I have been thinking about how we deliver technology professional development at our school. There are currently two goals that we are trying to accomplish:
Making sure teachers are aware of new tools so that they can become competent users of technology for themselves.
Making sure teachers can use these tools to enrich and transform their classroom [...]
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Over the past six months, we have been investigating several converging ideas:
Campus Wide Long Range Space Planning
Questioning of Schedule and Time in all three of our divisions
Discussion of the role of technology – tablets, laptops, projectors, network, and services to support learning
These conditions are converging, suggesting that we are nearing a near perfect storm that [...]
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One of the tools that I have and enjoyed is Inspiration. I have used this product since 1989, when a forward thinking local school system purchased it for its teachers and I had to train them on how to use it. I have always been a visual thinker, which is one of the reasons that [...]
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Yesterday, I overheard two seventh graders in the library, chatting about the research project the they were conducting searches online at a table.
The first student said, “Don’t forget that we were just asked to include a print source for our research project.”
At this, the student replied, “I have that covered. Mine is Gordon Color. (the [...]
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I had an epiphany. The framework for 21st Century Learning can be stated very simply and elegantly.
Learners in the 21st Century need to:
To begin, we have to agree with others that there is a problem and what the problem is.
To solve the problem identified, we had to decide in consultation with others what we feel [...]
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