Brownwood * Sweetwater * Abilene * Breckenridge "I believe that the teacher's place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is not in the school to impose certain ideas or to form certain habits in the child, but is there as a member of the community to select the influences which shall affect the child and to assist him in properly responding to these influences." -John Dewey

 A multiple deliver system  Student placement into the right programs with Career Services  Open lab Classroom Concept  Updating and technical evaluation of our hardware and software applications  Programs for job placement with Career Cornerstone

 Projectors  White boards  Smart boards  Students I phones or smart phones

 1.) Get them TSI met/College Ready,  2.) Provide some type of career placement information for prospects who may not know what career path/program they desire for their future success and  3.) Provide some basic computer skills for any and all who need it.

“Texas classrooms are being transformed with new instructional practices for teachers and new learning environments for students.” -National Education Plan

“Technology can be a great addition to the classroom, it also can be a source of frustration for both the teacher and the student. Unless the teacher is well trained in technology and can support the hardware in the classroom, a technology expert will be needed to troubleshoot problems,” ( eHow 2012).

 Windows 2000, NT, XP or higher;  Hardware: 256 MB RAM, CD-ROM, and 1 GB free disk space;  Productivity Software: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat;  Web Browser: Firefox, Netscape 6 or higher, Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, Safari;  Networking: 56k dialup modem, DSL, or cable modem;

All Students can be top achievers including life-long learners. Students need to be able to always look for the new and updated skills and ideas in the 21 century. If students are not learning then they’re not growing and not moving toward a life of excellence.

References eHow (2012) The Disadvantages of Technology in Classroom: Demand Media, Inc Klopfer E., Osterweil S., Groff J., Haas J., (2009), Using the technology of today: The Instructional Power of digital games, social networking stimulations and how teachers can leverage them in the classroom today: The Education Arcade, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Texas Education Agency (TEA) ( ) Progress report of the long range plan