Hi all,
Because of various scheduling conflicts, we need to move the Oct. meeting to Tuesday the 21st at 6:30 in the Library. We might need to move the Nov. Meeting too, but we can discuss that on the 21st. Thanks for all you do, and see you there.
Nick
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Next 2 Technology Committee meetings
I will not be able to attend the October and November committee meeting. I am taking a series of three (3) classes at Collin College. These classes meet MWF from 6:30 Pm to 9:30 PM for 6 weeks. (The class is Abobe Flash 8.0 - hoping to really excite our Web Site).
Hank
Hank
Karen Beacham's Thoughts on TSI-1
I am including the opening paragraph of a document that Karen sent the Primary Department after her return from the first session of her Region 10 TSI training:
"Dear friends,
I attended the first session of the Technology Specialist Institute yesterday. I think it would be easier to share the information and sites via letter than go over everything in the department meeting. I am going to try to be as brief as possible while still giving you all the information. If you need one on one help accessing sites (most are simple to register and maneuver through.) All the sites I am going to give you are free. Let me/Sherrie know if there is something we all want to learn in more depth then we can let Sherrie set up a time for us to work together, possibly at a department meeting.
Overview- We all need to agree that technology is important. It is a focus this year and we as a department need to make it a focus to start preparing our children to be students in the “21 century “.
If you need the point proven or just are interested here are some interesting background sites;
Downloadable video or PowerPoint that emphases why we need to teach “21st Century skills” http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/page12.html
Blooms taxonomy rewritten:
http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.php?articleID=196605124
A key point I thought was made was – We don’t want to make more work but work smarter- in other words integrate."
Needless to say I think she got a lot out it!
"Dear friends,
I attended the first session of the Technology Specialist Institute yesterday. I think it would be easier to share the information and sites via letter than go over everything in the department meeting. I am going to try to be as brief as possible while still giving you all the information. If you need one on one help accessing sites (most are simple to register and maneuver through.) All the sites I am going to give you are free. Let me/Sherrie know if there is something we all want to learn in more depth then we can let Sherrie set up a time for us to work together, possibly at a department meeting.
Overview- We all need to agree that technology is important. It is a focus this year and we as a department need to make it a focus to start preparing our children to be students in the “21 century “.
If you need the point proven or just are interested here are some interesting background sites;
Downloadable video or PowerPoint that emphases why we need to teach “21st Century skills” http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/page12.html
Blooms taxonomy rewritten:
http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.php?articleID=196605124
A key point I thought was made was – We don’t want to make more work but work smarter- in other words integrate."
Needless to say I think she got a lot out it!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
On Wednesday Sep. 29 I attended an meeting at Bishop Lynch (BL) High School along with Mr. Stern, Ms. Wegmann, Ms. Bacic. The purpose of the meeting was for the Middle School (MS) teachers to meet with the different Department Heads at BL.
In the Technology section we discussed what was important for me to be teaching to better prepare our students for High School. The Number 1 thing at BL is KEYBOARDING. We were told that students are really lacking in this extremely important skill.Incoming freshman at BL can test out of a Word and PowerPoint by scoring 75 or better on a test. This is great except for one HUGE factor the test is given using Office 2007.
I know we have been reluctant to change to 2007 but I think that we no longer have a choice. All the High Schools are on 2007 and if I students are going to be prepared we must implement 2007. I do not recommend that we do this during the current school year but we must do this in time for the beginning of School Year 2009-2010.This may be one of the things that we need to change for our next years goals.
If you have any questions of concerns please let me know.
In the Technology section we discussed what was important for me to be teaching to better prepare our students for High School. The Number 1 thing at BL is KEYBOARDING. We were told that students are really lacking in this extremely important skill.Incoming freshman at BL can test out of a Word and PowerPoint by scoring 75 or better on a test. This is great except for one HUGE factor the test is given using Office 2007.
I know we have been reluctant to change to 2007 but I think that we no longer have a choice. All the High Schools are on 2007 and if I students are going to be prepared we must implement 2007. I do not recommend that we do this during the current school year but we must do this in time for the beginning of School Year 2009-2010.This may be one of the things that we need to change for our next years goals.
If you have any questions of concerns please let me know.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Upcoming events:
Next Tech Tuesday for teachers - October 14, 2008
TCEA Areas 10/11 Technology Conference, Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Liberty High School 15250 Rolater Rd., Frisco, TX 75035 - Emphasis on Web 2.0 Tools
November 18 DLP University at TI - more information to follow
Texas Computer Education Association’s 29th Annual Convention & Exposition Feb. 2-6, 2009, in Austin, Texas -Carol Mayo and I are presenting Lego Robotics
Next Tech Tuesday for teachers - October 14, 2008
TCEA Areas 10/11 Technology Conference, Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Liberty High School 15250 Rolater Rd., Frisco, TX 75035 - Emphasis on Web 2.0 Tools
November 18 DLP University at TI - more information to follow
Texas Computer Education Association’s 29th Annual Convention & Exposition Feb. 2-6, 2009, in Austin, Texas -Carol Mayo and I are presenting Lego Robotics
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