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  **Welcome to Teachers 4 Technology! Birmingham Elementary School Wylie, Texas**

 The purpose of this website is to spark discussion regarding Birmingham Elementary's STaR chart results and discover ways to improve our technology use within our learning community.  Students need authentic instruction that will prepare them for a rapidly changing world.

A Texas Campus STaR Chart "is a tool designed for use in technology planning, budgeting for resources, and evaluation of progress in local technology projects" (Texas STaR Chart, 2006). Teachers are required to annually answer questions about their campus, which "produces a profile of campus' status toward reaching the goals of the Long Range Plan for Technology and No Child Left Behind" (Texas STaR Chart, 2006).

After analyzing STaR Chart data on Birmingham Elementary, we have room for growth in several areas. **Teaching and Learning** has steadily declined over the past four years. We have remained stagnant in **Educator Preparation** and **Development and Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support.**

Collaboration with our colleagues will allow us to target key areas for technology improvement and brainstorm meaningful solutions to help us prepare our students for their future careers. Click on the following link to participate in our discussion board.

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Online Community Members: ||  <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Principal ||   ||     ||    ||   <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Fourth Grade Teacher/ Math, Science, ELA, SS     || || ELL Teacher || ||    ||   <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Third Grade Teacher/ Math, Science, ELA, SS     || ||  <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Third Grade Teacher/ Math, Science, ELA, SS     || ||  <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Third Grade Teacher/ Math, Science, ELA, SS     || || Brian Berkner    || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">PE Teacher/K-4th grades ||
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Sherry Betts
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Whitney Sellars     ||   <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Assistant Principal
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Judy Maples    ||   <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Fourth Grade Teacher/ Math, Science, ELA, SS
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  Barbara Davis
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Deanna Jordan
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Lynda Maynard    ||   <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Third Grade Teacher/ Math, Science, ELA, SS
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Jennifer Broyles
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Debbie Watkins    ||   <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Third Grade Teacher/ Math, Science, ELA, SS     ||
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Dixie DeGraffenried
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Kiristie Horne
 * <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Ashley Burk    ||   <span style="COLOR: #1500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Technology Specialist
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<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #3114e1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Resources: <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Clip Art <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/?pID=clipart </span <span <span <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology   <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  [|http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/lrpt/LRPTCompleteDec06.pdf  </span]   > Technology Application TEKS [|http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch126toc.html</span]>

Texas Campus STaR Chart <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> [|http://starchart.esc12.net/ </span]   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">

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