During my last year teaching @ Storm Lake, 3 classrooms @ the middle school,
including mine, were given the clickers and the "chalkboard"(tablet).
I liked them, but they were, like all the others, very labor intensive up
front. Entering student names and assigning clicker #'s was almost more
I would suggest getting a mimio in as a evaluation unit. We quickly found that
depending on where the teacher was standing/resting their other hand, it
affected the reception of the mimio pen. It also seemed like we were
calibrating and recalibrating the board when it came to working with the
Fort Dodge has purchased 3 iPods to enhance our TAG program. This is our
pilot. I have seen mixed results. Most of our hurdles have been on the
teacher side. They are scared of breaking them (iPod or belkin recorder) or
having students break them while using them.
The one thing that the
Fort Dodge is. It seems that we have the same staff members using it
regularly-other than that it's not utilized. In teaching some small group
activities to the 7-8 graders, I have showed them how to access it and have
found that the they are the one's that really like and use it. They can go
The 7-8 middle school is looking into Channel 1 currently.
I personally have mixed feelings about bringing in the tv's and getting trapped
into showing it and giving up instructional time every day. The broadcast is
also streamed. We have a good percentage of the rooms with mounted projecto
This summer we purchased Type Master for our 7-8 building, the SH uses
keyboard Mastery, and our 5-6 building is using Typing Instructor.
Chris Anderson
Technology Integration Coordinator
Fort Dodge Schools
(515) 574-5362
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I will be attending.
Thanks.
Chris Anderson
Technology Integration Coordinator
Fort Dodge Schools
(515) 574-5362
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Fort Dodge is interested. Please add us to the list.
Chris Anderson
Technology Integration Coordinator
Fort Dodge Schools
(515) 574-5362
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