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Newly Developed SWAT Programs

To register your SWAT Team please go to: http://www.swatweb.net/register.html

Please Skype me! I am happy to help you with your SWAT program, my user name is lucymillerganfield. 65-9459-3513 Singapore

Welcome New SWAT Registrants!

 

 

 

**Welcome EL Paso and San Antonio, Texas School Districts, and Sigourney and Cardinal Iowa School Districts, for your interest in developing district-wide SWAT programs.

• El Paso adds on more SWAT Programs in their schools! Thank you!
• 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!
  
  Below are examples of how schools are using the SWAT concept:

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SWAT does it all! Anna Pollard, Technology Coordinator at East Garner Magnet School in Garner NC is Directing her SWAT Team to perform Podcasts, Blogs, and Wikis. To see more of this model SWAT program click on the link.

East Garner Magnet Middle School

 

 

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 fax

http://www.wvonline.com/bms/ swat .htm

( Bridgeport Middle, WV)

http://www.sharon.k12.ma.us/school/heights/Technology/swat.htm

(Heights Elementary, MA )

http://learningcommunity202.org/tridge/Clubs/clubs3.htm# swat

( Timber Ridge Middle school , IL , scroll down)

http://www.person.k12.nc.us /phs/ SWAT .html

( North Carolina )

http://www.ecpps.k12.nc.us/cybercampus/swatcamp.htm

(Distance Education, NC)

http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers/ides/croueche/students_working_to_advance _tech.htm  

(Special needs example, a basic SWAT program in South Carolina )

http://www.cms.mrpk.k12.ca.us/pdf%20files/office%20stuff/CMS%20tech%20plan%202001.pdf
Example of a Middle School Technology Plan with SWAT in the curriculum integration structure.

Todd C. Thibault, MC-Computer Educator
Raymond NH

Goals 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.

SWAT Blogging is here! Go to http://swatwebnet.blogspot.com to build the SWAT community!

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