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Our school has challenges with reading comprehension, particularly main idea. In math, number sense and measurement demands most of our focus.

Of course, as I think many middle schools also have, we face the difficulty of motivation; getting students to complete their assigned work is truly the biggest challenge.

things in technology that are working

tablet PC's teacher webpages with downloadable assignments Class Server website and software K12 Planet projector/doc cam/computer presentation station audio enhancement Online content (such as Riverdeep, United Streaming)

For the teachers at my school, I would run a workshop much like this one to demonstrate the things that you have shown us here, because the easy way to get them to use them is to show them.

I could use the reading software as well as the current event websites. I am going to pass on Star Reporter to the ESE department and the translated books to our ESOL/bilingual departments.

The Flickr type materials I am going to pass on to our creative labs for incorporation into their products.

I liked the idea of passing on Open Office to students who don't have the Office Suite at home.

So much stuff was available, it's hard to start. I really think a series of demonstrations (like this) maybe divided by department area would help disseminate the information.