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• ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy
 * Name/District:** Ann Brinkley/North College Hill/Administrator
 * Nets-A (Administrators):** 3c: Educational Administrators promote an environment of professional learning and innovation that empowers educators to enhance student learning through the infusion of contemporary technology and digital resources. Educational administrators promote and model effective communication and collaboration among stakeholders using digital age tools.
 * 21st Century Skills:** Information, Media and Technology Skills
 * Technology:** I am hoping to integrate the technology I am learning about to communicate with staff, students, parents and community partners. This will also complement our plan to be more green and going paperless.


 * Integrating Technology Discussion Thread: Week 2 activity**

I know that I am not fully up to par as a 21st Century Learner! If I had a wish list, all of our students would have access to the most current and up to date technology that is available! Ideally, we would not have to worry about having to block sites that we know can be used in a responsible manner to facilitate learning. (That discussion has been had to vote for a grant for our school to keep kids in school-and facebook is the only way to vote!) The biggest issue that we have faced and still currently face is having the tools to access the technology. We have computer labs with desktops, some with laptops. With the budget cuts, we have now increased class sizes where the number of computers in the labs, won't serve the number of students in some of the classes. Money plays a huge part, when you know computers become unusable, or needs to be repaired and that takes time. Being in a small district there are limitations that we face, but I do see our teachers continuing to persevere and integrate technology to the best of their ability! The grant team is leading the way and sharing the free tools that we have learned about in this course! I know this is time consuming, and with budget cuts in our administrative staff in our school (the administrative staff consists of just me), it has been challenging to keep up with everything! I am integrating some of these tools to assist me with communicating with staff and families!


 * Wordle:** on the wordle ideas page of the wiki.