Tech Curriculum Review Committee Minutes
04-25-06 - MCSS Library
Attendees: Joyce Foley, Claudia Foley, Jean Walker, Steve Chiasson
Steve shared final copies of the “Technology Guidelines Review Summary,” which he has been distributing at staff meetings. The group decided it would be appropriate to distribute them to the schools right away so that teachers and administrators would have a chance to preview the material in advance of the staff meetings.
The group discussed strategies for building a library of content-based grade-specific activities tied to the Tech Skills guidelines. Claudia noted that there already exists a substantial library of templates online. The group will spend some time reviewing those, and Steve will compose a letter asking teachers for examples of activities they have used successfully at their grade level. These will help reconstitute our repertoire of “ready-to-use” computer activities and provide jumping off points for teachers to develop their own new activities.
Steve will begin developing an online lesson format which will include a lesson description, an example of a completed project, a downloadable template, and instructions on how to create such templates.
The next meeting of the group was set for May 25.
submitted by Steve Chiasson