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Norwich Public Schools/Adult Education: Year Two Technology
Grant Overview
Program Background*
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Project Title:
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Technology Plan Implementation (Year 2) |
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Grantee:
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Norwich Public Schools |
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Contact Name:
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Cheryl Egan |
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Date:
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September 19, 2003 |
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Telephone:
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(860) 823-4299 |
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Email:
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cegan@norwichpublicschools.org
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ENROLLMENT INFORMATION:
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Program Area
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Projected Number of Students
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Actual Number of Students
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ABE
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ESL
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30 |
61
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GED
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AHSCDP
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30
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60
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EDP
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*from Technology Implementation
— End-of-Year Report as of June 30, 2003
Program Description
During Year Two of Technology Implementation Norwich
Adult Education continued to build upon the progress made in Year
One and expanded efforts to involve additional staff and students
in the integration of technology throughout our program. Professional
development expanded from the staff in Norwich to staff throughout
the fourteen-town Cooperative. The integration of technology into
the curriculum has expanded as well. In addition to continuing the
ELLIS software project in the ESOL Program, other adult education
programs have benefited from the introduction of new software, word
processing capability and increased utilization of the Internet.
Finally, efforts have been made to continue to expand and improve
our website.
Accomplishments
- Head teacher worked with HSCDP teachers to train them how to
submit their CARS work electronically to our CARS staff.
- Broadcast of Crossroads Café to the greater Norwich community
on cable TV in collaboration with Norwich Free Academy TV station.
All episodes were broadcast three times per week, September through
June.
- Extended use of e-mail, attachments, & listserv between
staff and between sites.
- Full use of ELLIS lab by 5 daytime ESOL classes, 2 afternoon
classes, 2 evening classes.
- Use of English For All in the summertime ESOL class at
the FRC site.
- ESOL Advanced daytime class production of electronic newsletter.
- Submitting this EOY report via e-mail.
Problems/Barriers
Although we have had no problems
with the grant, the following issues impacted our ability to deliver
our program with maximum effectiveness:
- Cable TV was not available at our site at 279 Main Street.
- Budget constraints limited the availability of support staff
to assist ESOL teachers in our ELLIS lab.
- Utilization of laptops in HSCDP was hindered due to glitches.
- The ESOL ‘survival’ class was unable to use our
ESOL lab second semester last year due to the large numbers of
students and the lack of support staff in the ESOL lab.
- Interfacing daytime ESOL, evening ESOL, and enrichment computer
use is challenging.
- Time, effort, and financial resources to maintain equipment
remain a challenge.
- Staff at outlying sites are unable to utilize some of the resources
available to our main site.
- We do not have direct access to our website. We must wait for
the tech rep of the school system to upload for us. This has been
prohibitive for posting class information for students.
*from Technology
Implementation — End-of-Year Report as of June 30, 2003, compiled
by Mary C. Berry, Director
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