Over the past seven months, in addition to my duties and responsibilities as the Director of Academic Technology, I have had the opportunity to become the Scheduler for our High School. I really do enjoy the intellectual challenge of fitting the pieces of student requests and faculty desires into the puzzle and come out with [...]
Entries from December 15, 2006
200 More Reasons to Invest in the Future
December 14, 2006 · No Comments · kilimanjaro
I was having a conversation with a group of juniors who were getting ready for their read-a-thon which is this Sunday to raise funds for the Kilimanjaro English Nursery School when they shared something which astonished me. The man who runs the school who is known as”Teacher”, Edward Lazaro cannot run the school full-time. In [...]
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Facilitating New Converstations
December 14, 2006 · No Comments · teaching and learning
One of the errors that I when creating a document is typing my title as the Director of Academic Teachnolgoy, rather than the Director of Academic Technology. I do not know if somewhere in my brain that this is an intended slip, because I believe that the way to best integrate technology into the curriculum [...]
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Winding Down for the Holidays – Not
December 11, 2006 · 1 Comment · k12online06, teaching and learning
With seven school days left before Winter Break, I am usually wrapping up the new initiatives that we began planning in March and April, implementing in May, June, July, and August, and then training and utilizing in the fall. This year, however, there are five projects that we will require my time and attention over [...]
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Playing While at School
December 11, 2006 · 1 Comment · NYSAISEdTech, teaching and learning
This fall, I have had the most invigorating educational experiences that I have had in recent memory. I will focus on two that exemplify playing while at school, which is a really motivating way for all (teachers and students) to learn and have led to enhancements and curricular modifications which I feel will enhance the [...]
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