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Welcome New SWAT Registrants!
SWAT Teams to watch in 2010!
Anna Pollard's SWAT Team East Garner Magnet Middle School, Garner, NC, 2010
Forest Park's SWAT program becomes the 'best practice' model for the State of Virginia!
See more SWAT programs at these links:
Community Outreach at Cardinal Hayes
Hispanic Heritage, SWAT efforts and Music Composing
North Carolina School of Science and Math-Robert P Cullen Cyber Campus
SWAT Camp and Web-Based LessonsWhat is SWAT and How do I join? El Paso School District
SWAT students help with National Teacher Certification!
Northmont Middle School- Another Great SWAT Model!
A list of SWAT Team Leaders, Past and Present
El Paso adds on more SWAT Programs in their schools Thank you!
Welcome Hamilton McElroy-St. Mary's Middle School, GA
Welcome John Staudacher-Wilkinsburg High, Wilkinsburg, PA.
Welcome Laura Ferrell-Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School, Oak Lawn, Illinois
Welcome Marie Cassell, Cumberland Valley School District, Mechanicsburg, PA
Welcome Inglewood School District-George W. Crozier Middle School, CA
Welcome Chip Hoover, Wm Penn Sr. High, York, PA
Welcome Carol Welsh, Riverside Middle School, Dearborn Heights, MI
Welcome Alta Allen, Roper, NC
Wecome Bernadette Roche, Shawnee, Kansas
Welcome Jeremy Jorgensen, Minocqua, Wisconsin
Welcome Carrie Grogg, Cupertino Union School District, Cupertino, CA
Welcome Albert Bricker, St. James School, San Francisco, California
Welcome Anthony Johnson, Overton Elementary School, Salisbury, NC
Welcome Rebecca Woodley, North Drive Elementary, Goldsboro, NC
Welcome Kirk Magill, Kirk's Computer Works, Sigourney Iowa
Welcome Joyce Klepacki, St. Lucy Elementary, Campbell California
Welcome Debbie Novalski, Winding Creek Elementaty, Fredricksburg, Virginia
Welcome Julie Hill, District Coordinator, Lisbon Middle School, Lisbon, IA
Welcome Candy McDonald, Southside Elementary, Lebanon, TN
Welcome Barbara Langley, Bear Lake Elem, Apopka, Florida
Jeff Thungc, Kent School District, Kent Washington
Welcome David Pearson, Director of Technology, St. Thomas More Catholic High School, Louisiana
Welcome Frank Mosco, Director of Technology, Cardinal Hayes High School, NY
Welcome Noah Spranklin, Director of Technology, The Unquowa School, Fairfield, CT
Welcome Londa Posvistak, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Welcome Phil Zaubi, Porter-Gaud School, Charleston, SC
Welcome Christian High School, El Cajon, CA, Kris Fondaw
Welcome Porter-Gaud School-Charleston, SC, Phil Zaubi
Welcome Monroe County School District, Monroe, MI,
Welcome Mrytle Grove Christian School, Wilmington, NC, Louisa Belk
Welcome Luling Elementary School, Luling, Louisiana, Mr. Howat
Welcome Blessed Sacrament Regional School, Morgate, NJ., John Garrity
Welcome Star of the Sea School, San Francisco, CA., Brian P. Fordyce
Welcome North Callaway High School in Kingdom City, MO.
Welcome West Memphis Christian School. Ryan Sumner would like to know if there are any "active or want to be active" Arkansas SWAT programs in his state. Please contact him at rsummer@wmcs.com
Welcome Dana Greenburg at Celebration High School in Celebration, Florida!
From Julie Hill in Iowa
Hi Lucy I emailed you last October and we registered to get started. My principal and assistant principal were thrilled. They have given me anything I have needed. The students learned about the software we have at our school. They were able to trouble shoot and help teachers in the computer lab and on their classroom computers. I am so proud. I started with 7 students 3 girls and 4 boys. They meet once a week. We were interviewed by the local radio station in November. In April we opended up the interview process for new members. The current members are 5th graders going to 6th grade so we opened it up to 4th graders going to 5th grade and 5th graders going to 6th. We have 38 students or (1/3 of the students in these grades) WOW! Then we interviewed as a group, gave out teacher reviews of the students(for my eyes) and we chose 6 more team members.
This week we are having a summer camp. They have learned the hardware parts and processes of the computer. Tomorrow the Geek Squad from Best Buy is coming to teach the students how to change out mother boards and circuits. Both local papers are also coming to do stories. I hope this will get the Best Buy corporation interested in sponsoring us for next year.
The plan for next year is each returning SWAT member will mentor a new member. The two member team will be responsible for developing and keeping a current web page for a specific grade level. (K-5) I have also chosen one of my most responsible students to make a lost and found web page. We, like a lot of schools, incure a hug amount of lost
items. Everything from jackets to well you can imagine. So to help keep this to a minimum we are designing a webpage where we will put pictures of the lost items. The students can check it out and parents can also look at home. I'l let you know if this is successful.
I am so glad I found SWAT. These kids love it and it has been very rewarding for me.
Thanks,
Candy McDonald
Southside Elementary
Lebanon, TN
SWAT Sponsor and loving it!!!
Pictured are 12 incredible 6th graders who have been members of the team since late Fall. I have been an educator for almost 20 years with 13 of those in early childhood classrooms, but once I got my master's degree in Educational Technology and became the district's technology coordinator, I have been more inclined to work with middle school and high school students. I am back in the classroom this year for two periods out of the day. One is with a high school multimedia class and the other is with 6th graders for keyboarding/tech literacy. I wanted to start small with the SWAT concept, so that's why I am only working with 6th graders this year, but when I move them on to 7th grade our Business Education teacher will continue with them and I'll train a new crop!
Here's what we've been working on.
Our main objective has been to train all of them on basic troubleshooting and maintenance of the 300 computers in the building. They were fast learners, so they are now going in to more specialized areas of interest for them.
1. Computer Buddies
2. Audio/Visual
3. Advanced TroubleShooting
4. Webpage development
To Learn more about her SWAT progam:
Julie Hill
Technology Coordinator
Lisbon Community School District
Lisbon , IA 52253
319-455-2659 ext. 263 work
319-350-9238 cell
319-455-2733 faxTodd C. Thibault, MC-Computer Educator
Raymond NHGoals for his SWAT program are:
1. Mobile Unit Team - Designed to fix any MINOR problems in the classrooms.
2. Computer Buddy Team - Designed for student to student assistance.
3. Internet Research Team - Designed for Teacher needs.
4. Web Design Team - Designed to gather information and integrate
creation of new pages in the school's website.
5. Central Unit Team - Designed to designate all tasks to their appropriate departments.
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