third annual technology showcase
25 01 2008
- Eighty percent of success is showing up.
- Woody Allen
Wednesday was the third annual Teaching with Technology showcase. It was
a great opportunity for students to show off what they have been doing in their various classrooms. It included students from all school levels and highlighted the great work that is going on here. Visitors were introduced to blogs, wikis, an array of vernier labs, radio CMS, the popular and much anticipated release of the CMS film program’s second DVD, the ipod as teaching tool, digital sto
ries, Destiny, Ableton Live, and much much more. It was pulled off thanks to lots of hard work by too many people to mention, however the student-centered displays allowed a low-stress environment for the teachers involved, they sat back and watched their students shine. My day was made when one of them said to me, “this is just what we do in my class.”
this is where we need to get to; technology isn’t someth
ing added for a showcase or an observation, it is just there - always. When teachers and students stop seeing it as something added to a lesson but simply as a part of one then we will be moving forward. We are a long way from there now but we are facing in the right direction and moving forward. So until then we keep pushing, we keep praising and offering opportunities for teachers improve their skills and to showcase their ideas in hopes that they’re integrations are contagious.
January 25, 2008
