After reading Will Richardson's "The Educator's Guide to the Read/Write Web," please think--and write--about some element of your pedagogy that could benefit from a technology infusion. If you’ve already selected a tech project (digital storytelling, for example), please feel free to focus on how you want to infuse that thing into your curriculum, what you want it to support. I'm interested in exploring two ideas. I love hearing students voices. This leads me to podcasting. My experience has shown me that younger students will work harder to improve their reading and or writing if there is a culminating "audio" experience. I'm also interested in working with students to help them create Public Service Announcements that are informative. Our school is located on the Peninsula where tsunami warning signs advise high ground, where a new LEEDS certified (green architecture) recycling transfer station is positioned, and where a grassroots organization, Friends of the Dunes, works to restore natural habitat by pulling non-native plants. Each of these topics has been of interest to my students. By creating podcasts, they may be in a position to influence the behavior of those around them. In addition, I'm interested in using Google Apps school-wide. I'm curious to see how students react when their writing work is published on-line. I'm curious to see the results of written responses to drafts by teachers and other students. I believe the best way to accomplish this is to create a proto-type first, with inservice for both students and teachers. I know families and school personnel are concerned about safety and privacy issues, so I will need to be clear about safeguards. I'm curious to see how this format may enhance the learning community at the school. It has the advantage of more closely imitating "real life" learning. Students are highly motivated to use computers and will enjoy choosing the content of their own start-up pages. My sense is that schools are behind the "technology curve." I hope this project will bring technology closer to the surface of the day-in/day-out work done in one particular school. We have established a partnership with RWP for next year. This will provide the structure to implement these plans. Finally, I'm interested improving my own fluency in the Adobe Creative Suite 3 software: in-design/illustrator/photoshop. I have plenty of books just ordered from Amazon to help me. This is a more selfish interest at this point, but who knows where it will take me. I love the idea of having a series of podcasts that are PSAs, especially concerning matters that affect your school population. I need to know more about Google Apps it sounds like too, since you are interested in doing something that I'm interested in doing. ~Sarah I like that you recognize the fears/apprehensions of your school community and that you are planning to address these concerns. Set up for success!