for our K-12 school of 1150, and we just split=20
that position. (We are looking for the Lower=20
School Technology Coordinator now for starting in=20
late July 2008. If you know of any who are=20
interested and have a hankering to move outside=20
the U.S., send them my way.) While we are not yet=20
a laptop school, we have numerous laptops and=20
other systems but we weren't able to help our=20
teachers as much as we wanted, particularly in=20
the lower school. We need the coordinators for two reasons:
1. Help the teachers.
2. Demonstrate excellence and vision for the administration.
Administrators aren't in class much so they don't=20
intuitively see the benefits that teachers can=20
see. The coordinators can help them make the=20
connection by getting them in class when good things are going on.
Derrel
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Derrel Fincher
Director of Information and Communication Technology
Graded=96The American School of S=E3o Paulo
Associa=E7=E3o Escola Graduada de S=E3o Paulo
Caixa Postal 1976
CEP 01059-970
S=E3o Paulo, SP, Brazil
dfincher@graded.br | http://www.graded.br
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At 03:08 PM 12/3/2007 -0800, Allyn Bushlow wrote:
>How many of you have or are considering hiring instructional
>technologists/ academic technology coordinators/ technology integration
>specialists / technology curriculum integration coordinator positions? We
>are in our tenth year of a 1:1 laptop program and have yet to have clearly
>defined expectations for faculty and students with regards to skills and
>integration. With both ISTE NETS standards, NAIS Principles of Good
>Practice, and 21stCenturySkills.OR there is a lot of good work that has
>been done outlining very specifically what we all need to be implementing
>to teach global citizens that are capable of, and responsibly using the
>tools of their generation and beyond. Any input with what you are doing
>at your school is much appreciated. Hopefully this will generate some
>interesting conversation.
>
>Allyn Bushlow
>Director of Technology
>Stevenson School
>3152 Forest Lake Road
>Pebble Beach, CA 93953
>831-625-8395
>abushlow@rlstevenson.org
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