Each of the last seven summers, my partners and I have
enjoyed teaching a class as Adjunct Professors for the College of Charleston
here in SC. Marc, Doug and I really look
forward to this class. We teach Teachers
how to use technology as a tool to enhance their lessons. We make clear that the Teacher is the most
important part of the teaching element.
The class is 48 hours; squeezed into 3 weeks, meeting Monday
through Thursday from 8:00 am – Noon.
There were some homework assignments, but most of the work was done in
the class.
We began a few years ago doing the class completely
paperless using Google Classroom as our Learning Management System
platform. Not only are we able to model
what we’d like to see them using at their schools, the teachers in the class
are now empowered to take it on to the next level and their student will be the
benefactors!
We teach some of the basic tools for presentation,
collaboration, creativity, innovation, and problem solving. We teach them how
to set up their own classes, use their content standards and infuse the ISTE Standards
(International Society for Technology in Education).
Students did a comprehensive lesson plan, “Turned It In” in our
Google Classroom, and used Google Sites to create a website for their classes
to be used in the Fall.
Here is what’s so cool about our class this summer: We had a new hire that just graduated in May
of 2019, and a teacher that will be starting her 47th year…two
retirees and all kind of years of experience in between. They all worked beautifully together. Given the right situation and the right
approach, teachers are NEVER too old to start learning how to integrate technology
in the classroom. Excitement was high
for the start of another school year in August of 2019. Cannot wait to see the ways this group will
use their new skills!
Keith
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