About Me (meet my Co-Editor Smokey)
Howdy! I teach in the computer lab and library, so have renamed it the labrary...making me the Labrary Lady!
- My name is Tammi Lynne Cooke. I graduated with a B.A. in Youth Ministry at the age of 30, and accidentally fell into teaching in 2007.
- I graduated with a M.S. in Instructional Technology at the age of 50...it's never too late to start something new!
- I live in Virginia and teach at a small, private, Christian academy in my small town.
- As you can see above, I have fur babies at home. I am single, never married, and living my best life.
- I have recently started editing and proofreading, so there is a section for that as well.
How does the website work and what is in here, anyway?
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As you explore, feel free to take the nuggets you can use, skip the stuff that isn't relevant for you, and keep an open mind. Oh, yeah, if you use something I have written, please credit me...other than that, have fun!
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How does media and technology help students meet state and tech standards?
- The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) (2016) has major goals for students to meet before graduation. They fall into seven major categories: from good digital citizenship to collaborating online in various ways. (ISTE, 2016).
- It would be impossible for students to successfully complete all these if the only time they saw a computer at school was during their “specials”.
- Content areas, rather state standards or national standards, gain much enrichment from technology. For example, when discussing American history, a virtual field trip of a Civil War battleground will add to the lesson; seeing with his own eyes helps a student grasp the importance.
How does technology help teachers differentiate?
- Having a class rich in multimedia offers success to students who may not learn the same way.
- It allows for rubrics to offer more than one outcome to show that a student has learned material and makes differentiation for students that need remediation or challenge possible without singling that student out amongst his peers.
- It can help capture the attention of students who struggle to take notes from a text or stay focused during a lecture.
- Students can be grouped by need, interest, or other ways as the teacher sees fit.
I would love to hear from you!
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