The “Brick” graphic organizer above, as originated in the National Institute of Health, outlines present and future technologies being used. It allows decision makers to, at a glance, access knowledge about the commitment the school has made toward using and funding existing technologies. In my current capacity of fifth grade teacher, I can see how this graphic organizer could be used to sketch my options for technologies, hardware or software, that could help in my delivery of instruction. It’s value, however, is directly correlated to the flexibility I would have in choosing how to teach. Rowe School insists on parity between classrooms -- all students must have the same educational experiences. Whereas this may appear smothering, and sometimes it does on the surface seem so, it really encourages me to form more closely knit relationships with my teammates. As such, the brick would have to be agreed upon in a PLC (Professional Learning Community) before I could use it. For example, one ELA Common Core standard (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6) refers to multimedia publishing of written work, and the question came up as to how we would do so, and using which applications. A brick table could have us organize which apps have worked in the past, which are available to use now (paid licenses etc.), and which we are no longer willing to support using. In subsequent years, referring to the brick would allow us to quickly build upon the work already done, and save us the time loss of indecision.