http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/ Benilde-St. Margaret's School en-us 2005-07-15T12:14:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/024551.html As a school we do not have a large population of students with special needs, however we have used assistive technologies in some cases. I think the main goal we should have in this area is to educate our teachers... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-07-15T12:14:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/024498.html Our school must address the digital divide in three main areas, access, instructor use and parental support. The main reason students have limited access is economic. Most of our students are upper middle class, but come are low income and... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-07-14T12:07:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/024406.html In the fractured fairy tales lesson was a combination of the frameworks of the RAT theory. The curriculum was amplified through allowing quick access to peer review. The instruction was also amplified in that teachers would have quick access to... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-07-12T12:12:04-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/024338.html Good theoretical support for the use of technology to increase learning. Specifically, discovery learning is key to integration of technology and according to the research important for learning as well.... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-07-11T12:01:24-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/024332.html Integrating technology in the classroom is a means to achieve educational outcomes. It should allow teachers and students to enhance and enrich learning experiences so that students can grasp material more thoroughly and with deeper understanding. In some cases using... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-07-11T10:28:37-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023745.html I hadn't really taken the time to think about how political the issue of access to technology really is. The article gave some good examples of ways corporations have brought access to technology to impoverished areas, but it didn't really... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-06-27T12:07:24-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023738.html This article gives great ideas to help determine which technology initiatives are worth pursuing and spending money on. It can help reassure administrators and boards that certain technology integration ideas have a higher chance of success before having to try... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-06-27T10:57:27-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023737.html This article provides an excellent argument for support of technology initiatives in the schools. Great for teachers, administrators, parents and drive large strategic goals in a school or district. The arguments make it hard to deny the importance of technology... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-06-27T10:54:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023736.html This is an example of very thorough support and development for teachers integrating technology. I like the idea of a few motivated teachers training other teachers in the building. Is it costly? Does the idea of adopting technology standards run... furn0014 2005-06-27T10:50:51-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023735.html This article provides excellent examples of higher level technology integration for teachers. This is so crucial when many are still working at acheiving this important goal. This article challenges teachers to move beyond technolgy knowleges to using technology to support... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-06-27T10:28:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023734.html I really support the idea of technology supporting existing curriculum, not just an add on. Definitely recognize the need to offer different levels of training to different teachers depending on readiness. Finding good inservice trainers is difficult and costly, but... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-06-27T10:26:04-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023733.html Excellent article, lots of applications to our own schools goals in the area of Critical Thinking. Some practical software ideas for teachers, would like to present the ideas in this article to a faculty inservice. One question, "How do we... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-06-27T10:21:30-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/furn0014/reflections/023515.html It's been a few years since I've taken a class on a college campus, so I'm excited to be back. Technology integration in the classroom is a major goal of our school so I'm hoping to gain some insight into... CI 5344: Facilitating Technology furn0014 2005-06-22T08:26:27-06:00