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Comment by Sam J. Brooks on May 1, 2012 at 11:09am

I enjoyed reading the article in the March issue of L & L.  The article was "Rural Districts Bolster Choices with Online Learning".  It showed how the Lane Education Service District in Oregon is using online learning to give its students more offerings and the ability to use online learning classes to the offerings of smaller schools who can not provide teachers for certain courses.  I work in the Putnam County School System in Cookeville, TN. and we are doing quite the same thing with our V.I.T.A.L. (Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning) program in Putnam County.  We started our program 4 years ago and it has grown into a program that has four main components that give students an upper hand and many choices as they go through their high school careers.  The components are online credit advancement, credit recovery, dual credit class offerings, as well as live distance learning synchronous class offerings.  Our VITAL coordinator, Sharon Anderson has taken this program to new levels the past four years and the growth of the program has amazed us. We have several videos and pictures on our facebook page (search Putnam County Schools Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning) to view pics and videos.  A LINK to our website is also below if anyone would like to take a look.  We Re going through some of the same situations the program in Oregon is going through but this program has been very popular and continues to grow in our school system. 

Sam Brooks

Onsite Facilitator for Online Learning

Putnam County School System

VITAL Website - Putnam County

Comment by Andra Brichacek on May 16, 2011 at 4:29pm

Calling All Comics

Put your good humor to good use.

The ISTE Daily Leader is seeking cartoons or comic strips for potential inclusion in the newspaper of record for ISTE’s annual conference and exposition, ISTE 2011 in Philadelphia, June 26-29. Create a comic displaying something funny about technology in education or the ISTE conference.  Comics can be a single panel or up to 3 panels as long as the overall size fits in an eighth page that is 4.75 inches wide by 3.4 inches high.

Comic creators can be kids or adults, but, of course, the content should be appropriate for an audience of all ages. Be sure to include the comic creator’s name, age, location (institution, city, state/province, and country) and mention any technology he or she might have used to create the comic.  

 

Submit entries as a high-resolution PDF or jpg at 300 dpi by email to Editor Kate Conley, kconley@iste.org, by June 3, 2011, to be considered for publication. Submissions must be original and not previously published. Submission constitutes permission to publish in the Daily Leader.

Thanks in advance for the laughs,

The Daily Leader Team

Comment by Sarah McPherson on February 20, 2011 at 6:18am

At SigTE we are discussing a book on Social Learning.  We need your help in exploring some of the issues around social learning.  I have grad students who are actually afraid of it.  Their students or students' parents may see something they shouldn't and vice versa.  What is a come back for me to use to get them to open up.  The irony is that everyone in my class is under 30, maybe even under 25, so they have a long career ahead of them as models for appropriate use of technology.  Fear should not be a factor.  If you have some ideas go to SIGTE group and join in the discussion.

Comment by Laura Schaid on February 2, 2011 at 6:51pm

Kate - thanks for sharing that article and audio of the radio show! It was very enlightening!

Teachers seem to be very reluctant at utilizing new technology in the classroom but this radio discussion presented the positive aspects of integrating iPods and iPads into the classroom. iPads and iPods allow students to take charge of some of their own learning. I never really thought about the differentiation component of using iPods and iPads but this is a definite plus to utilizing them in the classroom. Students come into the classroom with varying levels of abilities and teachers are responsible for making sure ALL students accomplish the objectives. The technology aids the teacher in creating lessons that address all students abilities. Students can be working on the same skill but using different apps that cater to their learning ability. 

I am a pre-service teacher and although I am not super technologically savvy, this article encourages me to learn as much as I can about utilizing technology in the classroom because I see the huge benefits to integrating it into my future classroom. Students are spending all this time using technology outside of school and then they come to school and they take a step 10 years back in time. If we are supposed to be preparing the students for the future, shouldn't we be at least 10 years ahead of society in the classroom?

With that said, anyone have any suggestions of apps for a high school math classroom? I am currently placed in a algebra 1 and 2 classroom but any cool, useful app would be appreciated!

Comment by David Backer on January 31, 2011 at 8:52am

Reference to Kate on the Think Out Loud radio show, overall I thought it was very beneficial with helping teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. I feel very strongly that there is a place for technology in the classroom, but there also is a fine line between how students use it in their class. Some teachers think using technology in the classroom is showing a video clip or using powerpoint for note taking. This may be a good method for student learning but does not get the student engaged with using technology. Students who get a hands on approach with using technology will be more motivated to learn the content.

Comment by Kate Conley on January 20, 2011 at 11:42am

Here's a great story from Oregon Public Broadcasting's Think Out Loud radio show about cool ways technology is being integrated into educational settings: http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/gadgets-gizmos-grey-matter/

You can listen to it online or download an mp3 file.

Comment by Scott Merrick on January 13, 2011 at 11:58am

Join SIGVE's Andy Wheelock as he dons the persona of his avatar, Spiff Whitfield, and interviews the SLoodle pioneer Fire Centaur onstage in Second Life Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 5 pm Pacific time. Visit the ISTE Island Auditorium in SL at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/201/46/23 or if you'd rather attend without opening up Second Life, try our Elluminate (experimental) mirror at http://www.learncentral.org/node/127352 . We hope to see you there! More info and a link to question submissions at https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1gT54lF4n6MWhcvhe0DXiwV3sAx...

 

Cheerio!

Comment by Jason Moyer on March 24, 2010 at 11:15am

I just joined ISTE this year as part of a course in my teacher training program at BGSU. I must say that the L&L magazine has truly opened my eyes to the amazing things that we can do with technology in the classroom. I had never worked with Promethean or Smart Board technology, and now that I have I am even more excited about technology in my classroom. L&L has opened my eyes what is possible.

Comment by Andra Brichacek on March 11, 2010 at 2:03pm

We need Readers Respond responses! Chime in with a short or long response to the Point/Counterpoint/Readers Respond discussion forum above, "Should Schools Test Teachers for Tech Proficiency before Hiring Them?" and we may publish your opinion in the May issue of L&L!

Comment by Ayles-Anne Wilson on March 3, 2010 at 1:10pm

I have been exposed to the offerings of ISTE since 2002 when I studied at Concordia in Montreal Canada. As an Ed Technologist in Trinidad and Tobago things are happening slowly in the region and so I am venturing out to network with other educators in the USA, Canada, UK and any other countries where technology is the focus and people are willing to share their knowledge and expertise. Looking forward to the interaction.

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