Tools

=Tools of the Trade=

//Technology does not necessarily improve education. Take a simple innovation like the pencil: One can use it to write a superlative essay, to drum away the time, or to poke someone's eye. ~Shirley Veenema & Howard Gardner//

**Assessment Foundation**
Students and teachers can be engaged in assessment for learning when everyone knows:
 * that mistakes are essential for learning
 * the difference between descriptive and evaluative feedback
 * that they will have time to try out their ideas
 * that success has many different looks

**Technology Integration and Innovation**
// The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. ~Bill Gates//

Use the technology to increase student achievement, not just because you have it.

Action research to prove education hypotheses for student achievement.

Do something better!

//If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten.//

**Tools for Technology Innovation**
This section is to make sure that you are comfortable with the classroom technology. Computer SMART Board VCR/DVD Stereo Webpage

Any specific needs thus far in your start?

Resources [|Tools of the Trade 2009-10.ppt]

[|DOKlevels.pdf]

[|SMART Notebook 10 Features]

[|SMART Notebook 10 Toolbars]

[|SMART Notebook 10 Gallery]