The ITEC Blog

This week, we started reading “Teaching for Understanding with Technology” by Martha Stone Wiske. The first two chapters build upon the Teaching for Understanding Framework. This is a framework to be used when developing lesson plans. There are four main questions to ask yourself when developing lesson plans based on this framework. I will briefly [...]

So, I scavenged the school over the last couple of days. I talked to the SYSOP, ITRT, and Computer Technology teacher. Here is a list of what the middle school I work at has:

COWs
at least 2 desktop computers in every room
digital cameras
video cameras
SMARTboards
lots of projectors
a computer lab
Clickers
SCORE - online resource - teachers can make posts, [...]

Well, I have bookmarks on my computer, but I am not sure the public can view them. So, I have set up a page for my bookmarks. I’ve added the one’s I use reguraly, I’ll keep adding as I come up with them. Here’s the link to the site!
www.ikeepbookmarks/Christine_Bounds 

     Problem based learning, where students are given a simulated problem that imitates a situation that can or is occuring in real life. Since I am a science major, I love using problems to teach a concept. I believe that science is a active learning environment. You cannot sit in your desk and learn how [...]

Here we go! The adventure of blogging begins today. I hope that I can accurately share my thoughts with you through my blogs. I also hope you can take something away from my sometimes sensible writing