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Owen J. Roberts School District

Team Members
 * Name ||< Position ||
 * Richard Marchini ||< Owen J Roberts High School Principal ||
 * Amy Christman ||< High School Media Specialist ||
 * Ann Marie Lucas ||< IEP Faciliator ||
 * Elena Tobin ||< K-12 Educational Technology Coordinator ||
 * Erin Van Guilder ||< Elementary Gifted Support Teacher ||
 * Linda Nitsche ||< Team Leader ||

=**Our Action Plan**=

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Our Commitments Learning Goals
 * Actively participate weekly on the OJR group and PLP Ning.
 * Work with web2.0 tools (tagging things in delicious, twitter for our group, the ning, wikispace)
 * Attend face-to-face OJR PLP meetings or Skype in or input to the team meeting.
 * Share our PLP learning monthly with our Progressive Technology Group.
 * Learn together and develop a plan to scale this out to OJR.
 * Develop a plan for creating communities of practice and support in the buildings for teachers.

Additional Learning Goals to Consider Tier 1 Tier 2.
 * Promote teacher buy in
 * Work with the team to formulate a goal/mission statement so we have a common purpose.
 * Create an environment of shared practice and culture in respect to technology and learning.
 * Determine how we promote a shift in instruction.
 * Create and be a vehicle to disseminate technology and learning practices.
 * The work we do will be relevant and meaningful to our students and teachers.
 * Agree on one thing to incorporate by school year's end...baby steps.
 * Plan for a trickle down effect from our PLP to staff for 21st century strategies.
 * Incorporate practices seamlessly in the curriculum.
 * Identify web2.0 resource to use widely in the district and promote and train staff in its effective usage.
 * Consider our kids as our customers in terms of how we interact/communicate versus product.
 * We will work toward engaging digital natives and immigrants and bridge the gap between them.

Assumptions
 * We will work collaboratively, face to face, via Skype or Elluminate.
 * We will communicate via blog, forums online as much as possible between face to face meetings.
 * Meet together and become partners as well as colleagues.
 * Meet together face to face at least every 2-3 weeks