It's Elementary » edtech http://itselementary.edublogs.org Supporting technology in the elementary classroom Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Show #23 Tech in School -A Principal’s Perspective http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/09/27/show-23-tech-in-school-a-principals-perspective/ http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/09/27/show-23-tech-in-school-a-principals-perspective/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:18:27 +0000 Maria Knee http://itselementary.edublogs.org/?p=43 We were joined this week by Stephen Lewis, principal of Oak Ridge Elementary. Stephen shared his experiences as principal of a Title One school and how technology is present in the school. Alice Mercer is the tech integrator at the school. Stephen and Alice discussed the issues, joys and challenges of their work. We continued to stream for part of our post show.

Next show – October 6, 2008 where we will talk about the K12Online Conference with the conference conveners.

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]]> http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/09/27/show-23-tech-in-school-a-principals-perspective/feed/ 0 Show #21: Pre-Service Teachers and Technology http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/07/19/show-21-pre-service-teachers-and-technology/ http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/07/19/show-21-pre-service-teachers-and-technology/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:50:04 +0000 alicemercer http://itselementary.edublogs.org/?p=41 This show featured Clif Mims, a professor at Memphis State University, and Bethany Smith, an Instructional Technologist at North Carolina State University. Both of them work with pre-service teachers to help them learn about how to effectively use technology in the classroom.

We started off with our backgrounds, and what we were required to do vis-a-vis technology in our pre-service. Then we looked at these essential questions:

  • Are pre-service teachers being well prepared for entering k12 classrooms today.?
  • Are pre-service teachers bored in college lectures? Does this affect entry into the field?
  • What are your recommendations for best preparing pre-service teachers?

Bethany felt that teachers needed to have a PLN through Ning, or another service, to go to. Clif thought they needed to see examples of teacher who are using technology successfully. Alice felt that with the advent of more scripted/prescribed curriculum, teachers needed to see what project-based learning looked like. It was a great discussion, and the text chat log below includes comments from teachers who are taking a class on education technology.

Link to Audio at Edtechtalk.com

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