After TiLT's first meeting I realized that it is time to survey our staff on their comfort level with technology in their classroom and lesson plans. I am using ISTE's NETS for teachers. A survey was created based on those standards in a Google Spreadsheet and has been emailed to all of the staff. I have asked them to have it finished by Friday, February 1st.
This data will be used as a baseline. The survey will once again be given to the staff at the end of the year to determine progress made due to our efforts.
The survey questions follow after the break.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
TiLT First Meeting
I met with the Technology Leadership Team for the first time on Friday, January 18th. I asked one teacher from High School, Gwen Gilbert, and one teacher from Elementary School, Natalie Stewart, to join the team. In this way all grade levels are included since I teach in the Middle School. Kindergarten through 12th grade is represented on my campus and therefore I wanted a teacher from every level. Gilbert has shown her expertise with technology and currently serves as the campus resource person for our electronic grading system. Stewart is a quick learner and eager to promote the use of technology in the lower grades.
We decided to name the group TiLT. We discussed offering mini-lessons to staff members after school to cover a wide-range of technology related topics teachers can use in their classrooms. The list we came up with is as follows:
While there are many more topics available, these are the ones we are choosing to start with. Our first mini-lesson will be over Helpful Educational Websites such as Khan Academy, and TeacherTube. We will be using a Wiki at http://tilted.wikispaces.com/ to easily organize and share the information with teachers.
We will determine a date for the first training at a later time. It was a successful meeting and I am looking forward to working with a great team!
We decided to name the group TiLT. We discussed offering mini-lessons to staff members after school to cover a wide-range of technology related topics teachers can use in their classrooms. The list we came up with is as follows:
- Refresher training, but also beginning courses on topics for new staff.
- Promethean Board, Promethan Slates, ActivVoters
- Edmodo
- Moodle - Gwen
- Gaggle
- Gaggle YouTube videos
- TeacherTube
- Helpful Educational Website
- Worksheets
- Educational Games
- Wiki with Helpful Educational Website *1st one - Freaky Friday
- Blogging
While there are many more topics available, these are the ones we are choosing to start with. Our first mini-lesson will be over Helpful Educational Websites such as Khan Academy, and TeacherTube. We will be using a Wiki at http://tilted.wikispaces.com/ to easily organize and share the information with teachers.
We will determine a date for the first training at a later time. It was a successful meeting and I am looking forward to working with a great team!
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