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- School:
- Collegiate School
- Job title or grade level:
- Director of Technology
- Location:
- Richmond Va
- Website:
- http://www.collegiate-va.org
- Favorite web sites:
- NY Times, Cnet, Wikipedia, School Computing
Jamie Britto's Blog
Affordable Professional Development this Summer
To help stretch our professional development dollars further this summer, Collegiate School is offering a number of one day workshops in-house and we would love to have teachers from other schools join us schools.
We'll be offering 10 different workshops, a full day workshop costs $75 and includes lunch. If you would like to learn more about the offerings, please visit this site:
http://sites.google.com/a/icollegiate.org/ctw/
You ca… Continue
We'll be offering 10 different workshops, a full day workshop costs $75 and includes lunch. If you would like to learn more about the offerings, please visit this site:
http://sites.google.com/a/icollegiate.org/ctw/
You ca… Continue
Posted on April 21, 2009 at 11:30am — 5 Comments
VAIS Tech Retreat Highlights
I attended the VAIS tech retreat over the week-end and many of the resources are available online. Here are the highlights:
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach's is a professor at William and Mary and works frequently with Will Richardson. Her two presentations were recorded and available online.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vais-tech-retreat
There are two recorded sessions at the bottom of the page.
You can also see her wikis for her presenta… Continue
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach's is a professor at William and Mary and works frequently with Will Richardson. Her two presentations were recorded and available online.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vais-tech-retreat
There are two recorded sessions at the bottom of the page.
You can also see her wikis for her presenta… Continue
Posted on March 31, 2009 at 7:43am —
Stories of Excellence Collection
NAIS released their booklet Stories of Excellence at the annual convention in Chicago. The stories contain 20 examples of innovative teaching. A PDF version is available from this page:
http://www.nais.org/resources/index.cfm?ItemNumber=151611
I think they offer concrete examples of some of the theories swirling around teaching, learning, and innovation. I'd love to know your thoughts, please share them.
http://www.nais.org/resources/index.cfm?ItemNumber=151611
I think they offer concrete examples of some of the theories swirling around teaching, learning, and innovation. I'd love to know your thoughts, please share them.
Posted on February 28, 2009 at 11:51am —
MacArthur Foundation Study on Internet Use
The report, Living and Learning With New Media, is an initial step in cataloging and understanding how young people use the Internet. In general, it found many positive benefits.
The NY Times wrote a review that you can find here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20internet.html?_r=1&hp
Here's a link to the primary author's page with different versions of the report.… Continue
The NY Times wrote a review that you can find here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20internet.html?_r=1&hp
Here's a link to the primary author's page with different versions of the report.… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2008 at 8:30am —
Great Language Tools from MSU
Michigan State hosts the Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR.) As part of the center’s mission, they provide many free web-based tools for language learning. Their primary focus is world languages, but I could imagine a number of creative uses in many different subjects.
I am amazed by the elegance, simplicity, and benefit these programs provide. I think these programs are the wave of the future and highly recommend them to anyone working with students to increase oral proficiency… Continue
I am amazed by the elegance, simplicity, and benefit these programs provide. I think these programs are the wave of the future and highly recommend them to anyone working with students to increase oral proficiency… Continue
Posted on October 9, 2008 at 6:46pm —
Latest Activity
My school is working with Michael Horn on our next school plan. Michael has graciously allowed us to share his videos with you. We will be using these videos to explore and apply Disruptive Innovation theory to our next school plan.
Liz,
I think you're right about large groups. Every time we consider large group activities, my inner voice keeps saying, "training is dead." Technology in the classroom has become both so pervasive and expansive, that's it's very hard to get a h...
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 4:41pm on November 8, 2009,
Peter Gow said… - I had a related flash the other day, thinking about how many eager admins and tech folks have decided to rev up their faculties by showing a Michael Wesch video ("The Machine is Us/ing Us" seems to be the favorite). Realized that teachers can have three possible responses to this: 1) Baloney! 2) I suck, because I don't quite get this and I'll never be able to learn how it works. 3) This is cool; let me on the bus.
So the challenge is to introduce and get started on the work that a Michael Wesch video implies in a way that minimizes the first two reactions and maximizes the third. Think, "Here is some work we all have to do so we can continue being the best _____ School we can be" is perhaps less disruptive and frightening than "We're gonna go 21st-century with everything we do!"
See also http://www.admirablefaculties.org/2008/09/new-digital-divide.html for earlier thoughts on this.
But anyhow, good luck to you all!
- At 12:36pm on November 8, 2009,
Peter Gow said…
- That's kind of cool. I'd be interested to know how folks respond; I've come to the conclusion that fiery rhetoric does not increase faculty buy-in when change is in the offing. Doesn't mean don't do it, but keep talking the language of the school, not the gurus. (Had a thought that perhaps schools ought to think hard before using any word that starts with "re" to describe what they're doing--except perhaps "refresh.)
Cheers--PG
- At 2:18pm on November 4, 2009,
Bob Irving said… - Thanks for the welcome. Long-time member, first-time unlurker.
I'm actually looking for some discussion of tech integration and curriculum. Any suggestions?
- At 3:29pm on October 29, 2009,
Jeffrey Cohen said… - Thanks for the welcome, I am looking forward to learning from my colleagues.
- At 5:40pm on October 22, 2009,
Ben Chant said… - Thanks for the welcome--I'm actually rejoining for about the 3rd time! I keep being prompted to rejoin. Am I doing something wrong? I'd like to stick with my first profile if possible--I had some discussions there!
Ben
- At 4:27am on October 22, 2009,
Natalie Carrigher said… - Thanks for the welcome Jamie
- At 4:14pm on September 7, 2009,
Karen Kolkka said…
- Thank you! I am checking it out now and think there are some good discussions. I look forward to participating!
- At 10:00pm on August 31, 2009,
Brigitte said… - Thank you. I'm looking forward to reading some posts and adding some comments of my own.
- At 9:23am on August 23, 2009,
George Variyan said… - Thanks for the welcome Jamie, I am curious about what you guys are up to across the pond. Found some interesting posts via google so have joined up!
Regards
George
- At 7:00pm on August 22, 2009,
Bruce G. Hammond said… - Jamie:
Thanks so much for the note. I haven't heard of anyone substituting oral proficiencies (or using them in combination with) any written standardized tests. But that is exactly the sort of thing I would be interested in learning about. I'll keep my ears open.
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I've used Vimeo, which allows videos to be share via password (or left open if you prefer).
Have you seen this? Pretty cool:)
http://extremebiology.ning.com/
My school is working with Michael Horn on our next school plan. Michael has graciously allowed us to share his videos with you. We will be using these videos to explore and apply Disruptive Innovation theory to our next school plan.
I am haunted by more failure than success because of failing to adjust my professional development design to match current personal and system realities. But these failures have created opportunities as well. Here's how.
Excitement filled the roo...
Here are the three short blurbs for the AIMS Technology Retreat program.
Feed, a Must Read
Anyone who works with or knows a teenager, a tweenager, or a pre-teen absolutely must read Feed by M. T. Anderson. Set in the near future, the author convin...
Laurie,
You are at the heart of what motivates adults to learn. Excellent. Most of my failure had to do with my inability to connect meaning, purpose, and passion to learning that helped teachers improve teaching (this means doing something diffe...
Hi Preston,
I think that PD – and this refers to all types of PD, not just PD related to technology – should encourage and support learning:
• within one's area of expertise
• within one's area of passion
• that complement's one's area of experti...
Thanks, Preston, for sharing the article on finding time.
~Laurie
Time is our enemy, for sure. Sadly too much PD is designed around time and budgets. But honesty is encouraged here as well.
Time is required as teachers deconstruct and construct ideas while creating predictability and control in ready-to-use mat...
Thanks, Liz. We just haven't had much luck with getting teachers to give up those blocks, at least not on a consistent enough basis to make any real progress. I hope you see some real success in making this paradigm shift.
It would come out of their free block. I'm planning to meet with them every two to three weeks for a semester.
I used it pretty actively for about two years and ultimately found it more annoying than useful. Keeping a decent signal to noise ratio took too much care and time. I'm glad others find it wonderful, but it didn't really work for me.
Where is the teacher's time coming from to engage in these more personalized approaches to PD? We would gladly do more of this sort of thing with teachers, but even those motivated to do so have a lot of trouble making time for them.
Making it Real: A Workshop on Multicultural Competency Development in Every Classroom at Beaver Country Day School
December 14, 2009 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Making it real: A Workshop on Multicultural Competency Development in Every Classroom
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14TH. 2009
1:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Please spread the word - administrators (grades 6-12) will benef...
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