"What expectations do teachers need to come with? How do you support teachers going into 1:1?
* Get rid of network Nazi's who don't have any business making curriculum decisions for teachers. (This comment received lots of applause!)
* Invest in staff development. That includes instructional and technical support.
* "Just in time training" available for teachers."
"Elementary school teachers were much less likely than secondary teachers to be frequent technology users; 15 percent of elementary teachers were frequent users and 43 percent were infrequent users, compared with 27 percent and 29 percent of secondary teachers, respectively. Among secondary teachers, social studies teachers were most likely to be frequent technology users (33 percent), while English teachers were least likely (16 percent)."
-via Jennifer Dorman
This year, after having amassed a collection of more than 20,000 books, officials at the pristine campus about 90 minutes west of Boston have decided the 144-year-old school no longer needs a traditional library. The academy's administrators have decided to discard all their books and have given away half of what stocked their sprawling stacks - the classics, novels, poetry, biographies, tomes on every subject from the humanities to the sciences. The future, they believe, is digital.
Mashup your data into stories
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Tell your stories in a new way
Photo albums are old school! Pick your sources, start and end date and your story is good to go. If necessary you can tweak it for a better flow.
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