Tech+in+the+Curriculum

Technology in the Curriculum Subcommittee Workspace

Hi everyone, I thought I would start off by talking about what I would like to accomplish in this committee and see if it lines up with everyone else's goals.

As one of the computer explorations teachers at Algonquin, I am interested in making sure the students' skills set are solid in several different areas by the time they graduate. I am interested in learning about what students are being taught in the middle schools so we can compare their curriculum to ours and eliminate any redundance and strengthen any areas the students need work on. I would like to work with the middle school teachers to create a curriculum to insure students have a solid understanding of these skills (enough to apply them cross curriculum) without duplicating. I am especially interested in the keyboarding segment taught in the lower grades. Does anyone know who the computer teachers are in the middle schools? I guess that would be a good place to start. Thanks

Chris Ferreira, ARHS

Hey Chris,

Diane Porter will be probably be able to assist us with this. We can speak with her at the meeting on Thursday. In the meantime, CEC SmartBrief has some great articles on Technology Trends and Curriculum and Instruction. It's free to sign-up: [|http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/pMoMcQjLucnbjDfgajaXsYalcgHh]

-Dana Labb, MMS

Hi All,

MMS Course Description for Tech, etc.



Program of Studies for Watertown High School (I have a call in for more info on Literacy 2.0)

Thanks, Dana Labb, MMS

Hi Team,

I was thinking about our last meeting and thought maybe we should refocus our Keyboarding Goal. It was obviously a highly debated issue and I think we really have something with Goal #2: Professional Development between schools/Train the trainer. I am posting some related articles and readings.

http://smgem.mspnet.org/index.cfm/13776/show/page-2

http://www.techlearning.com/article/1110

http://www.waset.org/ijss/v2.html (Article #3) "Train the Trainer..."

Thanks, Dana Labb, MMS