Day 2....Teaching the new program Learning.com
1. How much information does the classroom teacher need to know about the new program?
2. How much time does the students need to get a grasp of the self paced work?
3. How to get teacher by-in on the new program..?
1. AND 3--- LOTS!!! In order to get by-in, teachers need to know how it will help them teach their standards or reinforce them and second...how it will benefit the students in their work for their subject matter. I also found out that the more the teacher loves it, the better the chances that students will use it as the teacher will endorse the program in a positive or negative way!
2. Depends on the class and day......I taught this lesson for a solid week to hit all the students and it varied by the day and the class. (and probably me too) Honors students grasped it quickly and moved along at their own pace. RTI classes too a bit longer. Students who were interested in it were quicker than those who lack to see the value in it. Student by-in is also important. They need to see the value in what they are learning to adopt it successfully.
Learning.com is a program that reinforces State Standards while teaching important but often neglected technology skills such as building presentations, using Excel, etc. I presented this new program to the teachers at a faculty meeting before scheduling students. It took me demonstrating the program before many would by-in. They are concerned about the amount of time it takes to implement the program on a weekly basis. Although we worked out the schedule with administration input, it discourages me that I am more excited about the program than the teachers. It has such value in our emerging technology, I hope all will come to love it. The students seemed interested. It is self paced so I am interested to see how far students go on their own vice the amount of time we provide at school.
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