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 * ===Standards=== || ===Description & Link(s) to Artifact(s)=== || ===Rationale=== || ===Reflection=== ||
 * I.A.1 || ...Assessment of educational and administrative technological needs."

[|Demographic Trends, Development, Technology Plan, and Budget] || This portion of the project that I completed for IDT53-Instructional Technology Project Planning and Analysis reflects the process of needs analysis within an educational setting. || Completing this project for IDT53 made me aware of the complexity of decisions that are required in the process of doing something as "simple" as converting a classroom to a computer lab. As a classroom teacher, I knew what I wanted to have inside the classroom for the student use, but I was clueless about what happened on the other side of the wall. I had to ask questions of my mentor in order to be able to know what wiring and hardware would be needed to complete the lab. At that point, I had no idea what was happening out beyond the switches in the IDF located next door to the lab. ||
 * I.A.2 || ...Design and production of media including projected and non-projected visual aids, audio and video production in both analog and digital forms, and photography using film-based and digital formats."

[|Library Tutorial] || This project that I began in Interactive Media II reflects the use of Dreamweaver, a file management program, to create a website to be used by the students at WHS as a source of information about the use of the library resources for various assignments that are asigned at WHS. It was inspired by a website that Michelle Mislevy created. I used Fireworks to create rollovers and Flash to create the splash page. I selected this project for inclusion here because it was the biggest project I tackled and the one that was the most inclusive of interactive multimedia. || This is probably the project I worked on hardest and with the least success. I created much frustration as a struggled with the bells and whistles. After I had completed this much of the project, the direction that the library staff wanted to go in changed so I did not do any further work on it. Since then, I have experimented with methods of creating web-based sites that allow me to focus on the content rather than the bells and whistles. That is how I came to use this wiki rather than Dreamweaver as a medium for my portfolio. ||
 * I.A.3 || ...Implementation and maintenance of interactive information systems, the Internet, distance learning technologies, and networks."

Belaire Project || The focus of this project was on the stuff "behind the walls" but required that our team make decisions about what was going to happen "on the other side." We had to think about what level of connectivity and networking was needed based on the curriculum and administrative needs and what technology is needed to support the teaching/learning experiences required by the school. || This project was a lot of fun, partially because Charlie tried to steer us away from it as having some unusal characteristics. Each of the members of the team brought different skills to the group. We did most of the communication and development online. It is also gave us an opportunity to work with a wiki, specifically wikispaces.com and their free-to-educators spaces. ||
 * I.A.4 || ...Assistive technology resources for students with special needs."

[|Assistive Technology] Log in as mhall password brandy>my courses>AT Case Study || This project was to research and determine what assistive technology a poor school district can provide to support the learning of a student with physical/learning needs. We consulted with a special education specialist and found that there are sources of funding to provide the necessary assistive technology for students who have needs but are enrolled in schools without sufficient funding. || This project was also a group project. I have learned to love them! I have learned to let go of control and allow others to do what they are really good at. I still want to make certain that everything is well written and presented. Working with the Moodle course as a way of developing the "course" and then delivering was good practice and made the course available to all our classmates. ||
 * I.A.5 || ...Evaluation of the performance of hardware and software components of computer systems."

The $100 Laptop Card Badge Security || These are both projects that I completed for Network and Facility Managment. The $100 Laptop project is my first wiki and it shows. || Although I am "associated" with the MY Access! program, I have the ability to evaluate other technologies. These 2 projects were interesting and stretched me to learn about how they worked. Finding both the benefits and drawbacks of the technologies was interesting. ||
 * I.A.6 || ...Application of basic troubleshooting strategies."

References || I have selected the references as the best reflection of my duties as tech resource person during which I do basic trouble shooting on both hardware and software and then submit to appropriate person in the tech office, if necessary || In my role as tech resource person for the English Department, one of my jobs is to act as the first line of defense in technology software and hardware issues. I have a group of "constituents" which is the Language Arts Department; however, the people who have classrooms near mine also call on me in their emergencies. I enjoy this and it gives me opportunities to learn more about the hardware and software that we are using as I try to figure out problems. ||