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Engagement, Empowerment, Enthusiasm – Part One

Posted in 1:1 Computing in Classrooms, tagged , , , , , on December 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

(This is another post in a series of posts about 1:1 computing in the elementary school.)
The week before winter break I saw a “flurry” of activity with our netbook computers.  As I see teachers starting to feel more comfortable with 1:1 computing in their classrooms, I am  becoming more excited about the possibilities of using [...]

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Flying Solo

Posted in 1:1 Computing in Classrooms, tagged , , , on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

(This is another post in a series of posts about 1:1 computing in the elementary school.)
I took over a fourth grade classroom the other day.  Just me and 22 fourth graders.  No classroom teacher, no technology director, no teacher’s aide.  Just me and the kids.
No big deal, right?  I have spent years in classrooms.  I [...]

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Can 2nd Graders Use Netbooks? You Betcha!

Posted in 1:1 Computing in Classrooms, Ed Tech Stuff, tagged , , , on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I spent an hour in a second grade classroom, observing and assisting them with their first experience using the new Dell Latitutde 2100 netbooks.  The class was led by our school’s technology coach and the classroom teacher.
We explained to the students that bringing these computers into their classroom is like bringing the kids to the [...]

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The Dell Latitude 2100 – A Review

Posted in 1:1 Computing in Classrooms, Ed Tech Stuff, tagged , , , on September 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »

It is 6:30 in the morning, the school is very quiet, so I started this post.
The first action plan item in my technology goal was to learn about the netbook computer.   So I have decided to take one home to play with it.  I am not a “hardware guy.”  I am a teacher and school [...]

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1:1 Computing and My Professional Goals

Posted in 1:1 Computing in Classrooms, Ed Tech Stuff, Principal Stuff on September 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Most principals are required to write yearly professional goals with explicit action plans to outline how they will meet their goals.  I, too, have been asked to develop action plans that I will be working on all school year. Last week I held a lengthy discussion with my superintendent regarding these plans, and she has [...]

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A Brand New Era in the Classsroom

Posted in 1:1 Computing in Classrooms, Ed Tech Stuff on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I am currently live blogging from a 5th grade classroom (so please forgive grammatical errors!).  Why am I here?  Because this is the very first class in our school to use the newly purchased Dell Latitude 2100 netbooks.
I am watching our school technology coach, Marcie, introduce these new machines to the kids.  Their initial reaction [...]

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