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My name is Mike Cullen. I am employed by the Howard School District as the Superintendent/JH/HS Principal. Needless to say my days and most nights are filled with responsibilties entailing that position. Fortunately, I have an extrememly helpful administrative staff to help me and excellent teachers who are beginning to recognize that change is inevitable. We all need to continue to strive towards "life long" learning in order to motivate and make learning relevant for our clientel. So here I am trying to learn new things that will help our students and teachers!

I have always been an advocate for promoting and modeling the use of technology tools and resources in a way that can help motivate our students. 21st Century Skills are no longer a catch phrase or an idea whose time may come. The time is now and, in my opinion, if we continue to ignore what is happening; our students will grow increasingly disengaged with current school curriculums, they and thier parents will ask for accoutability in what is being taught, how it is being taught, and what skills are truly worth developing. Many of our teachers believe that student use of tech tools is not necessary and are reluctant to make use of them in the classroom setting. As educators, we must recognize that it is not about us but about our students. They are the reason for our existence and if we fail to meet their needs then we have failed them for a lifetime.

I began the spring of 2010 promoting staff and administrators into becoming a part of project integrate. I had no intention of getting involved myself but when a teacher resigned just before the beginning of the program, I decided to take her place. It was not a decision I relished but since my district had made the committment I thought we should fulfill that promise.

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