Technology with Intention

Michael Gorman | Southwest Allen County Schools

By Jac de Haan On January 16, 2012 · Add Comment · In educator profiles

Kern Kelley | R.S.U. #19

By Jac de Haan On December 19, 2011 · Add Comment · In educator profiles

Amber Henrey | Mountain Vista Elementary

By Jac de Haan On November 14, 2011 · 1 Comment · In educator profiles

Name: Amber Henrey (Website, CUE breakout session site, @ahenrey)
Organization: Mountain Vista Elementary, Fillmore Unified School District
Current title: 4th Grade Teacher, Data Manager, and Technology Lead
Selected accolade: Gold Coast CUE 2011 Break Out Session Presenter

What is your key to personal growth as an educator?

Teaching is not a competition against your peers or other schools. Open your doors, share your ideas, ask for help, but most importantly be willing to learn. There is a wealth of ideas to be gained from building a PLN. Look to the Internet and social media for inspiration. It’s hard to remain passionate about teaching when you keep your ideas to yourself. By collaborating your passion, your excitement for teaching increases because you have the energy and support of those you surround yourself with.

What skill(s) do you feel are most important for today’s students to explore in academic settings (tech or non-tech related)?

The most important thing a student can gain from their education is the ability to think critically. It is a great shift from “I’ll do what I am told,” to “I’ll do what I think.” As [...]

Errin Gregory | Gold Trail School District

By Jac de Haan On October 3, 2011 · Add Comment · In educator profiles

Name: Errin Gregory (@erringreg | Just a Thought blog)
Organization: Gold Trail School District (#74) in British Columbia, Canada
Current title: Grade 4/5 Elementary Connected Classrooms Teacher
Selected accolades: Virtual Schools Conference 2011 presenter, BCTF New Teachers Conference presenter

What skill(s) do you feel are most important for today’s students to explore in academic settings (tech or non-tech related)?

It’s important for students to be able to explore topics that are of interest to them. Let’s make things relevant, at a personal level, so they can understand why they’re spending time learning about it.

Visual literacy and visual arts are vitally important. What is a culture or a society without art, without that appreciation for information communicated through imagery? We are bombarded everyday with advertisements, websites, logos, photographs – children need to learn how to read and how to communicate with images.

Digital citizenship involves a set of skills that are crucial learning for children. In the past, citizenship involved being a responsible and dutiful person at a local, national and global level. Now, with the online spaces in which people apply for jobs, conduct [...]

Steven Anderson | Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

By Jac de Haan On September 11, 2011 · 1 Comment · In educator profiles

Ethan Delavan | Seattle Country Day School

By Jac de Haan On June 26, 2011 · 4 Comments · In educator profiles

Shawn Avery | Dennett Elemementary

By Jac de Haan On June 12, 2011 · 2 Comments · In educator profiles

Chris Betcher | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney

By Jac de Haan On June 5, 2011 · 1 Comment · In educator profiles

Kathleen Morris | Leopold Primary School

By Jac de Haan On May 29, 2011 · 1 Comment · In educator profiles

Kathleen Morris - teacher and technology integrator

Linda Yollis | Elementary School

By Jac de Haan On May 15, 2011 · 5 Comments · In educator profiles

learning in public with technology and education