Professional Theory and Philosophy – 2008

Posted on March 19, 2008 
Filed under Theory & Philosophy




This year in computer lab, I changed how computer labs for teacher prep periods have been run at my school site.

I have communicated with and sought input from the regular classroom teachers to align what I am teaching with their goals and themes. Below is the front page of the wiki I use for online planning (you can click on it to go to that page).

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I have studied both the Technology Standards –NETs– and grade-level content standards and made both a priority.
Because I’m at a Program Improvement school (PI), I have made sure that I am supporting the focus standards that each grade level set (as you can see in the image from my planning wiki below).

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I have focused on language development for ELLs.
I have created activities that develop higher order thinking skills and have students working on inquiry based activities.

To sum up, it’s not about the technology, it’s about the thinking. I plan for that, I scaffold for it, and I make sure that it takes place:[slideshare id=87011&doc=pp-about-me1100&w=425]

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