I Attend the District Technology Curriculum Meeting.
On Tuesday, I spent the morning over at the Administration Building, working with Sue Ann, the Staff Development Coordinator, Sam Pagni, the Tech Teacher/Art Teacher at the Middle School and Bob Carrier, the Tech Teacher at the Elementary School. We are the members of the District Technology Team.
What we are doing is planning the direction that we would like the district to take over the next 5-10 years with regards to Technology. Currently, the district has a rather haphazard approach to the subject. Bob teaches what he thinks is appropriate, Sam teaches what she thinks is appropriate and I teach what they tell me to. We are working on building a single K-12 curriculum that will outline exactly what we want kids to learn each year at Weld RE-9 School District.
An important piece of this will be the end product. We will be deciding what it is that we want kids to know about technology when they graduate from Highland High School. This will help us figure out what we want to teach kids in their high school years. This will tell us what they need to know when they get out of middle school, etc.
I am excited about the process, mostly because it sounds like the district is serious about it and Sam and Bob are enthusiastic about the subject.
Hopefully, over the next couple of years, good things will come out of it.
Unfortunately, in the meantime, the two classes that I had to miss while at the conference blew up in my absence. 1st Period, the kids had a practice test, in which they could help each other, and a real test, in which they couldn't. Ms. Bashus, the substitute, indicated that a couple of kids were cheating during the real test. Grrr.
In 5th Period, I left Ms. Bashus with a handout for the Tech I kids. The handout walked them through the creation of a fairly complicated figure, step by step. She indicates that the kids cried and whined a ton about the assignment. Sounds like that wasn't successful, either. Grrr.
On the other side of the room in 5th Period, the Tech II class was supposed to finalize their Tower Project and all of the drawings therein. Ms. Bashus said that a number of kids were goofing off all period and were playing games. Grrr.
Being away from the classroom and having a substitute is MUCH more work than being there and doing it yourself....
What we are doing is planning the direction that we would like the district to take over the next 5-10 years with regards to Technology. Currently, the district has a rather haphazard approach to the subject. Bob teaches what he thinks is appropriate, Sam teaches what she thinks is appropriate and I teach what they tell me to. We are working on building a single K-12 curriculum that will outline exactly what we want kids to learn each year at Weld RE-9 School District.
An important piece of this will be the end product. We will be deciding what it is that we want kids to know about technology when they graduate from Highland High School. This will help us figure out what we want to teach kids in their high school years. This will tell us what they need to know when they get out of middle school, etc.
I am excited about the process, mostly because it sounds like the district is serious about it and Sam and Bob are enthusiastic about the subject.Hopefully, over the next couple of years, good things will come out of it.
Unfortunately, in the meantime, the two classes that I had to miss while at the conference blew up in my absence. 1st Period, the kids had a practice test, in which they could help each other, and a real test, in which they couldn't. Ms. Bashus, the substitute, indicated that a couple of kids were cheating during the real test. Grrr.
In 5th Period, I left Ms. Bashus with a handout for the Tech I kids. The handout walked them through the creation of a fairly complicated figure, step by step. She indicates that the kids cried and whined a ton about the assignment. Sounds like that wasn't successful, either. Grrr.
On the other side of the room in 5th Period, the Tech II class was supposed to finalize their Tower Project and all of the drawings therein. Ms. Bashus said that a number of kids were goofing off all period and were playing games. Grrr.
Being away from the classroom and having a substitute is MUCH more work than being there and doing it yourself....
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