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**MEMBERS**
Ray Bacon, Jason Ramos - Aeronautical Instructors Chandra Carroll - Elementary Education teacher Tammy Bybee - Technology student

**PURPOSE** The goal of our online communities is to improve the use of technology and integration into our campuses. In the Texas Long-Range Plan, "the primary intent is to enable all children to improve their scholastic achievement. According to the plan, Texas must consider extending the traditional boundaries of the school year, scholastic age, and geographic location, and the state must provide both the technology and human infrastructure to facilitate, support and maintain this transformation."

"Educational technology leadership must work with other educators by making informed decisions about student learning opportunities. Federal and most state laws require schools to have school improvement plans and to set goals to improve student achievement of standards. Goals for improvement are based on state and local assessment results and the indicator systems of which they are a part."

**COMMENT/INQUIRY** In my research of the Azle ISD/High School level, I noticed that in the beginning introduction of technology into the classrooms, there was a positive surge of interest and participation by the school administrators and teachers. But in the past two years, there seems to have been a settling into a stable level of knowledge and skills, no better and no worse. How can the administrators and instructors present technology in a new and exciting fashion to help stimulate a more progressive learning curve?

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