Monday, May 20, 2013

My vision for my school




“If I ran our school system...”

Students will have technology devices
 (laptops, Ipads, phones, internet, digital cameras,                      
smart boards, printers, projectors and Skype)
AVAILABLE EVERYDAY, ALL DAY. 
Students will continue to focus on Literacy, Mathematics, Writing, Science, Social Studies, Arts, Music and Healthy Living/Recreation to understand how all these areas apply to life outside of school and beyond.   In a time when students can connect to the world through unlimited access, I need to provide a window to all that is available.
At times, I may not be the only teacher in the “room”. 
At times we may be watching, listening, and observing real life situations through Skype from a business or in another classroom across the wires.
The “teachers” will be young and old, where students and teachers can experience the many opportunities to reach out and explore the world.  
The students, no matter what age, 
will always need teachers to direct, 
encourage, guide, push, challenge, 
question and validate their learning, 
so they can continue to reach a 
deeper understanding in all content 
areas.  Assessments will be delivered 
through standards based assessments, 
calculating accomplishment of a 
standard by an online data 
management collection system.  
Teachers, parents and students will have 
continuous access to student progress, 
assignments and resources which support their continuous growth and learning. My school will be technology literate and reach all styles of learners and 
all learners will continuously work through the Taxonomy for Thinking daily or weekly in multiple content areas.


1 comment:

  1. Angela - you posted quite a bit about having students work much higher in Bloom's Taxonomy (the Higher Order Thinking Skills). I agree with doing that, and wonder if a large section of our educators are ready to move away from traditional remember and regurgitate classrooms to ones full of inquiry based learning and emphasis on the HOTS? I know I want to see that happen more often than I do, but wonder about the transition to get there.

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