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=West Elementary is a small K-6 elementary in Morgan County, in southeastern Ohio. The school has around 350 students. We were fortunate to receive an ARRA Technology grant in 2009. Our team of five 6th grade teachers participated in the grant. This grant involved extensive training in using technology to develop an inquiry-based learning environment for our students. Now, thanks to the grant, three 6th grade rooms have their own COW (computers on wheels) with 25 laptops on each. We also have LCD projectors for each room, four Promethean boards, document cameras, Promethean Activexpression response devices, Flip cameras, and still cameras. It is great to have access to so much technology in our classrooms. Our students are becoming very creative learners and so are we. =




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Peggy Gilchrist I am an intervention specialist currently working with students in the regular classroom and in the resource room. I am a graduate of The Ohio State University and Muskingum College. I've been employed at Morgan Local for 26 years and have embraced technology to help my students enhance their learning and to compensate for their weaknesses. I want my students to be independent learners, and technology can be the key to their success. Talking books, word prediction software and text to audio/universal reader programs have helped my students participate in the regular class, even when I'm not there to provide support. Previously, I presented at the ESTEO conference talking about using technology in a self-contained special education classroom.



Lance Morin

I am a 6th grade Math and Language Arts teacher. I have been teaching for 25+ years. I have a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Ohio University. Recently I have become a part of the ARRA Tech Grant Team at Morgan Local West Elementary which has allowed me to incorporate technology into my teaching. With technology I have been able to use formative assessments quickly and easily and able to share the results immediately with my students. My students also use technology to monitor their own progress as well as search websites needed for their research.

Misti Clemens

I have been teaching for 10 years at Morgan Local School District.... the same district I went to elementary school and graduated high school from (I won't say how many years ago!) ﻿﻿I teach Language Arts and Social Studies. Technology both excites and frustrates me! However, the excitement outweighs the frustration when it comes to students getting excited about the topic you are teaching. Having "hands on" learning in the classroom that involves the use of technology has made our year in LA and Social Studies very exciting!



Amanda Pierce

Hello! My name is Amanda Pierce and this will be my 11th year of teaching. This year by far has been the most exciting! Language Arts is my favorite subject to teach, but I also enjoy teaching Science. This year has been the best because of all the technology resources available to us through the ARRA grant. My goal as a teacher is to teach in an innovative way to make learning fun and interesting. I must say, that this has been made a lot easier through the use of the technology, which is something that our school never used to have. I've come to realize that we are competing with a digital world when students enter our classrooms. That's why technology is so important to the 21st century classroom! We have students who crave to learn through the use of technology, so I feel very fortunate that I now have the resources to teach 21st century learners!



Kathi Spencer

I have been teaching for 23 years. Fifteen of these have been at Morgan Local Schools. I have taught almost every grade K-8. Right now I am enjoying teaching 6th grade Math and Language Arts. I also teach several graduate level reading classes for Muskingum University. Using technology is both a joy and a challenge for me. I don't have a great amount of knowledge but I have a lot of stamina. I am one of those people who will play forever when I can't get something to work correctly. I am thrilled with all of our new technological devices we have added to our classrooms this year!