OK.. so this week's instructional video was MUCH easier than the digital story. I think the music just really got me. I think that the video I made this week will really be helpful at school. We have full time kids who come all day every day, but we also have asmall group of kids who come to our building after their regualar day at the high school. It seems we have to remind those students how to log in and how touse the EdOptions page. I have been thinking all week about how other videos like this could be useful and I think my next project will be one on writing 5 paragraph essays. Our district has a writing across the curriculum program ongoing and I think teachers and students alike could benefit from a video reminding them of the requirements, along with helpful reminders and ideas. It's nice for students and teachers to be able to get help without having to come right out and ask for it!!
November 1st Already??!! Not many days left til the end of the semester- and graduation for some of us!! I attended the Corn Belt Conference on Technology this week and was impressed by the amount of technology being used at University High School in Normal Illinois. The key to their success seems to be a superintendent intent on being among the best in the technology field, and a close relationship with Illinois State University. In the spring of 2008 and the University supplied the school with several classroom sets of Notebooks and Tablets. I was impressed with the way students used them in class.
After visiting several classrooms in the morning we had roundtable discussions with the participating teachers. I wasnt surprised to hear that many teachers in the school still weren't really using much technology, and that at this point the administration was OK with letting each staff member move at their own pace with integrating it.
The coolest thing was realizing how much of the stuff they were showcasing I was already familiar with! CTER Rocks!!
About Me
- CTER Blog
- A Blog created for EPSY 556: Analysis of Advanced Instructional Technologies
What About Me?
My name is Margie Hay-Ashcraft and I am just about to complete my CTER course work at the University of Illinois. Yeah!!!
This year marks my 11th in teaching, and I must say the time has flown by! I teach at the alternative education program, Eagle Academy, at Rantoul Township High School. Our program is in its second year, and I really think Ihave found my dream job! I work with 30 kids on a daily basis and help them to finish high school on time. Most of our students are way behind and we use a combination of NovelStars, a computer based program, teacher taught classes, and individualized packets for the students. The best part of the day is seeing a student who has had little success in the regular school setting complete a class to earn a credit!
At home, life is a circus! I have a husband, two daughters and two grandchildren living under one roof! My daughters are 20 and 22, my grandaughter is 3 and my grandson just turned 1! My 82 year old mother lives next door, so I am definitely a part of the "sandwich generation". But, our house, while busy and cluttered with trikes and toys, is one that I look forward to coming home to every night! I also have a stepson who left for
Afghanistan in April. We pray that he will return to the states safely in July of 2009.
I am a digital immigrant. I bought my first computer in 1993 and taught myself just about everything I knew about it. I was a 3o year old computer nerd! I was also the first "nerd" I knew! I was in college working on my teaching degree and knew that I wantd to teach with technology. I was one of the first teachers to use power point or show internet video clips in my classroom. I am now a part of our school's first "teaching with technology" team! The process has been slow, but I thinkl we moving forward.
More later... I think some of the circus clowns have escaped and are about to let the monkeys loose!
This year marks my 11th in teaching, and I must say the time has flown by! I teach at the alternative education program, Eagle Academy, at Rantoul Township High School. Our program is in its second year, and I really think Ihave found my dream job! I work with 30 kids on a daily basis and help them to finish high school on time. Most of our students are way behind and we use a combination of NovelStars, a computer based program, teacher taught classes, and individualized packets for the students. The best part of the day is seeing a student who has had little success in the regular school setting complete a class to earn a credit!
At home, life is a circus! I have a husband, two daughters and two grandchildren living under one roof! My daughters are 20 and 22, my grandaughter is 3 and my grandson just turned 1! My 82 year old mother lives next door, so I am definitely a part of the "sandwich generation". But, our house, while busy and cluttered with trikes and toys, is one that I look forward to coming home to every night! I also have a stepson who left for
Afghanistan in April. We pray that he will return to the states safely in July of 2009.
I am a digital immigrant. I bought my first computer in 1993 and taught myself just about everything I knew about it. I was a 3o year old computer nerd! I was also the first "nerd" I knew! I was in college working on my teaching degree and knew that I wantd to teach with technology. I was one of the first teachers to use power point or show internet video clips in my classroom. I am now a part of our school's first "teaching with technology" team! The process has been slow, but I thinkl we moving forward.
More later... I think some of the circus clowns have escaped and are about to let the monkeys loose!
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