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 ==This first month's Intership report seems to be mainly regarding the fact that our district purchased Flip camera for each campus. These came in at the end of April so I worked with my site mentor to determine whether or not we should introduce my campus to these at this late of a date in the year or not. We decided that since most subjects were done with TAKS testing and approaching project times that some teachers might be willing to try it and some students might be better able to use technology to study for their finals as explained by Duffield & Waht (2005). Standard II as explained by Williamson & Redish (2009) is all about planning and designing new learning environments and experiences and new technology devices can certainly accommodate that. They also explained Standard V, dealing with professional practice was completed by myself just last week when I was asked to create a "Last Call" professional development for a staff member that was short two technology hours. I created a homework assignment that this staff member could do online at home and be able to receive two credit hours. The technology book that I read by Brooks-Young (2010) cited that we need to figure out a way to take the items kids really use and find a way to fit them into our curriculum. I feel that this month I have taken a step in the right direction, leading my campus to find ways to use technology to enhance what they are doing not to simply add another lesson into what is already a packed curriculum. ==

Duffield, J., & Wahl, L., (2005). Using flexible technology to meet the needs of diverse learners: What teachers can do. http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/763 Williamson, J. & Redish, T. (2009). Technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every K-12 leader should know and be able to do. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education. Brooks-Young, S. (2010). //Teaching with the tools kids really use.// Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.