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 * Implications for your Classroom ** A few weeks after we (Marie, Sandra, and Joanna from Rachel B. Noel middle school) signed up for the technology conference we discovered not only that our school was going to be the recipient of a transformation grant, but that all three of us were going to help initiate process as part of the school's "transformation team." Therefore we would like to open up the scope of the implications wider from the classroom to the whole school. The first step we are taking is to make sure that our technology staff have all technology up and running before school starts. All classes will be equipped with computers, document cameras, projectors, etc. All of these require training which we have incorporated into professional development sessions that will be presented the first days that the teachers are back at school. We also gained control of our school's website, so we are going to incorporate what we learned at the sessions to teach teachers how to put up their own websites. The sessions focusing on school ambience and positive support of students have helped drive our work within our actual school building. We have made and continue to make changes to the look of the building, both inside and out. We are incorporating a school wide PBS program, progress monitoring, even calendars that will be monitored and maintained through document sharing on Google. We will offer training on all these as well in order to build teacher capacity within our school. We look forward to positive changes at our school and technology is an important component that can make us more efficient teachers and improve student success. As the Gifted and Talented Representative the conference reignited a desire to seek greater opportunitites to infuse regular education classrooms with access to technology and multi-media information sources.