Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Signing in, Could it be Easier???

Signing onto my blog seems very clunky. I signed out yesterday and to sign-in this morning I had to play around with the dashboard (signing in and out again). The sign-in boxes are never just there.... Oh well, I have not given up.
Now, what are we reporting on in these blogs? How the technology is rolling out in our building?
We have a wonderful amount of technology in the building here at Arlington. The biggest problem is printers and Microsoft Word. Our Word program is seriously corrupted so students lose projects they've been working on for days. Our printers never work consistently. Every other printout is jammed or not coming out (reason unknown). We have 5 printers in the library & computer labs, all of which are extremely touchy. This becomes a huge headache when students have limited time to work.
I believe the key to technology integration in our building is more research projects. I would like to see more assignments that involve students gathering information to communicate to their peers and instructor their findings. How do we inspire teachers to do this when it involves more work than covering a textbook and the questions at the end of a chapter with a text here and there?

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