November 18

New Technology abounds at SCHS

So our technology needs and desires have exploded @SCHS thanks to the arrival of our Lenovo Yoga Thinkpads.  All staff received a device last week.   Along with the devices came a human!  Adam Watson (@watsonedtech    http://watsonedtech.blogspot.com/) has joined our school for 3 weeks to serve as an instructional technology coach for our staff as we get familiar with our new devices and begin to plan for the 1:1 initiative which begins next year.  He conducts afternoon PD’s almost daily, blogs, tweets, observes, and collaborates with any teacher interested in learning to incorporate instructional technology into their classrooms.  The best part is that he is housed in

the library so I have access to his brain for a couple of weeks.  Teachers come and go to visit, ask questions, and plan lessons.  He also visits classrooms to provide feedback and support when teachers venture into new territory.  Yoga 2yoga 3

It’s been great.  I’ve seek Kahoot, Nearpod, iPadio, Videoant and PollEverywhere.  There are more, but you’ll have to check out his blog (see above) because there are too many to mention.

While I was already familiar with some of these tools, it is so refreshing to see them again with some support from Adam as to how to implement them in the classroom.

As of now, all of our teachers have the Yoga ThinkPad.  In the near future, we will have 6 carts of devices for classroom use (teachers applied using a GoogleDocs)  so staff can begin seeing what 1:1 will look like instructionally (and classroom management-ally)


Posted November 18, 2014 by jwebbschs in category education, Professional Development

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