Professional Development

As we talk about professional development, you should look into updating your technical proficiency since most professional development includes technology for the class room. I recommend these resources for your own development: edutopia pbs educators google educators This is no exhaustive resource. Will you please share resources as you come across them? The state of […]

secondary tech standards

Collectively the secondary group worked in cross-disciplinary groups to come up with projects that combine their curriculum with state technology standards. Think of some great ways to incorporate other courses, including core subjects, into your own curriculum and align with faculty to enforce learning. Subject subject Assignment using technology Music Physical Science Exploring the nature […]

Teacher Technologies

Adapting technology for classrooms Sometimes you are not working in a district with all of the technology. Here are some ways to adapt technology into your classroom: A bunch of hardware Some parents could donate hubs or individual pieces for your lab set up. Here is the link to Microsoft’s site: http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief/en-us/default.aspx Here is another […]

5.11 bPortfolio Standardization

bPortfolio Set up Checklist (Dr. Kline forwarded this e-mail and this should look a lot like what you have already been blogging about) Creating Tags and Posts (blip tv video created by Dr. Wicks) SPU Cert Blog information Items required in your Blog (tag clouds, categories, pages) (blip tv video created by Dr. Wicks) SPU’s […]

School Board Policy

At OSPI’s site is a sample of a technology security policy. This seems to be established by the school boards but should include these safe guidelines: http://www.k12.wa.us/EdTech/InternetSafety/ElectronicResources.aspx Lake Washington AUP Here is SPUs