the classroom, I have a Promethean Board which I use with the projector to display webpages, create and use FlipCharts for lessons and exercises, and to play games.


 * Ways I will use technology this year**:

1. Create a 'missed work' folder on Edline and on the student drive of the computers so that students don't have to ask me what they missed. 2. Use Edmodo for my AP students' homework and long term assignments. 3. Create a Website that I actually use on a regular basis. I've created several for classes and have never used them once the semester ended. 4. Create lessons which allow the students to use the computers more and in meaningful ways.