Prepping for New Teachers
I’m officially back at school tomorrow and have a ton on my plate. As a division tech coordinator, I’m back at school two weeks earlier than the rest of our faculty to make sure all is in order for them to start. In about two weeks, I have my official time to work with new [...]
IT4Educators from Atomic Learning
I’ve been looking for ways to bring new teachers up to speed after being hired. My test topic for new teacher professional development has been use of Smartboards in the classroom. Today I discovered resources on the Atomic Learning site, to which my school already has a subscription. Here’s an example of SmartNotebook video set: [...]
Responses: Prepping teachers new to laptop schools
Yesterday I posted questions to my PLN via this blog, Twitter, Facebook, and the ISENet Listserv. Here are the questions I asked and the responses. There are many models that work for many schools. Thanks to all who shared their ideas and experiences. If you have more to share, please comment on this post. When [...]
Preparing new faculty for teaching in a laptop school
As we start the new school year, I was hoping to do a quick survey (will blog results, hopefully later this week) about how schools with laptop programs prep new faculty. I realize it’s too late to help most of us for this school year, but as many of us have a handful of new [...]
Teaching with Tablets: What kind of tablet user are you?
Going through my Diigo Groups emails this morning, I noticed a great rubric to help educators determine their level of IWB use. I thought it might be helpful to start something similar for teachers using TabletPCs. Suggestions for improvement? Beginning Tablet User Adaptive Tablet User Advanced Tablet User This teacher uses the TabletPC in a [...]
