Sentences with phrase «technology at the school district»

They saw their principal and a former teacher who now works with technology at the school district level, as well as three others they didn't know — one of those three being me.

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Voters at Nottingham High School, Jamesville - DeWitt High School and Lafayette Fire Station # 1 election districts will use the new technology this year, presenting an array of urban, suburban and rural polling places.

Through his doctoral research at Columbia University and experience as a tech specialist at the Fieldston School in New York City, Kenny Graves has found that the partnerships among school leaders are also helping them think more strategically about how to use technology as a tool to address specific needs and goals in their distSchool in New York City, Kenny Graves has found that the partnerships among school leaders are also helping them think more strategically about how to use technology as a tool to address specific needs and goals in their distschool leaders are also helping them think more strategically about how to use technology as a tool to address specific needs and goals in their districts.

«There's still plenty of work ahead and some pretty radical changes taking place,» explained Mike Martin, director of curriculum and technology at Montpelier Public Schools in Vermont, whose district starting transitioning to a competency - based model in 2013.

In order to support school leaders and teachers to become their most effective at using digital technologies with new pedagogies, it is vital that a district support the digital transformation through varied building - level and district - level professional learning opportunities.

When pushed, they may find a way: As one official at a recent State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) event noted, in his state districts and schools felt like they were being pushed off the cliff when online testing was implemented, but in reality, the cliff was only a couple of feet high.

I loved the fact that kids got to know the world outside school and learned that with technology they could talk to people anywhere, said Luisa Ojeda - Vera, a kindergarten teacher at Florida's Sand Pine Elementary School, whose students used Skype to connect with a class at another school in the disschool and learned that with technology they could talk to people anywhere, said Luisa Ojeda - Vera, a kindergarten teacher at Florida's Sand Pine Elementary School, whose students used Skype to connect with a class at another school in the disSchool, whose students used Skype to connect with a class at another school in the disschool in the district.

Prior to that, he served as the Director of Technology for Groton - Dunstable Regional School District and Instructional Technology Specialist at Burlington High School.

«Our district «encourages» technology use by teachers, but not in any substantive way,» said John Tiffany, science teacher at Wauseon High School.

Currently I am my school district's Web Master and enjoy teaching professional development courses in my district and am looking forward to presenting at the technology hall of fame at the New Jersey Teacher's Convention this year.

Michael Petrilli called the Department's recent warning that it would take a closer look at these within - district allocations «meddling,» but it's shameful that our public policies disproportionately place students of color in schools with poor lighting, unsafe or temporary structures, and unequal access to technology and curriculum.

There were also several barriers — and subsequent workarounds — identified around technology and infrastructure: grappling with a slow and unwieldy public contract code for technology and even furniture procurement; allowing for Bring Your Own Device programs given the state's free public education clause; and struggling to provide sufficient technology access at school and home for all students if the district wanted to adopt digital materials.

When the school district of Philadelphia teamed up with the Microsoft Corporation in 2006 to redesign the American high school, the result was the School of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... Whatschool district of Philadelphia teamed up with the Microsoft Corporation in 2006 to redesign the American high school, the result was the School of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... Whatschool, the result was the School of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... WhatSchool of the Future, hailed by National Public Radio as «the next big thing»... While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... WhatSchool of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning... What Next?

Technology converges with lessons in self - direction and the district's other targeted skills in Kevin Kincaid and Melody Coryell's team - taught humanities class at sprawling Lawrence North High School.

«We have no Y2K - related problems, all the schools are open, and everything's as it is supposed to be,» Joseph J. Kirkman, the director of educational technology services at the Broward County, Fla., schools, summed up in an assessment that was echoed in districts across the nation.

Soon after, and as part of a broader school - board decision to expand school - choice options, the district launched a science and technology middle school, a dual - language immersion elementary, an all - digital high school, an arts - centered grade school, a virtual school starting at grade 3, and more.

Robin Smith, an educational technology specialist at Hollidaysburg Area School District in Hollisdaysburg, Pennsylvania, is not as enthusiastic about handhelds, arguing that she still prefers laptops.

Although Elk Grove wasn't selected for funding, the district's Manufacturing Production Technology Academy at Laguna Creek High School is one of ConnectEd's original model demonstration sites because it embodies the principles and components of Linked Learning.

Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial to the most advanced can be made available to everyone; students can have more interaction with teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).

The district dropped middle - school sports, cut back on travel for its high - school teams, and pared $ 500,000 from the $ 2 million budget that supports afterschool activities like the Math Olympiad and spelling bee at Centennial Elementary, the technology and drama clubs at Rocky Top Middle School, and the anime (Japanese animation) and Knowledge Bowl clubs at Mountain Rangeschool sports, cut back on travel for its high - school teams, and pared $ 500,000 from the $ 2 million budget that supports afterschool activities like the Math Olympiad and spelling bee at Centennial Elementary, the technology and drama clubs at Rocky Top Middle School, and the anime (Japanese animation) and Knowledge Bowl clubs at Mountain Rangeschool teams, and pared $ 500,000 from the $ 2 million budget that supports afterschool activities like the Math Olympiad and spelling bee at Centennial Elementary, the technology and drama clubs at Rocky Top Middle School, and the anime (Japanese animation) and Knowledge Bowl clubs at Mountain RangeSchool, and the anime (Japanese animation) and Knowledge Bowl clubs at Mountain Range High.

Along with the school system's general commitment to technology, the society cited a district program, called HomeLink, that gives students Internet access at home.

Considering the district's sobering graduation - rate statistics — a 2006 study sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ranked the LAUSD in the bottom six of the country's fifty largest school districts — there's practically nothing to lose in embracing new technologies and strategies for reaching at - risk students.

In 2012, then schools superintendent Cary Matsuoka asked principals at all district schools to come up with redesign plans that would integrate technology; use data to inform instruction; allow flexibility in space, time, and student grouping; and center on student learning.

A whirlwind tour of South Fayette concluded in a conference room at the high school, where the district's director of technology and innovation assembled a group of standout students.

Join Liz Anderson, head of Global Adoption Programs at Google for Education, and Jason Klein, assistant superintendent of technology and learning at Maine Township High School District 207, for a conversation about how Maine 207 successfully implemented Google for Education tools as part of their districtwide transformation.

Yet as the use of digital learning tools grows, districts and schools face an increasingly complex set of challenges — such as cost, device management, and implementation — that often inhibit efforts aimed at using technology to improve learning.

Join the director of technology at Del Mar Union School District — a high performing school district in San Diego, Calif. — along with Google in Education for an instructional webinar to see how they use Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus, both in writing and the Common Core State StanSchool District — a high performing school district in San Diego, Calif. — along with Google in Education for an instructional webinar to see how they use Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus, both in writing and the Common Core State StDistrict — a high performing school district in San Diego, Calif. — along with Google in Education for an instructional webinar to see how they use Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus, both in writing and the Common Core State Stanschool district in San Diego, Calif. — along with Google in Education for an instructional webinar to see how they use Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus, both in writing and the Common Core State Stdistrict in San Diego, Calif. — along with Google in Education for an instructional webinar to see how they use Chromebooks in the classroom to support their curriculum focus, both in writing and the Common Core State Standards.

School districts are putting technology experts at the head of the table in the labor - intensive process of choosing curricula for common - core instruction.

In this webinar, hear from Michael Casey, director of technology at Del Mar Union School District (DMUSD), a San Diego county - based, high - performing school district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 stuSchool District (DMUSD), a San Diego county - based, high - performing school district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 sDistrict (DMUSD), a San Diego county - based, high - performing school district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 stuschool district serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 sdistrict serving approximately 4,300 K - 6 students.

In this webinar, you'll hear directly from Jay McPhail, chief technology officer at Fullerton School District, Calif., and Jeremy Cunningham, network and systems engineer at Bryant public schools, Ark., about their recent wired and wireless deployments, and how they ensured high - availability and high - performance for their districts» common - core testing.

I would also want to know the level of commitment to integrating technology into the curriculum and about the district and PTA commitments to making resources available to that end, added Haws, who is principal at Oakridge Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia.

She has helped, for instance, mend misconceptions about career and technical education by convening the district's secondary - math teachers with peers at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology — a technical high school serving Bellefonte and two other nearby districts.

As aDirector of Digital Learning at Bristol Warren Regional School District RI, EdTechTeacher Instructor, authorized Google for Education Trainer, author and speaker, Tom is recognized nationally as a leader in helping teachers, schools and districts transform teaching and learning with technology.

Technology Lending Grants, aimed at ensuring equitable access to quality digital resources and courses for all students, have been awarded to 148 school districts and charters schools.

What began as a pulse - check of rural schools» use of technology to address the obstacles facing their communities evolved into a deep look at what is working to increase college and career readiness and economic opportunity in historically underserved districts.

Those include introducing and reviewing software, Internet resources, and other appropriate materials, and making the information available to staff; coordinating computer usage in projects and activities within, across, and between curricula and schools; working with classroom teachers, individually and in grade level teams, to plan, organize and implement the use of technology through such activities as demonstration lessons, team teaching, and joint planning; providing both building - based and district - wide staff development at faculty meetings, district professional development days, and after - school and summer workshops; and keeping abreast of current technologies by attending conferences and workshops on a regular basis.

This analysis will include not only the speed of Internet access, the technical training of teachers, how many hours a day students have access to computers, and whether this technology is available to students with disabilities, but also whether «students have access to necessary technology outside of school and how school districts support students who do not have Internet access at home.»

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Mr. Moscinski is in his thirteenth year teaching Technology Engineering in the Appleton Area School District, and is in the middle of his fifth year at Kaleidoscope.

The Diversity of Opportunity Education Partnership, or DO Partnership, will enable up to 30 students from 13 suburban districts to take part in a number programs at the two city schools, including advanced manufacturing and engineering, digital media, construction, information technology, culinary arts, medical careers and more.

Confident that Meriden's students could benefit from more time in school, the district applied for a $ 450,000 AFT Innovation Fund Grant to expand instructional time at Casimir Pulaski Elementary with a focus on writing, the STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering, and math — and healthy living.

Bond projects include classroom technology, safety and security upgrades, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades, new / renovated facilities for College, Career and Technical Education, temporary classrooms replaced by permanent classrooms, air conditioning, ADA improvements to athletic facilities, turf fields, and other capital improvements at traditional and charter schools throughout the district.

He works with schools, districts, and state agencies to improve teacher pedagogy to influence student achievement and has been invited to present at technology conferences throughout the country.

Today, she teaches geometry and calculus and chairs the math department at McKinley Technology High School, which has become one of the district's top - performing schools.

According to the 2014 NBCT Survey, more than half of NBCTs are teacher leaders at the school, district, state, and national levels, leading Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation, STEM initiatives and programs, peer review and observations, data literacy, personalized learning, technology integration, and professional development.

Opposite page at top, students from Lyford CISD's «Tech Squad» demonstrate green - screen technology during a media interview; opposite page at bottom, students from various school districts show school board members ways to integrate technology into learning; above, members of the Student Voices panel smile for the camera before panel discussion gets under way; at left, Ketu - ra Dobo, a student at Alvin ISD's Manvel High School, shares her views during a session; below, Student Voices panel moderator Andrew Brennan addresses the General Session audschool districts show school board members ways to integrate technology into learning; above, members of the Student Voices panel smile for the camera before panel discussion gets under way; at left, Ketu - ra Dobo, a student at Alvin ISD's Manvel High School, shares her views during a session; below, Student Voices panel moderator Andrew Brennan addresses the General Session audschool board members ways to integrate technology into learning; above, members of the Student Voices panel smile for the camera before panel discussion gets under way; at left, Ketu - ra Dobo, a student at Alvin ISD's Manvel High School, shares her views during a session; below, Student Voices panel moderator Andrew Brennan addresses the General Session audSchool, shares her views during a session; below, Student Voices panel moderator Andrew Brennan addresses the General Session audience.

Panelists include: • Jessie Woolley - Wilson, CEO and Board Chair, DreamBox Learning • John Staley, President, NCSM • Julie Young, Deputy Vice President of Education Outreach and Student Services for Arizona State University, and the CEO of ASU Prep Digital High School • Michele Dawson, Senior Director, Instructional Technology at Compton Unified School District

Perhaps the most notorious example of questionable use of bond funds is the ill - fated Common Core Technology Project Plan at the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

Electronic School: Security Goes High - Tech Technology offers solutions to security dilemmas, building safety, data security and Policy and Practice: Georgia School Boards Association has offered its districts a group cyber insurance plan since 2013 at a cost of about $ 1 per student... read more.

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