Technology+and+Literacy+CFG

December 20, 2006 Meeting Notes Goals:** Identifying what technological literacy means Sharing & reflecting on our own practice around technology & literacy Documenting “best practices” (to aid in Developing a Holistic technology and literacy program
 * March 15

Liz Jane Finding ways to get the students to really want to use the wiki How can the students become more interested, motivated and engaged in it?

Nick School vision and implementation of technology What are we doing in our classroom to create a literate person Envisioning skill set & knowledge required New strategy for the school

Rebekah Include more technology as a means to facilitate instruction in literacy from a drama class. Make drama department more technological and more literate

Victor What does technological literacy mean? What do we want our kids and staff to get out of this when they leave here?

Yumeris Reflecting and determining effective implementation practices.

What is technology a tool for? Graphing calculators …learning within a purpose. What tools are relevant to be a student at this high school? Part of our definition of literacy should be real-life tools. Ex. Microsoft certification (in some schools) Thinking about implementation… What is technology? CFG not ambitious… we need to come out with something Reflect on our own practice Improve our own practice to improve the success for our students Supporting each other…creating a comfortable reflective environment Seeing students become technologically literate.. Creating a cohesive technology and literacy program Urgency in making our students technologically savvy List of skills and modalities that need to be taught January: Wikispaces…What are the different ways to use it? February: Rebekah March: Victor April: May: June:
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