Lisa Altschwager, technology coordinator at The Harbour School, designed a month-long Internet class for the staff at her school who had mixed computers skills and phobias. The students created content for a web site that helped her students get to know themselves and others. The unmotivated and uninterested in learning became highly motivated and intensely attentive as well as very proud of their work. Another star in The Harbour School, a student with ADHD who exhibited extreme anger and acting out behaviors with a 1-2 minute attention span, worked 45 minutes for 5 days creating a Hyperstudio project. Resources for technology are easily found on the Internet.
Grants can also be a resource for technology.
Congratulations to Diane Bicknell, a physical therapist from Charles County, who won a mini-grant for assistive technology for a student with limited motor abilities. Technology Solutions for Improving Student Learning. Teachers and parents are finding tremendous success in the academic, social, and personal development of children with disabilities as technology becomes more common in their everyday lives at school, at home, at work, and at play. You too can receive MSDE Continuing Professional Development Experience Credits at CTE's 10th Annual Summer Institute scheduled for June 21-25.