Tim Fish came to Chapin on 4/4/2005 ... click here to download his presentation ... click here for a Web based version of his presentation. Tim has given me permission to use the categories as part of the Summercore application process. Steve Bergen

Explanation of categories

• ___ How many teachers are at level one? This level refers to people whose only computer usage is required work, e.g. required e-mail, required comments. These teachers are typically not very comfortable with using a computer. Level one teachers are often wonderful in the classroom; they just have not adopted technology as a personal or instructional tool. TF
• ___ How many teachers are at level two? This level refers to people who use the computer for personal and professional use. They may use the computer quite a bit to shop online, create materials for the classroom, e-mail with fellow teachers, do web research, etc. Level two teachers may also use the computer and a projector to deliver classroom materials to students, they may have their own web page, etc. The key distinction with level two teachers is that they very rarely have students use technology as part of the learning process. TF
• ___ How many teachers are at level three, what Tim calls Isolated Integrators? This level refers to people who occasionally have students use technology as part of the learning process. Level three teachers may have the students do between 1 and 6 technology integrated units each year. An example may be a foreign language teacher who brings her class to the technology center in November each year to make French newspapers using MS publisher and then returns in the Spring to have students make travel brochures for the country they are studying. TF
• ___ How many teachers are at level four, what Tim calls Frequent Flyers? Level four teachers regularly have students use technology. These are teachers who would be very excited about a school's decision to have students purchase laptops. These teachers see limitless potential for the use of technology in the classroom and are excited to move forward. They are viewed as the power users of technology. Computers are important to them personally and instructionally. TF