This project serves to reduce the disparity of access to technology and empower staff, students and families to effectively utilize communication, collaboration and instructional tools for academic, personal and professional empowerment. This "Blueprint for Future" seeks to expand our notion of learning environments to encompass more than the physical school space but also consider the evolution of the network as a "platform" and embrace the community as essential contributors and participants in the educational experience
Imagine for a minute how a typical school day might play out at Roosevelt should this vision become a reality..
As students arrive in the morning with their mobile devices, students cycle through their core classes (English, Math, Science, History, and Language). These abbreviated mini periods enable students to access and collaborate around a complete digital curriculum available via the suite of web-based resources found in the Ed Box curriculum management system. The teacher is a facilitator and works seamlessly with the system and students to present new topics as well assesses their understanding. Teachers in the classes roam about assisting students individually as they work on their mobile devices and work in small groups to navigate through the curriculum. These students deftly toggle among various resources delivered via the student portal, tracking progress via the data served up on the intuitive dashboard console.
As they transition through lunch they are actively checking email, catching up on the latest posts from their language arts peers, uploading their recent math assignment to the teachers drop box, and of course viewing the highlights from last night basketball game currently...
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...ediated solutions and strategies that ultimately contribute to higher levels of student learning and success.
Access – Develop and implement a staff and student technology model that provides “just in time” access to technology and resources i.e., improved teacher technology, modern lab facilities with flexible hours, mobile/flexible student technology including strategic access to the web.
Connect – Provide intuitive tools for schools, teachers, students and parents to communicate, collaborate and access relevant instructional resources. i.e., electronic grade book, curriculum planner, online learning, web portal, and unified messaging resources.
Engagement – Ensure parents and key stakeholders or informed consumers and capable users of the technology tools and resources i.e., adult education opportunities, community partnerships and capacity building.
...ntegration of student-faculty conferences, educational facilities will become places full of smiling, bright scholars. As a current student in high school, it is very easy to see these issues in the education system. Each day I walk the halls beside exhausted zombies who debate whether they should use their lunch periods to get math help in the library or sacrifice a club so they could read a chapter of anatomy that is not even relative to what they talk about in class. Due to the ever-increasing competition and subsequent elevation in performance standards, kids’ academic and emotional prosperity is only going to get worse. When I am an adult and have children, there is nothing more that I would love to see in their long drives through high school than an improvement in the education system, so that they would not have to struggle through school my peers and I did.
An educational system should not control its students’ minds; instead, it should be arranged in a way that builds the students’ success with a goal to lead a person to conquer his/her purposes.
Technology is a must in today’s digital world. People communicate and interact with friends, family, and colleagues through technology. Community colleges and universities offer online learning. Schools incorporate
It was a cool crisp October night and a family was on their way home from a high school football game. The children were in the back seat playing quietly and the parents were having a pleasant conversation about the game. Suddenly the brakes squealed and the car skidded to an abrupt stop. What was this problem that just about caused an accident and could it have been avoided. This type of incident happens all over the United States and sometimes has a fatal ending. Deer are the cause of this problem and wildlife conservation is a way to help prevent future accidents. Wildlife conservation uses many tools that benefit animals and people. Hunting is a necessary tool used in wildlife conservation and should be considered the most effective way to control and manage the deer population.
Creating a learning and safe environment where students can grow through a system the gives them the attention and healthy activities they need to expand their minds. I got a quote from John Gatto in his writing “We Need Less Schools, Not More” he states “education is about discovering the meaning and purpose of oneself” (54). Gatto is illustrating that a working education system should push students towards the path of what they enjoy and what they want to learn so they can understand their meaning and purpose when they graduate and walk off into the world. That is why I agree with Gatto on his view of helping students find out there purpose and meaning and adding on to that Gatto also incorporated the importance of making students unique as he also was quoted for saying “your education should make you unique” (56). The importance of being unique is because you bring a different aspect to the table when another people speak upon different ideas. You are able to see things others cannot. Incorporating a trait such as unique will take time but will only benefit us as a country that is why I installed it into my education
Technology enables students and teachers to have a fast and easy way to acquire unlimited access to tons of information. With all of the useful technologies, the curriculum is bound to change in endless ways, creating more opportunity for learning.
Public service is a very beneficial activity. It can help teach people life skills, social skills, and responsibility. However, if required, it can bring about issues. If a person is required to perform public service between high school and college, it is possible that he or she might not go back to school or try to get a full time job. Money could also be an issue; if someone is performing public service, he or she cannot have a steady job to earn a sufficient income. According to Dennis Welch (Senior Staff Writer for “The Gallup Organization”), over half of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 were opposed to the thought of a public service requirement as of 2004 (1). While public service can be a benefit to both society and the person doing
...her ups, and then once their ideas of education update, so can school systems, then teachers themselves. Maiers “Keys to Student Engagement” shows the raw potential that school systems already have. It also shows that students need the drive and ambition to succeed. Tristan’s article on edutopia provides ideas that are already in motion. His ideas and tips have already started to work in public high school in his community. With the guidance and vision of these three authors public school issues could cease to exist. Even though there’s a lot involved getting administrators (and some teachers) on board, it is possible, and in the near future, a reality.
An interview with Karen Cator, director of the Office of Educational Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Education, is presented. When asked about a good example of the use of technology in education, Cator discusses Mooresville Graded School District in Mooresville, North Carolina, which use laptops and interactive whiteboards in education. Cator also addresses the importance of student engagement in education, online courses, and the use of digital media devices in classrooms.
These unique learning styles are often misunderstood and may contribute to undesirable behavior. However, as an educator, I must accommodate these students by differentiated instruction. This differentiation must include technology integration. Digital tools such as Super Notes and myHomework allow students to remember to take notes and remember important due dates while interactive websites such as ReadWriteThink allow students with ADD/ADHD to use interactive visuals to organize notes into ideas. If I could change this artifact, I would include additional hours in which I collaborated with V.’s teacher. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time and the distance, I was unable to collaborate with her. I am interested in knowing how these digital tools played a role in the
Technology has rapidly changed over the years and has expanded our infrastructure greatly. In particular, as technology advances the education system adapts to the many changes. The world of technology brings about many new improvements and shows no sign of slowing down. Many people spend their day to day lives utilizing the great aspects of technology doing almost anything imaginable. Through technology teachers and students can connect and expound upon the many fields of education. Technology is an ever growing aid in education that has increased awareness, communication, and accessibility. How is technology shaping education? The uses of mobile devices and applications have shown a great influence in the education system.
Hirsch, Jim. "Learning Collaboratively With Technology." School Administrator 1 Aug. 2005: 10. eLibrary. Web. 6 July 2011.
students prefer technology because they believe that it makes learning more interesting and fun. They especially like laptops and tablets. Subjects that students deem challenging or boring can become more interesting with virtual lessons, through a video, or when using a tablet. Technology occupies an important place within students’ lives. When they are not in school, just about everything that they do is connected in some way to technology. By integrating technology into the classroom, teachers are changing the way they used to teach (lectures six hours a day) and providing students with the tools that will take them into the 21st century. One of the characteristics of the modern classroom is collaboration and technology helps to empower it. With classroom technology students can collaborate with other students and their teachers in and outside of the classroom quickly and easily.
Starr, L. (2011, June 14). Education World. Retrieved 11 2, 2013, from Technology Integration/ Ideas That Work: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech176.shtml
Mission Statement: As an educator I will provide for students the opportunity to make a positive difference in their lives to help them accomplish unexpected goals. I will enhance learning to support my students in achieving their highest potential by integrating technology into the curriculum. I will integrate conceptual technology learning techniques that will implement concrete knowledge of technology that will emphasize mastery of understanding. Through committed support from educators, faculty, staff, parents, and the community, I will advance learning to support my students. This will allow students to become confident, creative, motivated, technology-ready students. I will provide leadership to achieve these standards of excellence each student deserves for a technology driven society.