Educator+Preparation+and+Development

//This is the section that Mark Collins presented.//

=**Question: How do we use technology to break down the barriers for preventing learning? Question: What opportunities do you see for better integration in the classroom?**=

__Project-Based Learning__ __**Structured Learning**__
 * 1) More project-based learning and less testing - but when will the state stop mandating outdated, outmoded testing? Why can't we break away on our own?
 * 2) Social Studies could come alive thru projects. The entire sequence of the forming of our nation could be self taught thru projects. Making it a reality.
 * 3) Project based learning is the wave we need to ride.
 * 4) Use more project based learning and allow students to use their creativity instead of cookie-cutter projects.
 * 5) I would like to see possibly collaborations between educators, administrators, and students to create interesting projects to share with community.
 * 1) Administrative support on the campuses needs to happen. Include short training sessions in the faculty meetings.
 * 2) More PD sessions with departments first, then cross-functional teams meeting to integrate from various curriculums.
 * 3) Trained certified teacher
 * -teach technology to kids
 * -teach new tools in technology
 * -teach teachers how to use in classrooms
 * 1) Let the students teach us!!!
 * 2) An era of technological innovation at BISD is only possible if students and teachers are educated about the technology available within their reach.
 * 3) Make all teachers accountable for using technology in the classroom. Tired of hearing from students that they don't use their computer in other classes.
 * 4) Access to this tech...and how to get trained to fix problems that will arise in the classroom and we don't have a tech person there
 * 5) The more we as teachers know about technology, how to use it, how to fix it, how to explore it, the better we can teach our students.
 * 6) give us time to learn and play instead of having us writing tests
 * 7) More teachers need to see the powerful video you showed!
 * 8) Continue to blend all technology tools in all learning opportunities.
 * 9) Time to plan lessons integrating technology would be great.

__**Basics of Learning**__
 * 1) The students in the video say they want to create, build, dance, sing, act, take pictures...but don't mention writing, reading...

__**Applicability of Learning**__
 * 1) can this be used with preschool and kinder that do not their letters recognition in place yet
 * 2) Education is not controlled by technology, it is only supplemented. Education is controlled by student and teacher motivation.
 * 3) The kids need to be shown that even the boring stuff leads to cool things. i.e. Excel can be used for all kinds of AWESOME things.

__Access to Learning__
 * 1) I agree with being able to post student work online/collaborating online. Are we going to allow that as a district?
 * 2) Allow student access to the internet with their own computers and/or mobile devices for learning.
 * 3) Continue to educate all users on Internet safety, while finding a balance in the use of content filtering.
 * 4) The kids in the video are right there are way too many blockers on the computers so we are limited to only a few websites so the students can’t do what they need
 * 5) Teachers are being held back also, not just the students.
 * 6) I'm in video tech, and when we make videos we would like to add music to our videos, but music is a forum of audio which is blocked by the School, so we can't.
 * 7) Will our rules change? Can we put their work on the Internet?
 * 8) I don't believe that education is unnecessarily limited by lightspeed (internet monitoring) and other restrictions put in place to comply with federal laws.
 * 9) We need to look at our policies governing cell phones, MP3 players and other electronic devices to encourage teacher use of these in classroom instruction.
 * 10) Students need access to the internet via their own computers through the district's server.
 * 11) Allow these students to use the programs. There is a fine line between setting rules, and creating barriers and limitations. The key is to find that line.
 * 12) unblock the storage on edmodo.com


 * __Learning Materials__**
 * 1) Try to have teachers schedule more distant learning and video conferences with other schools.
 * 2) Utilizing technology for distance learning and to collaborate with other students/teachers in other areas.
 * 3) Collaboration among classes needs to be more easily available.
 * 4) I would love to see interactive whiteboards in more HS classrooms to get teachers and students excited about technology.
 * 5) I would like to see more info on Portal that has to do with the fine arts, such as artists (past and contemporary), musicians, etc.
 * 6) Content on the portal should be added to or access to sound, video, clipart, photos files. Especially for the higher levels.
 * 7) Computers in the high school classrooms!


 * __Student Choices/Voices about Learning__**
 * 1) Writing is fun as long as you don't have a limit. If you have a prompt to write about it limits our imagination, and makes it harder.
 * 2) Give students an opportunity to think, explore, create, and show what they know...give them a chance!
 * 3) We need to get our students excited about learning....they are excited about technology, so we need to find ways to combine the two!
 * 4) Show off their knowledge of the program at issue. The video used tonight is a great example.
 * 5) A lot of kids want to write and read, but we don't want to read the books we're made to read, we want to read what we have interests in.
 * 6) Technology appeals to students more than the typical paper and pencil. Devices in the classroom open our students’ minds and it is up to us to grow with them.
 * 7) To research the stuff they need
 * 8) As the video states the future is here and technology plays a major role in the education of our students.
 * 9) Use the technology as a 'means' to learning, not the end product.

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