Sep 01 2008
classroom cornerstones
I stole this title from a post earlier today by Tom Barrett. Tom has set out his stall, having identified the technology he will be using with his class over the new school year.
What about me? All I know right now is that I need to up my game in terms of classroom technology this year. Unlike Tom, we’ve been back to school for 2 weeks now. I’m moving into a new classroom next week (photos to follow) and will have an interactive whiteboard for the very first time. One of the challenges I will face is how to integrate this new tool into my predominantly senior school timetable without patronising the 16+ age group. No doubt I will be drawing heavily on the IWB tips that Tom and others have compiled.
Add to that the new Intermediate 1 Electronics course, where I am having to get up to speed with packages such as Crocodile Technology 3D to teach circuit design & simulation before letting this class loose on their SQA projects.
That’s a steep enough ICT learning curve for this term.