Christopher Rishack

Name: Christopher Rishack
Title: Technology Coordinator
Affiliation:

County: Beaver
District: Center Area
School: K-12

160 Baker Road

Monacca PA 15071

E-mail: crishack@usaor.net

ACTIVITIES:

email; community industry involvement,

BARRIERS:

$ beyond grants, asbestos ceiling for networking building wide, our district has had no technology in the classroom - I am starting at ground zero with 5 new labs and 3 libraries fully equipped - no classrooms yet. Uses for 286 machines

GOALS:

cross accessment, resources for software already being used in classroom locally and evaluations of the software/hardware

INFORMATION NEEDED:

Educational value of the Internet

Strategies for effective leadership

Technical architecture

COLLABORATIONS:

Part of a consortium

EXPERTISE:

Staff development

SUPPORT:

internal staff technology Coordinator - self - internal training. Unfulfilled, I would be interested in a group leader giving a topic (cell biology) and have the group discuss products that worked or did not on the subject and what technology was involved.

SUSTAINABILITY:

Set-aside in operating budget

Grants and donations

SCOPE:

classrooms

NETWORKING SUPPORTS REFORM:

Yes

How technology assists reform:

Enhances community involvement

Allows improvement in teaching strategies

Brings additional resources into the classroom

Increases the relevance of student learning

Reduces isolation of the school and classroom

COMMENTS:

(Please inform me of future activities of this type)

EXPECT TO ATTEND:

Yes