Internet Proficiency Cert (as well as teacher standards) as a =
requirement for graduating from grades 5, 9 and 12, in effort to level =
the playing field between poorer/richer school districts. A set of =
ever-evolving national technology standards, they are attained across =
all subject matters and grade levels (including Industrial Technology) =
and constitute a baseline of skills. Though not too big a fan of the =
government imposing this kind of thing, having taught in that system in =
a lycee in the US, I felt it gave me firmer ground to go as above and =
beyond as the school's time/budget would allow, i.e. robotics, =
programming, CAD, etc. I use ISTE in the same way now, having done away =
with "the technology class" in favor of an applied tech curriculum and a =
cert acknowledging skills acquisition based on a matrix of skills K-12 =
across the subjects. Eventually we can add computer science and/or =
digital arts classes. I would love to come up with some PHP or other =
web-based program so that my teachers can check of tech skills for each =
student (and themselves) as they were covered in class.
Chris Delmar
Technology Program Director
Christ Episcopal School
109 South Washington Street
Rockville, MD 20850
301-424-6550=20
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I'm curious if you all think that this would apply when one of the 12% =
is
a 4th grade teacher, for example, whose students will not have the same
experiences to build upon for 5th grade? Can we leave it to that teacher
to decide what skills are necessary (or not necessary)? Should there be
curricular guidelines at this level?=20
Lorri Carroll
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Hamden Hall Country Day School
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>Ironically, my sense has been that the 12% not using technology are not
>the
>weakest or most backward 12% of teachers. They tend to correlate more
>closely with the 12% most experienced and most well-respected teachers.
>Not
>a 12% that I would choose to ignore or disengage from.
>
>My sense is that usually the lack of technological engagement is, as =
Renee
>suggested, based on legitimate lack of time, long experience teaching
>without technology (so the efficiency gains of technology are not
>appealing:
>they would require major loss of efficiency to retool with technology, =
at
>least initially), and deep involvement with co-curricular aspects of =
the
>school (e.g. dorm heads, college advisors, varsity coaches) that devour
>enormous amounts of their time (did I mention lack of time? Lack of =
time.)
>
>It has probably been ten years since I talked to a teacher who was not
>employing technology who was not keenly aware that they _should_ be =
using
>technology and who didn't have some ideas about how they might use it.
>
>-- S
>
>Seth Battis / http://battis.net / seth@battis.net / @battis / (323)
>638-7384
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>
>On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Steve Taffee <staffee@castilleja.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Personally, I'd be inclined not to spend much time on the 12%. =
There's
>> greater pay-off working with those who are ready to move, and in rare
>> cases,
>> there are teachers who are so gifted in other areas that who cares if
>they
>> use technology?
>>
>> It's tough to let some people go on in ways that don't challenge them =
to
>> stretch and grow, but let's be realistic about not letting the tail =
wag
>the
>> dog and becoming a drag on other innovators. Isolate and control =
their
>> reach
>> is the tough love that may sometimes be required. The recalcitrant =
are
>> adults and make their own decisions.
>>
>> s
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>> You don't *really* need to print this do you?
>>
>>
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