Goal+Support

As you meet with staff this Autumn to set yearly goals, **please consider suggesting use of technology as a means of accomplishing many of the goals your staff develop**. Increasingly, as computers, video, and associated tools should be embedded in instructional practice.

allowing access to different and diverse cultures permitting options for appealing to multiple intelligences and learning styles differentiating instruction more effectively addressing the digital divide, leveling the playing field by offering access to all communicating effectively with families
 * Technology tools can be used to support equity** by, for example:

using captivating online instructional modules to support early literacy skills permitting options for appealing to multiple intelligences and learning styles offering authentic assessment, in audio or video form, for fluency- assessment that makes it real for families providing motivation for fluency development via authentic audience
 * Technology tools can be used to support literacy** by, for example:

Technology Staff Developers are available to consult with staff as they develop plans for the year that might involve use of technology. Please feel unrestrained in offering us as resources for either brainstorming or follow through.