Week 2: Assignment Part 2
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning is one of the four areas of the Texas STaR chart. This area is to assist teachers in moving from the "one size fits all" approach of teaching and learning to learning for all at high levels through the student-centered approach. Teachers at my school are progressing towards the mission that all student will succeed at high levels. Educators have to meet the educational needs and goals of our students. Technology is one way to meet the mission, goal for our students that are digital natives. Students are great with technology when it comes to texting and computer games; however, teachers have to teach students how to use technology educationally.
Progress in Teaching and Learning has been made locally, by the state and nationally. The state of Texas has developed the Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. The plan shares the vision for teaching and learning with technology and establishes standards to improve the integration of technology in the schools. Additionally, Texas has developed the Technology Applications TEKS. The standards define students' goals of what they need to know and be able to do with technology. Locally educators have the support of administrators and Region four. They help teachers meet technology requirements by providing staff developments, trainings and/or on site trainings. Lastly, nationally progress has been made by No Child Left Behind, a federal bill enacted in 2001. The trend that can be seen locally, by the state and nationally is that students are expected to start the use of technology at a young age. For example, there are TEKS for pre-k students that have them learn basic skills of the computer to prepare them for their journey ahead in education and the world. I recommend continual support from administrators and Region four to increasing the STaR chart key area Teaching and Learning. More staff developments would greatly help improve teachers' knowledge of the available technology and ways to utilize it in the classroom to ensure students' success.
Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.(2007, November). Retrieved November 22, 2009, from TEA website: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/technology/lrpt/lrpt_lrpt.html
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Julie, I posted this in our Brighton site, but thought I'd say it again here, your STaR Chart Power Point was outstanding! There's no way mine will look like yours! Thanks for sharing... and raising the bar! Macaire
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ReplyDeleteJulie, in reading the rubric for our assignment to respond to another student's blog, I see that merely saying, "Good Job" isn't enough so I thought I would write more. Thank you for sharing your STaR Chart Power Point presentation because I used it as a model for what mine would look like. I was also interested in reading what you wrote about the Teaching and Learning key area from the Long-Range Plan for Technology and thought you made very relevant points.
ReplyDeleteJulie you are so right about getting the students to work on multi-media projects. These are the types of projects that our progressive world is going to expect them to be able to do without any training.
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