ASP Introduction Meeting Reflection

I went to Emily Dickinson's Meeting
a) The school would like to focus on typing and allow older students to develop something they would be proud of during tech club.  The vision is to allow students to be proficient in typing and computer use so that all their homework can be done on a computer.
b) To assist the students in developing their computer skills, to plan 20 minute lessons and to be flexible in designing and implementing the lesson plans.
c) The school is 80% kindergarten, first and second grade.  The students are excited to start Tech club again and have asked multiple times when it will start again.
d) I need to lower the expectations of students, excel is too difficult of a program to use for first graders, and typing a paragraph may take 10 minutes.  Students at that age have difficulty pay attention much past 5 10 minutes of lecture, so short sweet and too the point.
e) I want to be able to use a mixture of hands on approaches with technology to bridge what some believe is a gap between experimentation and technology in a classroom.  Experiments don't have to all be virtual and technology doesn't just have to be data collection.  I want lesson plans that incorporate technology for various learning modalities all while enjoying the accelerated learning the two bring.
f) Using technology with someone who may not completely understand how it works.  Typically education is book smarts, but teaching technology use and building technology abilities all about moving, maybe just your hands, but it is tactile to the core.  I believe tactile learners are under-appreciated in education and technology gives them a little love.
g) Understanding Elementary children.  I am mortified if they cry, it is my cryptonite.  I believe I can teach the information and not talk down to them but elementary age children are rowdy, so I find chaos control to be my biggest personal challenge.  But chaos control is applicable to all teachers, so overcoming my personal challenge also build personal growth.