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Type in the content of your new page here. __Student Challenges__

1. learning keyboarding skills using both hands in the standard typing positions 2. learning the editing possibilities beyond spell check 3. getting the state to allow FCAT Writes to be typed rather than hand-written 4. integrating the literary skills of a professional author into the writing of regular student compositions 5. grammar practice 6. ingraining the need to __follow directions__ and accept __training__ 7. focus and listening skills

__Tech that is working for me now__

1. Students love to use the computers to write their compositions. 2. I type up instruction sheets that they follow. 3. Overhead transparencies 4. CDs of reading materials we are using in the classroom 5. I have tried using the computer hooked up to the tv monitor, but it is too small to be effective. 6. Once I used the computer hooked up to something to project on the pull-down screen, but it was also ineffective. 7. mygradebook.com 8. gomyaccess.com (student submit compositions for FCAT type grading)

__Tech I can now use (what I learned today)__

1. publishing in the classrom 2. reading aloud web page 3. Education Place 4. Read, Write, Think 5. LCD, interactive whiteboard, magnifier 6. Microsoft Tools (autosummarize, highlighting)