3. ABOUT TRINITY
3’s-6th Grade
625 Students
Mac Platform
1:1 Laptop program 5th and 6th
Grades
1 Cart of iPad/Grade
iPads and e-Readers in Media
Center
Tech Lab for 1st-4th and support
for 5th and 6th
4. 100 YEARS AGO
100 years of
education
reform...
What has
changed?
What still
looks the same?
5. TRADITIONAL EDUCATION
What looks different? Who’s still in charge?
Classrooms still continue to function like a
sealed box.
10. THE CHANGE
Teaching Methodology
Lots of talk about the
technology, but little change
with how we teach with the
technology.
Our tech lab isn’t just a
room that houses
technology, it’s a space
where people come
together, create and learn.
Students have the
opportunity to see their
teachers learn beside them.
Students have the
opportunity to teach their
teachers, to solve problems
and to become leaders.
11. WHAT TEACHERS FEAR
How do we get
teachers to
WANT to come?
What are the
teachers
SAYING?
How do we get
teachers to
WANT to use
technology?
Is there more
confidence from
the younger native
generation?
17. COLLABORATION AND
INTEGRATION
Communication with Teachers
Grade-level Meetings
Culminating Projects and Team Building
Opportunities
New Technology and Ideas for Integration
We provide the framework...students drive the content
Relevant modeling of tools, methods for further
integration
Hinweis der Redaktion
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learning commons beta test...start with the lab\nwe needed to make it interesting enough for people to notice\npersonalized learning\ndynamic and inviting space\n
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huddle areas\nHuddle Areas More and more, students are working collaboratively, and, increasingly, universities are providing student lounge and huddle areas to accommodate both academic and social activities. These non-classroom, informal learning spaces are typically made up of discrete areas sized to accommodate about four or five students at a table, with power receptacles and connectivity to a shared large-screen flat panel display, which can be table- or wall-mounted.\nThink of a series of booths commonly found in diners, which provide a minimal separation among groups. In some cases, acoustic and visual separation may be enhanced by increasing the height of the panels between booths.\nIn lounge areas in classroom buildings, libraries, and dorms, furniture is often arranged to support small workgroups. Again, power and display capabilities are often provided.\n\n
1.  It requires teachers to be risk takers--but based on sound educational principals.\n2.  It focuses less on content and more on process, understanding, and critical thinking about material. \n3.  It requires "old" skills (reading, writing,etc..) but develops new skills need for the changing world.\n4.  It exposes students to engaging social networking in an educational setting\n5.  It establishes and allows students to can create their own knowledge based on fact and content. \n6.  It makes learning and teaching more FUN.\n
5 Tips for the Tech Terrified Teacher\nRemember, it’s not about you! Your discomfort with technology impacts your students’ futures. Teachers need to be preparing students for the world we live in today. So many jobs are dependent on a basic understanding of technology. Always ask yourself, “am I teaching something that is obsolete, or something that will help my students in the future that lies ahead?”\nDon’t resist your tech guru teacher-friend: It is difficult to ask for help but partnering up with a tech guru teacher-friend can provide a support system that can help ease your transition from tech terrified to tech curious.\nRealize it’s okay if you are not in control: In reflection, I realize that a major reason that I resisted tech for so long is because I feared what would happen if I was no longer in control…but it is okay if the tech malfunctions. In fact it can lead to some pretty teachable moments.\nLet your students teach you something: Newsflash – if you think you are the omnipotent force in your classroom, think again! Kids know a lot these days and it can boost their confidence and engagement if you call on students for support.\nIf you find a product you like, ask someone from the company to come visit – Tech startups want you to use their products so most likely if you send an email, they will answer any questions you have or maybe even come visit your school to teach you how to use their product.\n\n