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Jill R. Pfannenstiel replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 7 - Privacy, Permission, and Protection' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

The student/laptop ratio in my classroom is 2:1. When using the laptops, I usually put students with a partner to maximize the usage. If we need a 1:1 ratio, I borrow laptops from one of the other TRC teachers if they aren't using them or the…

Mar 8, 2010

Jill R. Pfannenstiel replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 6 - Communication to Build Community' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

A school leader that uses a lot of technologies is Cyndi Danner-Kuhn. She is at the college and provides a lot of good resources for us. She has created a website for the TRC team at our school with different resources for us to use. She updates it…

Feb 26, 2010

Jill R. Pfannenstiel replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 5 - Strategic Leadership' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

As far as environments that promote the best learning opportunities for PD, I feel that face to face is more interactive and personal, but at times I can see that virtual can be just as good. I think PD needs to be interactive and keep the teachers…

Feb 21, 2010

Jill R. Pfannenstiel replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 4 - Instructional Strategies for T&L with Technology' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

I have not had the chance to explore a digital textbook opportunity, but I can see how this is going to be the way of the future. I'm not sure how long it will be due to the fact that not everyone has internet access at their fingertips. I know…

Feb 15, 2010

Jill R. Pfannenstiel replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 3 - Tools for Collaboration, Communication, and Creation...and Some Others, Too!' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

1)Share a powerful teaching example using one of the tools from the chapter. In my classroom, I have been using photo sharing and movie for students to create "movies". We were learning about the geometrical shapes and students were put…

Feb 6, 2010

Jill R. Pfannenstiel replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 2: The Digital Information Age - Who Are Our Students and Teachers' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

There are several effective strategies that I have used that connect with the students learning in the Digital Age. This grant has really changed the way I have taught this year and I'm really enjoying it. It has also been a challenge for me to…

Jan 30, 2010

Jill R. Pfannenstiel replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 1 - Leading 21st Century Schools: What School Leaders Need to Know' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

The biggest challenge I feel we have in my district is the access to websites and activites on the internet. There are so many new things out there for students to access and learn from Web. 2.0, but the firewall in our district seems to block so…

Jan 21, 2010