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Sidney Community Schools Sidney, Iowa

About Sidney Community Schools

We are a rural district in southwest Iowa. Our school has a 1 to 1 initiative with all students in grades 3-12 having an Apple computer assigned to them.


 *  **NAME** ||  **email**  ||  **ROLE**  ||  **TWITTER**  ||  **DELICIOUS**  ||  **BLOG**  ||
 * **Dave Dowling** || ddowling@sidney.k12.ia.us || Middle School Math/Social Studies || davedowl || ddowling1970 || @http://ddowling.edublogs.org/ ||
 * **Michael Eldridge** || meldridge@sidney.k12.ia.us || High School Principal/ PLP Leader || michaelSidneyHS ||  ||   ||
 * **Jamie Ewalt** || jewalt@sidney.k12.ia.us || 4th grade teacher || jamieewalt ||  || [] ||
 * **Allison Gregg** || agregg@sidney.k12.ia.us || 3rd grade teacher || allisongregg ||  || [] ||
 * **Teresa Hughes** || thughes@sidney.k12.ia.us || 1st grade teacher || thughes88 ||  || [] ||
 * **Janice Shanno** || jshanno@sidney.k12.ia.us || Tech Integration Specialist/8th grade Exploratory/Consumer Math/PLP Fellow || =====janshann ===== ||  ||  __[]__ / ||

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Team members:** Dave Dowling, Michael Eldridge, Jamie Ewalt, Allison Gregg, Teresa Hughes, Janice Shanno =====

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<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Action Research project entails a professional development plan that incorporates the use of Web 2.0 technologies which embrace collaboration and connection. Our plan includes introducing educators to Web 2.0 tools, giving them the time to explore these tools, and providing support needed to successfully navigate the tools. Professional development will occur on a monthly basis, with assistance from the PLP lead team and personnel from our area education agency. =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//How we can help people see value in a culture of collaboration and connection?// =====

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The initial goal of our project is to help educators find the value in collaborating and connecting with others to enhance not only the teachers’ learning, but also the students’ learning as well. We will be assessing implementation through tickets out the door, implementation logs, personal interviews, and small group discussions. In order to measure success in implementation, we will analyze pre and post survey data over technology use.

//Our professional development plan we will focus on five web 2.0 tools. Each tool will be discussed and practiced.//

 * // August-October: Google & Social Bookmarking //
 * November-January: Twitter & RSS
 * February-April: Blogs

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//We have gathered data that supports our proposed professional development focus on Web 2.0 tools.// =====

<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Artifacts and Documentation**
Action Research Project: Link to our google collection housing our information <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">@http://goo.gl/NYXOn

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//Website: The Sidney Six// =====

<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//Link to video of our Culminating Presentation//

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