TeacherTECH ‘06

The teacher training component of GirlTECH, Rice University, Houston,TX

Entries from June 2006

Comment on the Awareness Day talks

June 14th, 2006 · 4 Comments

Please write comments on each of the Awareness Day talks.  The speakers will be invited to participate in this ‘blog’, so feel free to address questions, or direct comments directly to them. It would be VERY effective (that’s a not so subtle hint) to comment on each of the talks.  We would REALLY aapreciate it.
The other TAKS- Technology [...]

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Tags: Technology Support

Online Helpers

June 12th, 2006 · 14 Comments

Which of the online helpers covered in class today do you think will be an asset to your lesson and how would you incorporate it into your lesson? Feel free to mention more than one, just rank them in order of preference. Submit your choices BEFORE you leave class today.

Online quiz
Blogs
Calendars
Puzzles
Graphs
Javascript
Java Applets

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Tags: Technology Support

Challenges in Providing Quality Education in Science and Mathematics for all…

June 6th, 2006 · 9 Comments

After hearing Dr. Tapia’s discussion on providing quality education in science and mathematics for ALL students, reflect how you are going to use some of the information you learned today in your teaching practices.
Discuss the challenges you face each day, and how you deal with these challenges.  Share any ’success’ stories, or post questions that [...]

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Tags: Gender Equity Issues

Thoughts on ‘web lessons’…

June 3rd, 2006 · 15 Comments

Welcome to TeacherTECH ‘06.
After learning about WebQuests and GirlTECH web lessons today in class, add comments about how your interpretation of the traditional lesson format may need to be revised?  Click on the title that is linked to add your comments.
An additional post has been added for you to share your ideas for your first [...]

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Tags: WebQuests

Ideas for your first TeacherTECH lesson

June 3rd, 2006 · 8 Comments

After thinking about online lessons, what ideas do you have for a lesson that you would like to develop.  Feel free to post your idea, and/or share your thoughts regarding others.  This post and it’s comments are an effort to have a great brainstorming session as well as a means of collaboration among peers.

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Tags: WebQuests

Blogging in TeacherTECH

June 1st, 2006 · No Comments

Welcome to TeachTECH.  Blogs are currently ‘hot’ topics.  No doubt, each of the students that you teach maintain at least one, and participate in many.  One of the many exciting aspects of teaching is sharing ideas, successes and having the ability to collaborate.
This blog is an attempt to provide an opportunity to do just that.  [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized