-
Lab Opens Tuesday
The Computer Lab opens for business on Tuesday 9/13. The lab opens at 8am every day. Students can come in early to work without signing up in advance – just come in. During the day, students can use the lab during studyhall or other classs as long as there is room. Students should ask their […]
-
Password Changes
It is time for student passwords to change. PLEASE portect your password even more carefully than your locker combination. Do not share it with anyone, and if you ever think someone knows it, ask a staff member in the computer lab to help you change it. Also remember that you should use a password that […]
-
Up & Running
The second inservice went very well last week (a “cold water” event for those folks as well – see previous entry). Now here we are the day before school starts, and we are ready to go. With all the new equipment that has come in, we will have quite a bit of shuffling and organizing […]
-
Cold Water, Anyone?
We had the first inservice today to get teachers “up to speed” on technolgoy upgrades, educational resources, and web communication tools. I think the day went well – I planned to cover many different things since we had a full day, and we made great progress. Since I have been planning this day for a […]
-
eThemes
Looking for quality web resources for your classroom? I was introduced to another free online resource called eThemes. It is teacher-reviewed, kid-appropriate web content based around over 900 different themes, or topics. The site, and themes, are maintained by an outstanding program called eMINTS, based in Missouri. This is a site for teachers to go […]
-
Day 4 Theme
This one was easier to come up with as I spent my last half day at the Technology Leadership Forum sponsored by ISTE. The theme for day 4 was: Vision There are 11 essential conditions a district must have for successful technology implementation. Those 11 conditions are: -Shared Vision -Equitable Access -Skilled Personnel -Professional Development […]
-
Day 3 Theme
A lot went on for me in day 3, but if I have to boil it down into a theme, it would be: The Future The day started with a keynote by futurist & author Joel Baker, who spoke on his book (and theory) Five Regions of the Future. I then spent some time looking […]
-
Face to Face Finally
I got to meet face to face for the first time last night with lots of people from MarcoPolo whom I have known virtually for the last few years. The MarcoPolo partners did an overview of upcoming developments for the site, and wow, there are some neat things coming online soon. Xpeditions alone covered 7 […]
-
Sweet
One of my hobbies is architecture – I’m a sucker for an awesome building, and the PA Convention Center is one. The entry building you see above is the old railroad train shed (the oldest surviving single-span arched train shed in the world). Upon entering and going upstairs, you are greeted by the grand hall […]
-
Day 2 Theme
Contructivism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: In education, constructivism is a learning theory which holds that knowledge is not transmitted unchanged from teacher to student, but instead that learning is an active process of recreating knowledge. Constructivists teach techniques that place emphasis on the role of learning activities in a good curriculum. See constructivism (learning […]