It's Elementary » education 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 #22: Gaming in the Elementary Classroom http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/08/30/show-22-gaming-in-the-elementary-classroom/ http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/08/30/show-22-gaming-in-the-elementary-classroom/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:50:16 +0000 alicemercer http://itselementary.edublogs.org/?p=42 Come have a listen as we discuss Gaming in education with our guest, Tom Turner, we talked about why and how you can use online and computer games in education. The discussion points were:

  1. Defining different types of computer games
  2. Educational opportunities and learning objectives in these games
  3. Barriers to using them in the classroom
  4. Games that will likely never be in a classroom (first-person shooter games, e.g. Halo, GTA)

Our next show will be on September 8th, 2008 at our usual time 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern at Edtechtalk

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