Charlie Roberts is the District Technology & Media Director for Washington County Schools in Saint George, Utah. I asked him for some suggestions for my technology integration project. Here are some of his thoughts.
I avoid posting on blogs, but I will share with you some thoughts regarding your statements and questions. First of all, Millcreek was very much leading edge with regards to technology thanks to you and Terry. Most of schools had no where near as much funding for technology per teacher as Millcreek. Although we have projectors in nearly every classroom many teachers here still would love to have a document camera (ELMO). I see both the document camera and the projector as a main-stay for classrooms for several years to come. Interactive White Boards (IWB) is another tool many teachers desire, but I do see this being replaced rather soon by Interactive Projectors (two birds with one stone.) I also believe that "pads" similar to Apple's IPAD as becoming a predominant fixture in classrooms within a couple of years. They will be running Android as the OS and will cost less than $200. We will use them to replace textbooks, i.e. textbook content will be loaded to the pads and we will not purchase hard copies of textbooks. The only thing going in the closet right now are very, very old computers and CRT monitors.
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