E-Rate funding for Internet access and communications service for Cherokee County Schools has been successfully submitted and accepted by the SLD. Wave 1 funding committments have been released. No northeast Alabama school districts are listed. E-Rate funding provides 74% of the cost of Internet Access for our schools.

41 Cherokee County School Teachers are currently enrolled in the TDC online professional development class. No teachers have dropped the class. Teachers will receive their stipend in September for successfully completing the class.

TDC Class participants are required to submit 3 lesson plans that incorporate technology and learning for a Course of Study objective to the Technology Office as part of the Ed Tech Grant. Lesson Plan format e-mailed to all participants

TDC Ed Tech Grant lesson plans may be submitted (using the required format) to tdc@tiger1.tiger.org

A Federal Education Grant can provide direct teacher support for curriculum integration ideas created by teachers. This funding can be used to pay a TECHNOLOGY COACH to assist teachers in the development and execution of technology enriched learning experiences. Contact and Schedule hereTechnology Coach

Teachers are reminded to store and secure computer equipment before leaving school for summer vacation. Remember the janitoral staff will be refinishing floors and computer equipment may need to be moved.

The latest word from Montgomery is the new Technology Plan that will be required of school districts and schools will start with a clean slate and require detailed budgets. Schools will be required to assess the current level of technology integration and develop individual school technology plan for the 2005 school year.

The Techno-Teacher of the month is an effort to recognize those teachers who use technology to improve student learning. Anyone can nominate a teacher who effectively uses technology to improve student learning. See this month's Techno-TeacherHERE.

64 Cherokee County School District Teachers have created and update TeacherWeb pages. See the pages teachers have created here: Teacher Web Contact Jimmy for a TeacherWeb account.

Professional Development Training is available for ALEX. Click here for.ALEX

Donation of used computers by the Annistion Army Depot has resulted in the elimination of many Windows 95 machines in classrooms across Cherokee County. The donated machines are very good computers and represent an upgrade for many of the machines they are replacing.

The final change over to Windows network software 2003 was recently completed at Spring Garden School. The entire network upgrade has now been completed.