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My name is Jessica O’Roark. I’m a 4th grade teacher at Berwyn Heights Elementary School. I have 26 students and am fortunate to have an student-teacher from the University of Maryland. This is my sixth year of teaching and my second year participating in STEP. I have enjoyed it and been challenged by learning to use and teach with technology. I recognize I have a lot to learn! This year I hope to become (1) more “fluent” in incorporating technology in my lessons, (2) have my students integrate the technology into their learning and show what they learned through technology, and (3) build a base for next year's instruction using Wikispaces, etc. I believe this will come as I practice and “just do it!” PS: Dear STEP team: I started this and then made a classroom Wiki. Some of the information here should be on my classroom Wiki. Next year I will make a cleaner site for my students to work on, but for now it worked and was fun!!!