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STEP Team instructed on how to use a document camera to instruct students with multiple and severe disabilities.
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**STEP team gave small group professional developments on their projects by doing a wikispace gallery. Each member presented 2 or more projects from thier wikispaces. Each level (elementary, intermediate, and secondary) were given a professional development meeting by 1 or 2 members of the step team.
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Staff members who attended the professional developments were interested in how they could use the technology that was presented to them (wikispaces, glogster, voicethread, photo stories, and document cameras) in their classrooms.
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My name is Catherine Sabatos. I am honored to be the Principal of James E. Duckworth Special School. Our school specializes in teaching students with special needs. We are passionate about developing systems to engage our students, who have difficulty communicating and sharing what they know, want, or need. For this reason, technology provides a neccessary vehicle. It is my hope that through my expericence with the STEP grant we will embrace all types of technology for our students and ourselves.
V. Professional Practice and Productivity
B. Uses technology effectively for communication and collaboration
use of technology//technology
I want to promote the use of technology among staff in order to deliver instruction more effectively to our students with special needs.
I want to learn to use cool tools for developing staff presentations.

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My name is Catherine Sabatos. I am honored to be the Principal of James E. Duckworth Special School. Our school specializes in teaching students with special needs. We are passionate about developing systems to engage our students, who have difficulty communicating and sharing what they know, want, or need. For this reason, technology provides a neccessary vehicle. It is my hope that through my expericence with the STEP grant we will embrace all types of technology for our students and ourselves.

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My name is Catherine Sabatos. I am honored to be the Principal of James E. Duckworth Special School. Our school specializes in teaching students with special needs. We are passionate about developing systems to engage our students, who have difficulty communicating and sharing what they know, want, or need. For this reason, technology provides a neccessary vehicle. It is my hope that through my expericence with the STEP grant we will embrace all types of technology for our students and ourselves.
V. Professional Practice and Productivity
B. Uses technology effectively for communication and collaboration
use of technologytechnology//
I want to promote the use of technology among staff in order to deliver instruction more effectively to our students with special needs.
I want to learn to use cool tools for developing staff presentations.

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My name is Catherine Sabatos. I am honored to be the Principal of James E. Duckworth Special School. Our school specializes in teaching students with special needs. We are passionate about developing systems to engage our students, who have difficulty communicating and sharing what they know, want, or need. For this reason, technology provides a neccessary vehicle. It is my hope that through my expericence with the STEP grant we will embrace all types of technology for our students and ourselves.

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My name is Catherine Sabatos. I am honored to be the Principal of James E. Duckworth Special School. Our school specializes in teaching students with special needs. We are passionate about developing systems to engage our students, who have difficulty communicating and sharing what they know, want, or need. For this reason, technology provides a neccessary vehicle. It is my hope that through my expericence with the STEP grant we will embrace all types of technology for our students and ourselves.
My goals will align with the the following standard from Maryland Technology Standards for School Administrators :

Professional Development at James Duckworth
Maryland Teacher Technology Standards Addressed:
V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction
7. Manage a technology-enhanced environment to maximize student learning.
B. Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats.
1. Select appropriate technologies for a particular communication goal.
2. Use productivity tools to publish information.
II. Communication
A. Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically.
1. Use telecommunications to collaborate with peers, parents, colleagues, administrators and/or experts in the field.
January 4, 2010
All Staff Meeting
Integrating Technology into the classroom--Using the document Camera
STEP Team instructed on how to use a document camera to instruct students with multiple and severe disabilities.
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This workshop was recieved highly by the staff members. The team felt that this workshop was beneficial to the staff because it is another way to present information for all students, including students with visual impairments.
May 18, 19, 20, 2010-- Wikispace Portfolio Showcase
**STEP team gave small group professional developments on their projects by doing a wikispace gallery. Each member presented 2 or more projects from thier wikispaces. Each level (elementary, intermediate, and secondary) were given a professional development meeting by 1 or 2 members of the step team.
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Staff members who attended the professional developments were interested in how they could use the technology that was presented to them (wikispaces, glogster, voicethread, photo stories, and document cameras) in their classrooms.
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