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Posted: Tue Apr 29th, 2008 07:14 pm |
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Hey SOD I see your wife made teacher of the year. Tell her congrats and I can't wait to see the boards faces when they announce her name at the next meeting. I gotta make sure I'm there for that one.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29th, 2008 07:12 pm |
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Lucky me. I received the same anonymous message as everyone else. The only problem is that I work for the district and I know what's going on and the problem starts with him. Hey otterman don't send me your crap anymore. At least be man enough to put your name on it. Don't send me anonymous crap that I can't even respond to. That's just like you. Prevent people from telling you how it is. We can't leave comments on your blog and we can't reply to your anonymous private message. What a joke you are. You don't care what we think and its so obvious.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 04:02 am |
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Is it me or does Chuck seem extremely paranoid? Seems like every one of his post s refers to watch dogs and special interests. It's almost like people like SOD are haunting him.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 12:52 am |
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So Chalres Otterman sent a private message to people on these forums shamelessly promoting his website? And he's doing this after publicly stating that his blog was NOT a public relations medium in the mists of an election year??
I don't know if anyone noticed, but you cannot post any comments until he approves them first. Which means he gets to censor all comments before they are shown on the website. So much for the the "Will of the People".
The hypocrisy of the whole situation is that he used his position as Governing Board President to promote his website during a Governing Board meeting just a few weeks ago. Then, less than an hour later, he passed a proclamation that he wrote which says
"We understand that our board meetings is our opportunity to do board business and not places for individual board member public relations campaigns geared toward the public or the press"
Now that's fact and is in the Governing Board meeting minutes.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 12:16 am |
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Yeah - I find it funny that a PM from "Nothing But the Facts" leads me to Otterman's blog where six of the eight posts as I write this are labeled as Commentary. Facts...commentary...facts...commentary...hmmm. They seem a bit different to me.
His blog does share some about the 'Courageous Leadership' conference he attended in New Orleans. Since I know we're all curious, not having heard about it Friday, you can read what he said at
http://charlesottermanblog.com/2008/03/17/conference-in-the-big-easy.aspx
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| ex-KW, I did! It was sent to me in a Private Message
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| How many people got a message for a web site that Otterman has posted on the web? I got it what a joke of an ego
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| Yes another high paying job for someone who know nothing
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 06:27 pm |
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Technology coach? That's a great idea...which means it will never happen.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 06:08 pm |
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I am also a technology teacher in the district, and yes the rumors are true, the 2008-2009 school year will be the last year with computer labs. Already during this whole surplus process we have closed another 2 labs, and have had other teachers pleading their case to keep their position.
The idea of 21st century learner and tech integration is a good idea, but as always the implementation by the district falls short. There has not been enough training for teachers to get them to the point of being comfortable with technology in their classroom. An hour long professional development class about how to use Kidspiration is not going to make up for years of not using technology. Even our teachers coming fresh from college are only equipped with one or two ed tech classes. And the idea of the T-cubed (a teacher apointed to act as a technology mentor on campus) is great in theory, but not in practice. They have a full time job, students all day, how can they go into the classroom and help teachers???
If we are truly going to adapt thie 21st century model we need to have a full time person on campus to act as a technology coach- especially since the labs are being done away with. We need to train and model for these teachers and most importantly we need to provide them with the tools necessary to be successful.
OH- also just to add to this, many schools are dismanteling the lab. Meaning their will not be a room on campus available for checkout, the computers are supposed to be moved into classrooms, but with 32 computers in the lab and over 45 classrooms on my campus, who gets the short end of the deal?
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 11:38 pm |
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I’m not aware of the Technology program in the Deer Valley District but I do know Technology teachers and have family in the Peoria District. Currently the Dysart 7th and 8th graders in most of our schools get 40 minutes of Technology a week but in Peoria the 7th and 8th graders get 200 minutes a week. Also in the Peoria district all elementary schools have 2 (two) computer labs in each school. One is for K-6th grades and each classroom teacher has an assigned time they are to bring their class to the lab to work every week. The other lab is used only by the 7th and 8th grades with a Technology teacher. Even with the Technology we currently have in the Dysart District we are light years behind just this one District in Technology training. Just imagine what it will be like when we have completely closed all Technology labs at the end of next year and have 0 (zero) minutes of Technology training each week! Integrating Technology into the children’s academic learning is NOT Technology training!
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 05:15 am |
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I don't have the time tonight, but it would be interesting to find out the technology usage and expectations in the Deer Valley district.
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 03:29 am |
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Welcome to Dysart, where the motto is do as I say, not as I do.
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I guess as a Technology teacher I tend to think very logically! Nothing about this new philosophy the District is instituting makes any sense to me, logically or any other way. The ONLY area of this new philosophy I agree with is that Technology DOES need to be integrated into the classroom curriculum but not at the expense of removing the teaching of Technology as a subject. I struggle on a daily basis with the Kindergarten – 8th grades teaching the “how-to” of Technology. This isn’t an easy task but it will be nearly impossible for the classroom teacher to do this AND stay at or exceed the academic needs of the students. Something will end up being sacrificed since there is only so much time in the school day. You can bet it will be Technology that will get sacrificed. The reason I say this is because the majority of our classroom teachers do not have the knowledge and/or experience to teach Technology, to trouble shoot the many, many equipment problems that happen every day, to resolve the many issues students create (accidentally or on purpose) using the computers, resolving issues with IDs/passwords not being activated correctly or student H-drives not being moved from one school to the current school. This is just the tip of the iceberg of things that happen in the lab on a daily basis. For the classroom teacher this would all be in addition to just getting in and having an academic lesson in which computers are used. In no way am I putting down the classroom teacher and their ability to teach computers. Some teachers are already skilled in this area and some have no idea how to do ANYTHING more than find their email every morning. For this latter group, if anything functions differently with their email (like their send icon disappears) they have no idea how to correct the problem! I’ve already had 2 classroom teachers this year come to me wanting to know what was wrong with their email because the toolbar that was there yesterday is gone today. When I show them how to get to the list of toolbars, they say they had no idea you could even do that. I understand this isn’t their area of expertise but the District is expecting these teachers to be teaching students how to use computers. Will the teachers have time allow on a regular basis for all of their students to learn how to type by using the software the District has already purchased? This is a regular part of my Technology program.
Teachers are complaining left and right about this new District Philosophy, but we have little, if any, powers to make any changes; especially when new school buildings are being built with no lab to even have a class. Parents, these are your children. Do you want your child to miss out on a more complete Technology training for the rest of their elementary schooling? These will be years you can not get back. How will they compete with children from other Districts with much more intensive Technology training in the future when they are ready for college or getting jobs? Parents NEED to be very vocal to the District about their feelings in regard to these changes. My thought is every child in this District deserves a classroom teacher who integrates Technology into the academic curriculum AND a Technology class where the “how-to” of computers is taught. In addition to the “how-to” being taught, we need to be teaching Technology Life skills for 7th and 8th graders (balancing a checkbook, understanding how credit cards work, creating a budget, understanding how the stock market works just to name a few) and we need to be exposing these students to the careers in Technology. These are not wild pie-in-the-sky ideas. These are subjects being taught every day in school Districts adjacent to our District. How will our students fair with the students from these other schools in the future?
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I think they had to get rid of the technology to pay for all the Admin and office manager positions they filled.
This is very sad. Teachers already work extremly hard and spend many personal hours just to keep up with what they are doing today. How are they supposed to now learn IT and teach that too? What education they will get, if any, will not be near enough.
All the expectation is about passing AIMS. Teaching everything that is needed and that should be taught seems to be falling apart in this district and state.
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Posted: Wed Apr 9th, 2008 01:39 pm |
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DDE and MrsF, though the questions you present make absolute sense to me, there is one major flaw in them: they require logic. That hasn't always been in great supply here.
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Posted: Wed Apr 9th, 2008 12:18 pm |
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DDE,
Excellent points you make. It looks like the district doesn't even need us to be trained in these programs because the students will "pick it up on their own". What a great philosophy! That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I'm guessing that the money they will save by cutting the technology teachers and the labs out of the program, they will buy more technology with?
Why would you cut the support of the one area you are trying to build up in this district?
Why wouldn't they tell the teachers of this plan sooner? Don't you think that telling the reg ed teachers what they will be expected to do is important for their dedication to the district? Their vision should be shared. The district throws around this term "21st Century Learner" all the time, but I don't remember any sort of inservice or training on the vision of what that looks like. I vaguely remember a power point, but don't you think if it's a philosophy the district is adopting they would be telling us more about it?
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MrsF I agree with everything you have said about this subject. As a Technology teacher we all found out last year that Technology was going away by way of the grapevine. When we approached those in IT administration about this rumor it was confirmed. We have been told that the District feels computers labs are a waste of District money to build and maintain and that Technology should be integrated into the classroom curriculum by the classroom teacher. When we asked how the students were going to learn HOW to use the software needed to integrate their learning in the classroom, we were told the students would pick this up on their own. The emphasis didn’t need to be on the How-to of the software but the doing of it. The last few new elementary schools built in our District have been built without a computer lab. At this time, older schools with a computer lab can, at the decision of the principal, continue to use their lab. We have been told that all of these computer labs will be completely dismantled in the next 1-2 years. When IT administration was asked how they expected the classroom teachers to teach technology when most have no experience in this area and many have no idea what you’d even do with Excel, Word or PowerPoint they responded the teachers will be trained. Since we already have schools in this District with no computer lab and no teachers have been trained, how can a classroom teacher be expected to fully integrate Technology into the classroom curriculum? If this was a well thought out plan by the District, why weren’t all classroom teachers brought up to speed in teaching Technology and given a chance to get experience and confidence doing it so they could be successful teaching it in the classroom BEFORE they closed down the computer labs? If this is the way the District wants to go, why couldn’t teachers be trained and the labs be phased out AFTER the training. The current plan leaves no doubt we will have many, many years of little or no Technology training for the elementary age children in this District. Those will be lost years of Technology training for our students.
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Surprise Teacher,
Thank you for your compliment. Every technology teacher I have come into contact with in the district has been talking about it, along with many teachers of various other subjects as well. I haven't heard anything from District Office or anything, but they like to wait until the last second to tell us these major decisions anyway (the uniform debacle comes to mind).
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MrsF, I think you've made a fine argument for keeping technology as a special. (Did your students do persuasive writing on the AIMS today?) In an ideal world, I'd support having both library and technology, with both of those teachers working collaboratively with classroom teachers.
Moving sadly from philosophy to reality, I heard many whispers a year ago that the current school year would be the last for technology teachers, and the district would do away with the position after this school year. I haven't heard anything about it one way or the other lately. Has anyone heard anything recently to support or debunk this?
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Thank you Mrs. F for putting in the words of a teacher who truly understands the why it is important. I just cannot understand how the district can justify library being more important than technology for a special. Library is essential but with the classroom teacher and librarian helping them to pick the correct books or genre. I am done and I only hope that all students will succeed!!
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Surprise Teacher,
Until Dysart is willing to support this idea by actually PROVIDING the technology for this concept, it will fail miserably. For in order for a student to properly use programs such as Powerpoint, Kidspiration, Word, Excel, email, the internet, etc., they must be trained. This takes time. If my school only has two laptop carts and a computer lab, a research unit must be stretched into two weeks, one for the students to learn to navigate the programs and one for them to actually do the research. This means that the laptop carts/computer lab will be reserved for two weeks at a time in a particular time slot.
By the time you get everyone to the lab or bring in the laptops and log in, there's about 10 minutes gone. Then let's say you get another half hour or so in there. You have to remember to save your work, log off, clean up and get out of there because someone else is waiting to come in. This means that if you are being productive as a class, it doesn't matter, we have to stop. In the regular classroom, with laptops, we would be able to continue as long as we need to. What if we are in the middle of a project and need more time, but the computer lab is booked up for the next two weeks during our requested time slot? Now we have to wait a few weeks to be able to return to our projects to finish them up. That doesn't make any sense.
Instead, the students go to computer lab every week or so to learn the basics of the technology so the teacher can merely guide and support their use of the programs. In fact, the regular classroom teachers can/should tell the technology teachers what they need the kids to learn for upcoming projects and the technology teacher can use that time to show the kids the capabilities of the program. I think it's ridiculous to keep putting more and more on the reg ed teachers without providing the necessary support in order to best serve these students. The district should pony up and put a laptop cart in every classroom or two.
Every time I complain to my principal about the lack of technology, I am told to apply for grants. I shouldn't have to. If the district wants me to do something, they should provide the materials to do it. They need to put their money where their mouth is. What other profession in this world requires the professional to go get the proper equipment necessary in order to do their job? If I were to work for UPS, they would provide my uniform, my truck, my scanner machine, my dolly cart, and anything else I need to do my job efficiently. If a UPS delivery person can have what they need, why can't we?
I think you are operating under the assumption that if the kids go to technology class, that is the only technology they will be exposed to and that is not true. I don't know what kind of time you have in your day, but I don't have time to first teach my kids HOW to use PowerPoint and then expect them to know it right away and begin to put together a presentation. Technology Special Area is a HUGE support.
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| And how are they going to do that with only 2 carts of lap tops and less computers, lighted me so wise one
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ex-KWfamily wrote: Surprise_teacher wrote: Each school is able to rotate 9 grades of classes through the computer lab now. Since its use should be integrated with the curriculum and not simply teaching how to use a mouse or how to use Power point as stand-alone topics, it can easily be done as a part of social studies or science, for example.
So you are saying that science and social studies are not important and you feel we are wasting the students time with those subject I see. Well I disagree, United States is falling behind in the science field, other countries are developing better engineers, scientist than we since people like you believe science is a joke. I believe that you feel that history is a joke and that the moon landing was a big hoax right (my emphasis - ST)
Where in the world did that come from?? I believe it is critical for our students to have a deep understanding of social studies and science. I have voiced my surprise and disappointment that politicians in both states I have taught in haven't seen those subjects important enough to count on state standardized tests...until Arizona is counting some science tests this year. (The whole concept of judging teachers by standardized test performance is a joke, but that's another day and another thread.)
In addition to learning math, reading, writing, social studies, science, and the arts, students must understand how technology works and how it will shape their lives. However, there is no reason for technology or any other subject to be taught completely on its own. For example, principals throughout the district have been encouraging classroom teachers to use science and social studies content to also teach reading skills. While learning about the Apollo program, students can also be working on finding the main ideas of a chapter or section. This is simply good teaching.
The same can and should apply to technology-based projects. The concept of project-based learning is one the district is working hard to promote. You can learn more about it at
http://schoolweb.dysart.org/EdTech/Content.aspx?eiID=76
Students learning about Neil Armstrong can find information from books and encyclopedias as we used to do. With technology, they can also find resources online and integrate that into a Powerpoint presentation or a web page to demonstrate mastery of the science standards: not just science, not just technology.
The idea of integrating technology into all subject areas is not one unique to me, or even unique to the district. The state technology standards say the same thing. To quote: The use of cross-references to the other Arizona Academic Standards is intended to emphasize that technology is seen as an integrated component of the educational and learning process. Teachers may find additional opportunities for integrating the Technology Standards with other academic standards.
http://www.ade.az.gov/standards/technology/default.asp
The primary goal of the State Board of Education's Arizona Technology plan is to: Improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools with a target of fully integrating technology into the academic curriculum by December 2006.
http://www.ade.az.gov/technology/AZTechPlan05.pdf
The jobs our students will have will routinely integrate technologies into every aspect of their duties. Technology will not just be used by them on Monday afternoons or Thursday mornings. Technology is a strong motivator for students, and it should be used to promote learning throughout the day and throughout the curriculum, not just 40 minutes a week.
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Surprise_teacher wrote:
Each school is able to rotate 9 grades of classes through the computer lab now. Since its use should be integrated with the curriculum and not simply teaching how to use a mouse or how to use Power point as stand-alone topics, it can easily be done as a part of social studies or science, for example.
So you are saying that science and social studies are not important and you feel we are wasting the students time with those subject I see. Well I disagree, United States is falling behind in the science field, other countries are developing better engineers, scientist than we since people like you believe science is a joke. I believe that you feel that history is a joke and that the moon landing was a big hoax right
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Ever since they gave the library a set of standards and a curriculum, my kids have not been ready when I pick them up from the library all year. Whatever lessons they are trying to squeeze in are interfering with their ability/time to check out books. While I'm sure they are learning valuable lessons such as how to find certain books in the database and on the shelves, and the different genres of literature, I can't imagine what other skills they need to learn about the library. If I am missing something, please let me know. Otherwise, I would like for my kids to have more time to check out books. If learning the database were started around 2nd grade, they should be pretty proficient at using it by about 4th grade, so there shouldn't be much need for still teaching most of the kids how to use the system.
There is ALWAYS a huge line at the checkout counter when I get there and there are kids running around trying to finish up whatever activities they are doing in there. Once, I went in and saw my kids doing a "word search". Is that really a good use of their time?
Technology and library are both very important. It is my understanding that they are trying to make teachers subject-specific. By doing away with the technology teachers, they are expecting the science teachers to do this. While in theory it's a good idea, some schools do not have the necessary equipment to teach these skills. How can 9 grade levels share one computer lab and a few laptop carts if technology is expected to be an integral part of the learning environment?
If the science teacher is teaching technology and science as well, how can they honestly expect to get it all in? If someone were to be teaching or reinforcing the programs the teachers were using (finding credible sources online for a research project, how to work Powerpoint, Kidspiration, etc.), then the students would get more from it because the basics would be taught in technology. The teacher could truly suppport the students' learning because they already will somewhat know how to navigate the program.
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How can you say that a student will learn more and perform better by going to the library for 40 minutes a week! That is just nuts!!! There is nothing that a librarian can teach them that will help them more than their own teacher. However, in computers the technology teacher can take the time and teach the students starting in the K grade simple skills that the teacher just cannot find the time to do. The very basic of just learning how to use their password and login can take a very huge chunk of time for the classroom teacher to teach. When you are talking about the skills that students have with IM and texting that would be maybe pushing 4th grade and older. Kids do not take the time to learn how to use programs like PowerPoint or Excel but they do take the time to play games on the computer. Those skills will not help them to create a project using Powerpoint. A technolgy teacher can teach the students how to use the program and then the teacher can have them use that skill with a lesson that they are learning. A teacher just does not have the time in their already busy day to teach a student how to save to their H drive and something as simple as the "undo" button. Have you been to the Surprise library? Half of the space is taken up by computers and kids and they are not using programs but only MySpace or playing. I am sorry if I offend anyone but it is just crazy to think that in the 21st century WORLD that learning library skills is more important than computer skills!! I believe that at one time Dysart thought of opening one of the high schools up with no books at all!! They were thinking about having laptops for every student and downloading the books. Students are smart but they are learning things on the computer that fits for them and not what they need to be successful at the high school or especially college level!!!
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ex-KWfamily wrote: Libraries do a wonderful job has long they use it right, my son states that most of the time his fellow student uses it for social hour or to play games on the computer in the library.
Also if the computer lab had let say 32 computers how can 9 grades with 3-4 teachers each be able to do an excellent job teaching computer skills when they have to make sure they meet the standards of No Child Left Behind, Reading first and make sure that the students do an excellent job in the AIMS testing huh?
"As long as they use it right." I agree! The same is true for classroom teachers. Research shows having a skilled teacher is the strongest variable affecting student success, more than class size or anything else. You need a quality teacher, and a quality librarian. Not every teacher at my school or your school or any other in the district can be called a great teacher. There are unfortunately probably a few teachers at every school, in Dysart and anywhere else, that need to either improve or find a different profession. Since school librarians here are certified teachers as well, the same must be true.
Each school is able to rotate 9 grades of classes through the computer lab now. Since its use should be integrated with the curriculum and not simply teaching how to use a mouse or how to use Powerpoint as stand-alone topics, it can easily be done as a part of social studies or science, for example.
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Libraries do a wonderful job has long they use it right, my son states that most of the time his fellow student uses it for social hour or to play games on the computer in the library.
Also if the computer lab had let say 32 computers how can 9 grades with 3-4 teachers each be able to do an excellent job teaching computer skills when they have to make sure they meet the standards of No Child Left Behind, Reading first and make sure that the students do an excellent job in the AIMS testing huh?
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Posted: Sun Apr 6th, 2008 05:06 am |
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So you're not interested in a proven way of increasing student achievement? There are dozens of research studies showing that effect. Librarians do not simply need to focus on the Dewey system every week. Librarians focus on guiding students to find the information they need, whether that requires an online database or the Dewey system, which I agree is becoming less and less relevant. Ideally, librarians collaborate directly with classroom teachers to support research and other projects.
Another study: http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/ExecutiveSummary.pdf
I believe it is more critical now than ever for students to have a firm foundation in computer and technology skills. Today's students have grown up with this technology, and in my experience are often more skilled in its use than most teachers. This generation is becoming known as the Millennials. Their lives are completely integrated with technology, from IMs to texting to cell phones more powerful than most of the computers you and I are using right now. While they would love 40 minutes a week to go play games, the concept of only using technology for part of one day a week at school makes no sense to them. I am sure you will find frequent references to the Millennials if you look through the 21st Century Learner information or go to any meetings.
At your suggestion, Be happy, I did indeed look for articles on the benefits of teaching technology outside of the classroom. I searched for 10-15 minutes and could not find anything. Maybe you might have better luck than I. I did find a really interesting column on how technology is affecting what happens in the classroom.
http://www.worldchanging.com/local/sanfrancisco/archives/005407.html
It is necessary for teachers to guide students to the appropriate programs and sites for class use. Having said that, I think that is something that classroom teachers can and should do. In my multiple years at multiple schools with technology teachers, I have yet to see a lesson or project done with the 'computer teacher' that could not be done just as well and just as easily by the classroom teacher.
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Posted: Sat Apr 5th, 2008 11:07 pm |
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The article only states that schools do better with a certified librarian and not that library needs to be taught as a special for 40 minutes a week. What are they going to teach them for an entire school year? With technology as a specials students learn the basic skills that teachers do not have the time to teach with everything else in the classroom. Technology needs to be taught as a foundation and then reinforced in the classroom. I am certain that you will find lots of articles on the benefits of teaching technology outside of the classroom then teaching library outside of the classroom. So much for 21st Century Learner we now are back to the dewey decimal system.
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Posted: Sat Apr 5th, 2008 09:57 pm |
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There will be adjustments at some schools because of the boundary changes and more importantly the slowing population growth. Many schools will be losing some teaching positions. Those teachers will still be employed by the district, but they will be in a different location and possibly position next year.
I believe the district administration's thinking is going away from technology as a 40-minutes-a-week class separate from all other educational activites to integrating technology more in the day-to-day instruction of classroom teachers. There are dozens of studies showing that students in schools with a full-time certified librarian do better than in schools without one. Here's one example:
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS152300+21-Feb-2008+BW20080221
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| I have heard through the grapevine that there will be a major reduction of teachers at certain schools because of the boundary changes that have occur, and the new school on Jomax will only have 400 students, which to me seems to be a waste of money if it is not filled to at least 700 students. Also I have heard that they are going away from having computer/technology teacher, believing in Library is a more important class to have
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 03:27 pm |
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Mr. Napodano, Principal of Sonoran Heights was hired as the Director of Cirriculum back in February. Ms. Emily Dean, the Assistant Principal will be approved at the March 26 Board meeting to become the new Principal of the school.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 05:04 am |
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I think I heard he's moving up to be Director of Curriculum, the job Cyndi Miller had before she moved up to be Assistant Superintendent.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 04:49 am |
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| who knows what happen to the principal at sonoran heights I read that they hired a new principal there
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 12:48 am |
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You both start posts the same way with a serious of dots ...
...serious dots? ...as opposed to hysterical dots? ...questioning dots? ...laughing dots?
...or are you referring to an ellipsis?
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 12:27 am |
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YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. HATE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE. YOUR POWERS OF OBSERVATION OR, LACK THEREOF, LEAVE SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. LOVE IT. YOU'RE REALLY NOT MUCH OF A "DICK" OR SHOULD I SAY P.I.
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Posted: Tue Mar 25th, 2008 11:13 pm |
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Hey bouche and duece. Could you make it any more obvious that you are the same person. Let's look at the obvious
1) You both start posts the same way with a serious of dots ...
2) You both registered within a day of each other
3) You both have almost exactly the same number of posts
4) You always makes posts within minutes of each other
I wonder if the fact that two actors with the name bouche and deuce appearing in a movie together has anything to do with your choice of names?
The irony is definitely classic.
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Posted: Tue Mar 25th, 2008 10:20 pm |
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Ha! Ha! Ha! Your irony is classic.
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Posted: Tue Mar 25th, 2008 10:09 pm |
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Governing Board Pesident . . .
Otterman's are back . . .
For Canyon Ridge . . .
DUSD Surveys . . .
Dysart Deception . . .
Shools not having enough . . .
Dysart PIO
What Going on at . . .
DUSD . . .
Dysart Site Administrators . . .
Dysart Public Forum . . .
West Point Elementary . . .
What's my point? Wouldn't Dysart Public Forum be a reasonable place to collect the posts dealing with DUSD rather than initiating a new topic every time? Hell no!
Then what would the conscience of DUSD do to keep busy and provide Matt with a selection of topics to report on. If you can't recall 'em, unseat them at the next election provide there's enough interest among voters to cast their ballot. I'll be voting.
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