By this time next year, it is predicted that the scales will tip andover half of the nations’ teenagers will own a smart phone. Just think about that for asecond. I remember when my schoolgot a single Commodore PET computer. It didn’t actually do anything in class (by the time a program loaded,class was over). But by God, the future was sitting right there in front ofus. Flash forward thirty plusyears and most of our classrooms place students in the exact same environmentas I faced in my 7th grade class - lectures, textbooks and paper andpencil assignments. The onlydifference, instead of a having a blinking box in the corner of the classroomthat was essentially unusable, our students have supercomputers in theirpockets that we choose to render unusable.
I understand that asking teachers to figure out how to integrate a new(and potentially disruptive) tool in the classroom while having tosimultaneously manage time, content and students may not be entirelyrealistic. So here is what I woulddo. I would assign the followingproject to my GT students.
B. Create a training manual and training protocol for teachers andstudents.
C. Determine appropriate goals to measure the effectiveness of theprogram.
Then I would take what my students created, polish off the rough edgesand run with it.
A number of you in the LYS Nation are now using your ownbootleg technology devices to follow Twitter. If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us. To let you see what you are missing,here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of September 30, 2012.
1. Framing the Lesson (Fundamental 5) at workat Sunday School this morning! (By @mike_metz)
2. Students should not walk into a classroomand step back in time. (By @EkCoulson)
3. Saw evidence of success of LYS training inConcordia University graduate students this week. Good work, Sean! Studentswin! (By @ctxprof)
4. If your warm-up activity lasts longer than 7minutes, it's too long.
5. Any system that rates everything as failing,is by definition, flawed. But so is the system that rates everything asexceptional.
6. If you stop at the first sign of adversity,the only direction you are going is backwards.
7. A principal shares a brutal truth: It was somuch easier supporting the use of the Fundamental 5 after I actually read thebook.
8. The biggest distinction between a gang and afraternity seems be to the quality of the defense attorney.
9. Tonight on, "And How Was This Not AWaste Of Time?": A recent study concludes that late night cell phone useis linked to a lack of sleep.
10. Poll: Most Texas voters willing to pay moretaxes for education. (By @RudyEngland)
Think. Work. Achieve.
- Call Jo at (832)477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copiesavailable on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5
- Call Jo at (832)477-LEAD to order your campus set of “Look at Me: A Cautionary SchoolLeadership Tale” Individual copies available onAmazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/lookatmebook
- Nowat the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite(Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
- Upcoming Presentations: Region 10 ESC Fall Leadership Conference (Keynote),Advancing Improvement in Education Conference (Multiple Presentations), TASSPAssistant Principals’ Workshop (Featured Speaker), American Association ofSchool Administrators Conference (Multiple Presentations), National Associationof Secondary School Principals Conference (Multiple Presentations)
- FollowSean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
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