MESSAGE for Principals, Tech Coordinators, and Teachers at the schools I support, (Eagle Ridge, Mathews, Midland Academy, Waddell, and Shaw)

This note is posted to remind you I am anxious to lend a hand to you and your teachers, helping with technology needs. My primary function is to advise and support your teachers as they try to integrate technology into the classroom curriculum. Of course such a task is much easier said than done, so I want the teachers at your school to know they can call on me for help. If they are willing to tackle the large task of using the computer to teach the curriculum, the county and my department want them to know I am available to help them. I can and will share ideas, suggest strategies, present training with various software packages, listen to questions, do troubleshooting, and generally be present to help them. I am also available to teach customized, on site, staff development classes with many software packages. The emphasis in these classes is integration.

Below is a list of some of the software packages for which customized training is available: (an * indicates district purchases)

• Online Assessment System 
• Class Xp *
  
• Type to Learn Junior * - Language Arts adoption software; basically keyboarding tutor for grades k-2
• Reading for Meaning * - Language Arts adoption software by Tom Snyder; uses the "Explicit" approach to teaching reading comprehension; for grades 3-5
• InteGrade Pro 9.4 * - The MCSD grade book program provided by the district
• Harcourt Science software* for the elementary schools
• Tom Snyder's "Science Court" * for grades 3-5
• MegaMath * - MCSD math adoption software that goes with HB textbook. This software is not yet installed in many schools
• Math Mysteries * by Tom Snyder (also part of MCSD math adoption, 4th and 5th grades)
• GeorgiaStandards.org -  Georgia's webbased resources for classroom teachers
• STAR Reading *
• Timeliner 5 *
• Neighborhood MapMachine *
• KidPix
• Hyperstudio
• Computer Basics (Windows or Macintosh)
• Using the Internet (basic introduction)
• Webpage Construction
• Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 packages: Word and PowerPoint
• Publisher
• Basic Spreadsheet and Database
• Inspiration
• Using a Digital Camera
• Kidworks
• Printer Basics
• Tuning Up My Computer

Please remember that the primary contact person within your school building is your Technology Coordinator (usually the Media Specialist). However, it is my purpose with this posting to be sure teachers are aware that MCSD is providing district level help too. My name is Tony Mitchell and I work for the MCSD Instructional Technology Department; teachers may contact by email at tmitchell@mcsdga.net (Be sure to include "MCSD teacher" in the subject box). I will come to your school, to your classroom, and try to help you. That is my job. Use me.

Please be patient when you do contact me. Hopefully I will be able to respond immediately to your need. However, because I am also the ITS for several other schools, approximately 130 teachers, I may have to make an appointment. But I will at least contact you as quickly as possible.

Let's work together to make the best educational county in Georgia.

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