Technology Practicum- School Technology

The big push at Lincoln High School along with the other high schools in the district is the use of smart boards. Recently we had a department meeting witht the rest of thd district and we were given an introductory piece on the capabilites of the smartboard. Smartboard installations was supposed to happen this summer in our department, but unfortunately that got pushed back two years. We are one of the last departments to have them installed in the classrooms. So in the next two years, we will have some more in depth training and will also be offered additional training on weekends and after school to make the transition smooth and make us smartboard ready by fall 2009. This was obviously the major piece of information I recieved and other updates, software programs, etc. are on hold because of the sheer cost of the smartboards. The district really sees a value in the smartboard tool and envisions one in every classroom in the near future.