Oct
26
Upper School Teachers Adopt Classroom Technology
October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Over the summer, we continued the process of creating a standard classroom technology setup in our 4th-8th grade classrooms. Almost every classroom now contains a permanent mounted LCD projector, DVD/VHS player, stereo tuner, speakers and lectern. In a growing number of classrooms, we have also installed interactive whiteboards and document projectors. Teachers’ feelings about this [...]
Mar
16
March 2006 BAISNet Meeting Notes: Web 2.0
March 16, 2006 | 1 Comment
Overview:
MCDS hosted a BAISNet meeting this afternoon, which was attended by over 40 teachers, tech department members and administrators from Bay Area public and independent schools. Folks drove from as far away as Monterey, Oakland, San Jose and Sonoma to attend the meeting. The topic was, of course, how we are implementing Web 2.0 technologies [...]
Feb
18
Vendors as a Professional Development Resource
February 18, 2006 | Comments Off
As a long-time teacher trainer, I’ve recently been asking myself a question I thought I would never ask: can vendors provide my faculty with some of our technology professional development?
I always had a basic aversion to this concept, holding tight to the idea that teacher training is highly customized and personal, and is best performed [...]
Feb
5
Teaching with an LCD Projector
February 5, 2006 | 2 Comments
My colleague and I led an afterschool workshop this week on teaching with an LCD projector. I’ve put the agenda for the workshop below in the hope that someone might find these notes helpful…I know that when I Googled “teaching with an LCD projector” I only found vendor websites and instructions for setting up specific [...]
Jan
23
Tablets and Cell Phones and Palms — Oh My!
January 23, 2006 | Comments Off
Oh…the modern conundrum…which gadget to use, and for what? Since September my purse is now filled with a cell, an iPod mini a Palm Zire, a 1GB USB thumb drive and occasionally a Sony digital camera. My school laptop is a Gateway tablet. So which gadget should house my calendar and list of contacts? I [...]
