Not exact matches
By ensuring that
teachers have 21st century knowledge, providing science and math curriculum in
elementary school, having
school districts identify gaps in availability of high quality math and science courses, and providing those courses to all students, we will be able to improve the outcomes of our students in the critical areas of math, science,
technology and engineering.
Our story yesterday on the Obama Administration's proposal to give large bonuses to the best U.S.
elementary and secondary
school science and math
teachers got one important detail wrong: The White House doesn't have to wait for Congress to approve the $ 1 billion price tag to launch its STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics) Master
Teacher Corps.
«As the
technology integrator at our K - 5
elementary school, I am in charge of teaching teachers and administrators, if necessary, to use computers,» Linda George of the Dondero School told Education
school, I am in charge of teaching
teachers and administrators, if necessary, to use computers,» Linda George of the Dondero
School told Education
School told Education World.
Teachers in the district's four early - learning centers and eleven
elementary schools integrate
technology wherever possible and cultivate critical thinking and self - direction by allowing improvised projects to spring from the children's interests.
They have developed a standards - based report card for the
elementary schools to support the paradigm shift, and, as young learners move into the higher grades, administrators hope the students and parents will demand project - based,
technology - integrated education from their
teachers.
Beth Gregor,
technology teacher and
elementary technology coordinator, Pleasantdale
Elementary School, La Grange, Illinois
To help
teachers in their efforts to integrate
technology and science, Greece provides students and
teachers with a number of
technology resources: At the
elementary level, each
school contains a wired computer lab, capable of serving an entire class; a wireless, mobile computer lab; five student computers in each grade 1 - 5 classroom; and three student computers in each pre-K and kindergarten classroom.
Dr. Harding is a former
elementary school teacher and instructional
technology specialist.
What can
schools do to select, develop, and evaluate
teachers in new roles — such as those working in
elementary specialist teams, blending
technology and face - to - face instruction, leading other
teachers, or using any of these models while reaching students in remote locations via webcams?
Perry is a former
school district superintendent, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction,
technology director, principal, assistant principal, and
elementary and middle
school teacher.
Two new models from Public Impact explain how
elementary and secondary
schools can combine Time -
Technology Swaps and Multi-Classroom Leadership — while paying
teachers far more, sustainably.
In addition to his title of Director of Curriculum and Assessment, Dr. Nelson worked for fourteen years as an
elementary and high
school Spanish
teacher and administratively has served as a principal, curriculum / instruction director and worked collaboratively with special services,
technology, and other
school district supports.
At some
elementary schools the students lacked prerequisite skills to use the
technologies, and the preservice
teachers did not feel there was adequate time for them to teach both
technology skills and the academic content.
In spring 2010 STEM disposition data were gathered from 30
elementary / middle
school preservice
teachers in a Midwestern U.S. university
technology integration course.
A former
teacher in Oregon
schools, Jane Krauss has long been an advocate for
technology integration practices in
elementary education.
The evaluation of the North Carolina IMPACT project by the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University focused, in part, on assessing
teacher characteristics related to
technology adoption before and after a 3 - year infusion of
technology funding at 11
elementary and middle
schools located in low - socioeconomic - status districts (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001).
What follows is a description of The Diversity and
Technology Project, a Freirian approach to virtual field experiences cultivated through ongoing relationships with
teachers working in an inner city
elementary school, populated by students of low socioeconomic status, in East Chicago, Indiana.
The
elementary education director noted that while one of the collaborating
school divisions made extensive use of
technology, the other
school divisions in which preservice
teachers completed teaching internships did not.
For example, if you were an
elementary teacher attempting to transition into a career as a web engineer, you'd want to focus on how you integrated
technology into your lesson plans, managed web portals, and how you interacted with the
school network more so than your teaching methodology.
My Geek Odyssey follows the adventures of an
elementary school teacher as he tries to discover and embrace his inner geek, be that in the world of pop - culture,
technology, geocaching, teaching, Mini Coopers, and whatever else he encounters along the way.