2.  To advocate & facilitate the seamless integration of technology into DHS classrooms in order to prepare our students for a successful career in the competitive workforce of the 21 st century.

3. 4 desktop terminals for students in each classroom 1 desktop for teacher use 1 OKI wireless printer (color only for dept. heads) Smartboards in almost every classroom EIKI projector ELMO document camera Speakers in some classrooms **Science classrooms are an exception

6.  Reluctant teachers  Technology vs. state assessments  Providing technology to students of low socioeconomic status

7.  Media Literate  Multi-taskers  Kinesthetic & tactile learners  Bored with traditional methods & delivery of instruction  Digital Natives  Oftentimes, more computer literate than educators & administrators  Primed & ready for the next step…

8.  Students need to be prepared for a career in the 21 st century.  We need to ensure that our students will be competitive in the workforce.  A need to move forward. Stagnation is regression.

9.  6-7 laptops per classroom, conducive to collaboration & wireless printing  Follow-up training for technology  Additional computer labs for individual classroom instruction  More techs in-house  Modify student accountability & rules to allow for fewer blocked sites  Accountability for integration of technology  Curriculum includes methods & ideas for the incorporation of technology  Reinforced infrastructure for wireless networks

11. Pictures of technological equipment: www.first4technology.com www.pmgonline.ca audiovisualaids.com bluewatersecurityprofessionals.com commons.wikimedia.org imransarwar.com hackers001.blogspot.com