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Who should be at the table? The first phase has a list of participants that include teachers,community, students, parents, principals, How do you keep such a large group together and there all the time? Core group. . .one is assigned to work with a group that is not using technology, one is assigned to the teachers who are using lots of technology, on is assigned to all principals.

Who should be at the table for conversations? How many have a passion for teaching students to read? How many have a passion for mathematics? The pressure in the schools you serve is not around technology. If you want to become embraced, show them how the technology plan you put together will improve the reading, mathematics, science and history.

Technophiles/Technophobes Teachers are concerned with reading, math, science, history. Planning instruction so it starts at the point where the learner is. You have learners at the 0,1,2 and techies create plans at the 8,9,10 Engage people at all levels of learning.

The most reluctant users of technology must be considered in the plan. How are you going to tap the voices of the 1's and 2's?

Large Group initially, and then break down into sub committee, and then back to the large group. Make sure that everyone has a voice.

Facilitator of technology committee should not be the technology coordinator because you have so much bias it is hard to be objective. Some people need to actually, physically wear a hat, bill forward when you are the coordinator, bill back when you are a participant.