Posted in Differentiated Instruction on Jan 28th, 2009 No Comments »
I just finished attending a webinar on DI and Technology. One idea that was presented really caught my attention. We have introduced RAFTs as a low prep creative writing strategy that allows choice within a structure (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) that the teacher creates. The presenters added another T so we have RAFTT. The extra [...]
Posted in EITC on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Collaborating, brainstorming, searching, creating…this is what happened yesterday Jan 22. Our elementary teachers who have whiteboards had a training and sharing session. I was amazed and very proud of what they are achieving in their classroom with their students. Every teacher shared an interactive resource, strategy or product that they are using in their classroom [...]
Posted in CFF, EITC, Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Our district has installed numerous Polyvision interactive whiteboards at the high school through a CFF grant and at the middle and elementary schools through EITC funding (Hempfield Educational Foundation) and PTO purchases. I am been impressed with how the whiteboards are becoming an integral tool in our classrooms. I have seen the progression of use [...]
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