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Gayla Thompson posted a blog postWhen You Move You Lose
Why is that educators are of a few select groups that lose their retirement when they move? If you work for a corporation out in California and take a promotion in Texas, you don’t lose that 10 years of retirement out in California. If you live in Connecticut and get a great job opportunity with a company in New York City, you simply commute to the city without thinking about losing retirement from all those years of work in Connecticut.So why isn’t this the case for educators? If a teacher…See More
Gayla Thompson commented on Gayla Thompson's blog post Technology In The Classroom – An Investment Or A Waste of Resources?"ConorK, thank you for comments. Being a business and technology teacher most of my professional life, I am a huge advocate of technology in the classroom for students and teachers alike. I just wanted to point out how wasteful schools are of the…"
Gayla Thompson posted a blog postTechnology In The Classroom – An Investment Or A Waste of Resources?
What phrase is abuzz in the world of education? “Technology in the classroom.” Everyone is scrambling to find ways to fund their school districts or buildings with new technology for students and teachers. Some schools reach out to their communities and form alliances with businesses to help supply classrooms with new computers or projectors. Other districts have teachers working late, after school, in the evenings, and on the weekends without compensation writing Perkins grants to receive…See More
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When You Move You Lose
Posted on July 16, 2009 at 4:49pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Why is that educators are of a few select groups that lose their retirement when they move? If you work for a corporation out in California and take a promotion in Texas, you don’t lose that 10 years of retirement out in California. If you live in Connecticut and get a great job opportunity with a company in New York City, you simply commute to the city without thinking about losing retirement from all those years of work in Connecticut.
So why isn’t this the case for educators? If a… Continue
So why isn’t this the case for educators? If a… Continue
Technology In The Classroom – An Investment Or A Waste of Resources?
Posted on July 11, 2009 at 7:00pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
What phrase is abuzz in the world of education? “Technology in the classroom.” Everyone is scrambling to find ways to fund their school districts or buildings with new technology for students and teachers. Some schools reach out to their communities and form alliances with businesses to help supply classrooms with new computers or projectors. Other districts have teachers working late, after school, in the evenings, and on the weekends without compensation writing Perkins grants to receive… Continue
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- At 11:14am on July 13, 2009,
Mark Cruthers said… - Hi Gayla,
With your interest in Education Technology, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.
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