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The presenter making a video presentation of the material they would be presenting at the PD session.Participants would watch the video ahead of time.Participants would come the PD session with questions or maybe a completed task.Then the participants would be engaged in a collaborative session with an expert, instead of the "sit and get" session most of us teachers are all too familiar with.

"In my experience, technology integration is highest in buildings in which the principal is involved and excited about technology and its possibilities and is lowest in buildings in which the principal doesn't demonstrate technology use while encouraging others to use it too. Modeling technology usage is key if administrators want teachers to play an active role in technology integration."

support and encourage teachers who want to go to conferences and participate in staff development. e-mail notices and agendas to staff, rather than printing and distributing them. ask that lesson plans be submitted through e-mail or on disk. foster technology growth by asking parents to write e-mail addresses on medical forms. insist that all teachers create a class Web page. attend technology conferences to see what other schools are doing, what other teachers are doing to integrate technology, and what principals are doing to encourage the use of technology in their schools and classrooms.

"District administrators need to do their jobs as well," Salerno adds, "by providing technology training for principals!"