Monday, January 30, 2012
Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020
School Technology and Readiness (STaR):
The STaR Chart was developed so that campus' and districts could have a tool to effectively self-assess whether or not they are effectively integrating technology across the curriculum. The Long-Range Plan for Technology has been put in place so that we will have a time line, from 2006-2020, to show improvement in our schools. The No Child Left Behind requires that students be technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade.
I chose Teaching and Learning as my topic to talk about because I have to embrace the idea of using technology without fear. I have to change my view of the traditional teacher choosing the source of knowledge while the student acts as the receiver of that knowledge. That sort of thinking is not for our 21st Century students or schools. The roles of teachers and students have to continually change. We as teachers need to realize that technology is the world of our students and they may be able to teach us more than we can teach them. We need to not be afraid to ask them to share their knowledge and skills, in regard to technology, with us. We will be able to better prepare our students for this global and digital world of information if we change from a teacher-led learning environment to a student-centered collaborative environment.
Taking risks with technology is the ticket to learning how they work. Staying frustrated because you can't make it work like its supposed to work, will only cause more frustration. We need to be able to depend on each other, our instructors, and/or our IA's for support when we feel flustered about technology not working, not give up. Thank you Chris G. for helping get my PowerPoint uploaded to my blog.
The STaR Chart was developed so that campus' and districts could have a tool to effectively self-assess whether or not they are effectively integrating technology across the curriculum. The Long-Range Plan for Technology has been put in place so that we will have a time line, from 2006-2020, to show improvement in our schools. The No Child Left Behind requires that students be technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade.
I chose Teaching and Learning as my topic to talk about because I have to embrace the idea of using technology without fear. I have to change my view of the traditional teacher choosing the source of knowledge while the student acts as the receiver of that knowledge. That sort of thinking is not for our 21st Century students or schools. The roles of teachers and students have to continually change. We as teachers need to realize that technology is the world of our students and they may be able to teach us more than we can teach them. We need to not be afraid to ask them to share their knowledge and skills, in regard to technology, with us. We will be able to better prepare our students for this global and digital world of information if we change from a teacher-led learning environment to a student-centered collaborative environment.
Taking risks with technology is the ticket to learning how they work. Staying frustrated because you can't make it work like its supposed to work, will only cause more frustration. We need to be able to depend on each other, our instructors, and/or our IA's for support when we feel flustered about technology not working, not give up. Thank you Chris G. for helping get my PowerPoint uploaded to my blog.
EDLD 5352 - Web Conference - Week 2
I attended the Saturday, Jan. 28th, web conference hosted by Dr. Abernathy. Dr. Attaway was there as well. We discussed many questions in regard to our PowerPoint presentations for this week. A few were already done with theirs and had posted them, but not many. The information Dr. Abernathy gave us throughout the conference was information that we needed to know about. She informed us that we only had to do one blog assignment for this week. Last week we had two. I did not get a chance to get into a conference last week, but I did this week so that is why I am posting this for week 2. We talked about Google sites and Web 2.0 resources. We talked about the difference between blogs and wiki sites. Blogs are more like journals and wikis are more of a collaborative site where others can add to what you have posted. It was an interesting web conference. It caused me to look within myself, along with the readings for this week, to take risks with technology so that we can use it for the betterment of ourselves and our students.
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