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Tools for teaching and learning.
By dorothy.bialke | December 3, 2007
The other day I gave a tour to a family that is exploring schools for their son who will start kindergarten in the fall. As I gave the tour, I pointed out the ways St. Raphael’s staff works with students to help them grow and develop their academic abilities. We witnessed both small and large group instruction but it was a different program that these parents recognized as a strength.
The program is our use of technology as a teaching and learning tool. We talked at length about how we use technology to meet the needs of the individual students. As an example, I told them about Mrs. Schulz use of technology in her Charlotte’s Web unit. The students accessed online activities for each section of the book, where they completed exercises that reinforced the objectives of that section. By utilizing these resources the students were able to work at their own pace. Our strength of using technology as a teaching and learning tool, allows us to provide our students with a range of instruction and access to a greater number of resources than most small schools.
Topics: 21st Century Skills, toolbox for learning, technology |