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PHA Technology Pilot

PHA Technology Pilot. Professional Development Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Your Hosts!. Mary Kelleher, Middle School Mark Whipple, Upper School Pam Moline, Lower School. Who Are You?. Introductions Name Grade Level Subject(s) taught Technology skill level: Newbie Getting up to speed

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PHA Technology Pilot

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  1. PHA Technology Pilot Professional Development Tuesday, January 20, 2009

  2. Your Hosts! • Mary Kelleher, Middle School • Mark Whipple, Upper School • Pam Moline, Lower School

  3. Who Are You? Introductions • Name • Grade Level • Subject(s) taught • Technology skill level: • Newbie • Getting up to speed • Power user • Guru • Tell me again why I need to be here?

  4. Why Projectors? Why Now? • Quick overview of goals of the pilot and expectations for the participants, including vision for larger rollout • You are the guinea pigs!

  5. The New Stuff • So, you have some new equipment in your classroom! • Desktop Computer w/LCD monitor • Ceiling-hung LCD Projector • Speakers

  6. New Stuff, part 2 • Second video connection • Cool remote mice • Timer program • Other stuff?

  7. Possible Policy Concerns • Student use, especially US at lunch • Other stuff?

  8. What do I do with this new equipment? Some obvious choices: • Powerpoint • Discovery Education Streaming (LS and MS) • Youtube • DVDs

  9. Powerpoint Pitfalls • Some people are tempted to put all of their lesson material into Powerpoint presentations • There is some value in having a set of presentations that you can reuse • It’s possible to use Powerpoint too much! • It’s also quite easy to make presentations that are lots of fun for the presenter, but annoying to the audience!

  10. Some Less Obvious Choices • Use MS Paint (or other drawing program) to draw on the screen • Edit an essay/paragraph/sentence on screen (use a BIG font) • Virtual activities: on line dissection • Powerpoint Jeopardy • Educational-based animation (of a natural process in Science or thought process in Math or English) • Group brainstorming with Inspiration/Kidspiration

  11. Technology in the Classroom • Try to use technology to do things that you can’t do any other way • How can technology enhance teaching and learning in your classroom? • What are others at your grade level or in your discipline doing with technology? • Think about attending a conference like MassCUE, or a summer workshop on classroom technology

  12. How can I add to what I’ve got? • Some limited funds are available for additional software/hardware • We have a request form you’ll need to complete and submit before April 17th 2009 • A committee will review the requests and coordinate with Chris and Alex as appropriate

  13. Teacher Success & Challenges Please share some of the success you’ve had so far with the new equipment, and any challenges you may have encountered If you have a suggestion for a cool way to use this equipment for teaching and learning, please email it to the group (Tech Pilots)

  14. Follow-up • We’ve posted some resources for you at the PHA Educational Technology Wiki http://phaedtech.pbwiki.com • We’ll continue to update this resource with useful info – let us know if you’d like to contribute too!

  15. Thank you for coming!

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