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Hi, Start by downloading smart board software to your computer and to every computer in the school. With one smart board in the school every computer can have the software. The get the the toolkit and design some lessons with it. Instead of getting…
Hi Chris, I'm doing my first PD on election day, showing the social studies teachers how to create lessons on their whiteboards. I'll find out who is really interested and take it from there pretty much the same way you are doing it.
Thanks for the…
hi deven,
how are you? you know me from twitter as infodivabronx.
i feel your pain.
in my school i've targeted one or two teachers who are willing to try new strategies. once they have accomplished something (soon i hope), i will showcase their effo…
First of all, I'm not in a position to make this decision for my school. Even if I were, I would not do so without a lot more information, Tell me how I can explore what you are offering and I will share what I find with the decision maker.
Hey T.I.E.,
With all due respect, the U.S. "education" (and I use that term loosely) system has been 'fradie-cats' to embrace technology since.............FOREVER !!!! Deven and other educators in a similar plight need to get ahead of the curve and…
Hi Deven,
Thank you for sharing this. I don't think the place to start is with technology. I think you start with teachers goals and objectives for themselves and their students and then start helping students by supporting them with tools that wil…
My middle school is so far off the cutting edge of technology we're not even on the knife. We just got computers into all the classrooms -- two per room -- last year. In mid year SmartBoards were installed in all the special ed and 6th grade classro…
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- About Me:
- I am a middle school teacher for the NYCDOE who is pushing, pushing, pushing to improve the use of technology in my school in order to better engage students, teach them new skills and have a positive impact on their learning.
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- Teacher
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- Bronx
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- At 3:43pm on November 15, 2009,
chris gibson said…
- Hi Devon,
Regarding your reluctant teachers...I came across this gem via twitter http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/23556 It's about why our hard-working teachers may shy away from technology.
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