Investing in People: Knott County’s Commitment
The district has officially launched a Professional Development Cadre for Aspiring Leaders, a new initiative designed to help educators who are ready to take the
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Something to think about… How can we make Eastern Kentucky a hot-bed for technology jobs in the future? What can we do to prepare our students for a world that is driven by technology? Thought?!? Love to have some great conversation!!!
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This is great. Really drives home the need for Personalized Learning and the changing job outlook of our future. We must have more “Ted’s” not “Bill’s”.
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How can technology help make long-term absences easier to deal with? I know this is one of the topics that is currently being brought up during our ARI Staff meetings and now the discusses we have been having has made it to eSchool News. Read the Article and tell me what you think?
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I love the idea. It would be so cool to have several of these robots going from class to class.
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Students at North Magoffin Biography Buddies.
Students completed Biography reports using the Big 6 model. They selected their own person to do the project about. They used QR codes, chatterpix app and thirty-hands to integrate technology.[bpfb_link url=’http://30hands.30hands.net/members/23741/presentations/16307-bio-buddies/details’ title=’…Read More
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This is exciting Liz. What are you discovering as you proceed through the project? Student engagement and motivation?
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The students love it. They love the tech part. I have found time restraints a little difficult. I am the Library Media Specialist at the school and I only have classes for 30 min. Students also liked that they could choose who they wanted to do the report about.
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This is great to see students integrating technology into their projects. Chatterpix is really cool. Did the students enjoy using this app?
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Yes. I really liked it to because the kids could use it. It is very easy.
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These kids do make a good point. We talk about student voice a lot nowadays. I think we are beginning to hear it more and more.
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Check out this Ted Talk. An economist talks about jobs of the future. http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like?language=en