Access, Training, and Support Through a Regional eLearning Program

November 15th, 2010 by Jason Borgen

Kelly SchwirzkeKelly Schwirzke, Instructional Technology coordinator for Region V and an experienced educator in online learning, provides an overview of the unique Ozone project serving Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties.  This project, which has been scaled in other regions of the state,  provides cost-effective online tools and courses for schools and districts across the region.

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GenYES: Students and teachers planning together

September 3rd, 2010 by Michael Simkins

Sylvia Martinez

Involving students as partners and co-learners in the educational process, rather than as consumers—or worse, as  “objects”—is not a new concept but it is certainly gaining currency in the 21st century.  With information exploding, teachers can no longer hope to know everything about their subject.  With changes in student lifestyles, fewer and fewer of them are content to be passive participants in the classroom.

GenYES is remarkable in how it brings student voice into the learning conversation.  In this episode, Sylvia Martinez, President of GenYES, describes the project’s original program for bringing students and teachers together to co-plan technology-infused lessons as well as a newer program, TechYES, which offers a unique project-based learning approach to certifying middle school students as technologically literate.

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Vicarious Learning: Developing Cultural Literacy Through Global Collaboration

April 12th, 2010 by Rowland Baker

Vicki DavisVicki Davis is the IT Director and technology teacher at Westwood Schools in Camilla, GA.  Also know as the CoolCatTeacher, Vicki is a national spotlight speaker at several education technology conferences.   Vicki was the 2010 TICAL Conference keynote speaker.  TICAL’s Director Rowland Baker got a chance to speak with Vicki in Little Rock, AR.  Vicki shares how several global collaborative projects she helped create (Flat Classroom Project, NetGen Project, Digiteen Project, and Eracism Project) have assisted students in developing cultural literacy and 21st century skills.

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