This year mounted LCD projectors were installed in all the classrooms over the summer. As I walk around the building I see teachers still using the tried and true overhead projector for notes and a television that is 13 in to watch video clips. In my department there are a more than a few of these people who are afraid of technology and want to continue teaching as they have for the last 20 years.

At the start of the school year, I developed a presentation for my department on how to incorporate the use of CPSs into their classrooms. I had them all bring their laptops to the training so that they could create classes and make sample tests. I created handouts for them to use and tried to make it a very hands on experience. I even had them use the clickers to assess their comfort level throughout the training.

We have 4 sets of CPS that are housed in my room for checkout between the 9 science teachers in my department. So far only 1 teacher has even tried to use them with their students.

I thought that I had used Kellers ARCS in my training by demonstration how the students attention can be caught and kept throughout the lesson because they never knew when a questions would be asked. I tried to make it relevant in that I tried to show them how the CPS could save them time in grading tests and getting immediate feedback about students understanding throughout a lesson. I tried to foster confidence in the teacher s by helping them create their tests and presentations in the training. I guess I needed to focus on the satisfaction piece because they were not happy and have yet to use the valuable resources we have available for them!