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It is with a lot of pride that I applaud the work in technology integration
that Tony has continued to mature at Hale. The attitude and acceptence that
the use of technology has found at Hale has not happened without a huge
amount of work for many years from Tony and a core of staff who are long
time believers in the benefits of using technology in the classroom
I am sure that everyone would like to know what the secret to this success
is? There are many reasons I can think of, however one thing does standout.
The internal support structure has always been there even when it was all at
the expense of the building budget. This structure was and has always been
at the root of this success because things worked at Hale and turnaround
time for repairs was minimal. Many things were tested before introduction.
Cheers!
Currie
buck63@attbi.com
on 5/14/02 9:33 PM, Mark Ahlness at mlahlness@seattleschools.org wrote:
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>
> Tony, thanks for sharing info about your wonderful successes. I wish I
had
> something similar to share, but we're nowhere close to moving ahead as a
> building the way Hale is.
>
> On a much smaller scale, I'll share a little about the way my class of
third
> graders is embracing technology. They do most of their writing on
computers
> (I have 14 in my classroom), and they are extremely comfortable at the
> computer. We've dabbled in Excel for charting. They use the internet to
> complete weekly web assignments, and they work on cooperative research
> projects using Word and the Internet.
>
> I've not introduced PowerPoint until recently. This is a tool they are
just
> taking off with! They wrote 4-5 slide direction presentations (like "How
to
> Make a Smoothie") with a partner, composed individual slides as part of a
> goodbye card/slideshow for our student teacher (complete with pictures of
> themselves taken by their classmates). The latest adventure is to develop
a
> slideshow with a partner describing our recent field trip to the Science
> Center. They passed the Mavica around during the trip, so they have lots
of
> pictures to choose from as they prepare their presentations for the
school.
> Right now they are making decisions about what is important to describe,
how
> best to say it, how to illustrate it, how to make their point effectively,
> etc.
>
> It's been very fast and easy to save their work to our LAN and make it
> available to the whole school - talk about a motivator!
>
> These 8 and 9 year olds continue to amaze me with their ease in the medium
> and their quick grasp of new tools. I wish it was happening school-wide,
but
> I'm happy to be pushing the envelope with just this small group. I know
> they will grow up having a head start. It's not just that they know how
to
> use PowerPoint or how to use a digital camera... What they know how to
do
> is to master new technologies. They have confidence, they are curious,
and
> they are proud. They will do well. - Mark
>
> Mark Ahlness
> mahlness@halcyon.com
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