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As the youngest and most technology savvy teacher in my grade level, I am often interrupted during my instruction to answer technology issues. There is a lack of technology support at my school because personnel are underfunded and overwhelmed. I am often pulled away from my planning time to troubleshoot issues with colleagues. I want to create a way for teachers to be able to troubleshoot their own issues in frequently used programs (Google, Promethean Board, Inspire, etc.) I am currently asking my colleagues on what issues they would like covered and I will create a tutorial for them to make them more confident and able to answer their own questions.

> The problem is backed on lack of knowledge and skills. Many of the teachers I work with are older and they are slow to embrace changes to technology. Some of these technologies that we are working with are new to them and do not seem to be intuitive to them. I want to increase their confidence level while also decreasing my work load as I frequently have to answer questions during instructional or planning time because they do not know to access certain things or "make things work" the way they want to.
 * Is the problem based on lack of motivation, knowledge, skills or attitude? Describe and discuss.

> By creating a tutorial that can be referred back to at any time, my colleagues can solve their own issues and refer back to answers should they forget how to do things. This would free up their schedules to not depend on me and they can work more efficiently from home or office.
 * How will your topic help address these needs.

> Direct feedback and question data. I will take data of how often I am asked for help before and after the tutorial has been created.
 * How will you evaluate your learners?