Talk:Principles of Good Practice
From School Computing
I think the way in which data is secured is a practice not a priciple. Although there may not be many different ways to secure data, we should look to articulating the principle rather than the practice.
"Schools secure their data and have reliable methods for recovering from natural or virtual disasters."
Alan November said that it's not about tech it's about information and communication
too watered down?
visionary vs. guiding
vanilla paul revere filters
SteveBergen: from one of the NAIS PGPs .... Middle school educators actively engage parents as partners in recognizing the implications of the significant changes affecting middle school children.
Curt Lieneck: possible paul revere pgp for leadership? " School leadership recognizes the unique challenges and opportunities rapid technology change present for all stakeholders and actively seeks to address them.
SteveBergen: from another PGP ... Automatic tuition remission for children of faculty and staff should be funded, administered, and accounted for in a manner distinct from the institution's need-based financial aid program and its merit awards. Recipients of tuition remission should not be held to different standards of behavior and academic performance than other students.
Let's make a strong statement
Joe: too little tech in schools
Moderator[Pamela Livingston]: Schools understand that teaching with technology as well as teaching appropriate use of technology is important.
Moderator[Pamela Livingston]: Curriculum drives technology use, not vice versa
Moderator[Pamela Livingston]: Educators recognize their responsibility to acquire skills and keep current on technology instructional developments in their subject areas.
Joe: training comes from the outside, growth comes from the inside
Tim's 4 levels of teacher use
Curt Lieneck: Pam, I like your phrasing on that last post...might include productivity as well
Albert Throckmorton: Technology is an essential part of professional growth
Tech becomes an integral component of all school areas -albert
SteveBergen: not sure if this got to all of you ... This classification scheme comes from Tim Fish, one of the authors of the book Leadership and Technology at Independent Schools. You can read more about this on the Web page of http://gatornet.chapin.edu/timfish if you are interested. Please understand that we are just asking you to make a "rough estimate" and put down 4 numbers that add to 100%. One of the most important themes at Summercore involves "how to move faculty to the next level without stress" and so this section of the application provides us with a head start! How many teachers are at level one? ____ This level refers to people whose only computer usage is required work, e.g. required e-mail, required comments. These teachers are typically not very comfortable with using a computer. Level one teachers are often wonderful in the classroom; they just have not adopted technology as a personal or instructional tool.
How many teachers are at level two? _____ This level refers to people who use the computer for personal and professional use. They may use the computer quite a bit to shop online, create materials for the classroom, e-mail with fellow teachers, do web research, etc. Level two teachers may also use the computer and a projector to deliver classroom materials to students, they may have their own web page, etc. The key distinction with level two teachers is that they very rarely have students use technology as part of the learning process.
How many teachers are at level three, what Tim calls Isolated Integrators? ____ This level refers to people who occasionally have students use technology as part of the learning process. Level three teachers may have the students do between 1 and 6 technology integrated units each year. An example may be a foreign language teacher who brings her class to the technology center in November each year to make French newspapers using MS publisher and then returns in the Spring to have students make travel brochures for the country they are studying.
How many teachers are at level four, what Tim calls Frequent Flyers? ___ Level four teachers regularly have students use technology. These are teachers who would be very excited about a school's decision to have students purchase laptops. These teachers see limitless potential for the use of technology in the classroom and are excited to move forward. They are viewed as the power users of technology. Computers are important to them personally and instructionally.
Albert Throckmorton: technology is included in strategic planning and evaluation of school programs
