Here is all the information for all things Technology at Canterbury Elementary School!
To begin, listed below are all of the professionals in charge of the technology within the school.

• Director of educational technology – Christy Bauer, Ph.D.  
• Curriculum technology integration specialist – Christy Bauer, Ph.D.
• Technology maintenance – Jeanne Gassman 
• Technology security personnel – The IT department has a team of trained staff
• Library media specialist – Each elementary school has a media ancillary. Mrs. Laurie Wilson is Canterbury’s and my cooperating teacher says she is fabulous!
• Others? – Each school has two technology leaders. My cooperating teacher used to serve on this committee, but now an upper grade teacher from Canterbury serves on it, her name is Nadine Davis (4th grade teacher). Mrs. Wilson (listed above) assists as well.

Below lists all the technology available to the first grade kiddos as well as the accessibility & quantities!
In my cooperating teacher’s classroom, they have a set of 12 iPads.  However she says that only 10 of them work on a regular basis. On those 10 iPads, stickers indicate which will be used for reading and math rotations as well as other stickers to indicate which iPads can be used for Seesaw. With 20 students in the class they are not on a 1:1 ratio with technology, but she says perhaps they we will be there soon.
They also have access to the computer lab where there are 24 PC computers. They access Easy Tech in the computer lab once a week and occasionally the students will also use ABCYA there as well. In the computer lab,  the class selects a media center time (35 minute block for library and computer lab using ABCYA or PBS Kids) once a week and an additional 30 minute block of computer lab time only (this is when the students log on to Easy Tech). For this first grade class, Tuesdays are when we visit the media center and Fridays are when we visit the computer lab.

Do families have required purchases?
Families are asked to send in headphones or earbuds for the students to use with the iPads and/or computer lab. Not all families do this so the classroom has some extras to loan out to the students. Besides this, no other technology devices (etc) need to be purchased by families. 

Blocked applications or websites?
Most of the social media sites are blocked on the iPads.  However, my cooperating teacher says that this is not an issue with the younger grades. Students are taught digital literacy skills beginning in Kindergarten to help them stay safe and make positive choices when they are online. All applications must be approved and there is a process for submitting application requests. Not all apps are approved, especially ones that cost money.  

My cooperating teacher was a huge help when discussing technology & all that goes along with it for Canterbury Elementary. As a former technology leader she definitely knows everything there is to know about the use of technology in the school and who to go to for information. It was super helpful and informative to learn first hand how much goes into incorporating technology into learning in the classroom and school district.