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iPrincipal : My Thoughts on Technology in Elementary School

A few weeks ago I received a request from the local school district to fill out an online survey that was focused on the use of technology in our elementary schools. This followed an event at my son's elementary school that was an opportunity for parents to see how the school planned to make use of modern technologies in it's educational curriculum. Elementary Learners Using iPads Image courtesy of Fancy Jantzi on Flickr . The evenings presentations were orchestrated by Ted Lai, the Director of Technology and Media Services for Fullerton School District, who had been guiding several programs that had children as young as Kindergarten and First Grade creating media as part of their education. Of course, this appealed to me immensely. As a media creator myself I totally appreciate the value storytelling has in society, and am very excited kids are getting a chance to discover this for themselves. The fact that they are getting hands on with visual media and the technology used ...

100 Word Celebration

The Sprite had a little celebration for passing his 100 Word reading test today. Mommy recognised this achievement with a CONGRATULATIONS balloon and a delicious huge chocolate cupcake. Over the past few weeks he has been tested on several lists of ten words each. List ten makes a hundred, which is the guideline for kindergartners to be reading. But there is no stopping. The lists continue to come home and we continue to learn more sight words - words that are instantly recognisable and dont need to be sounded out Technorati Tags: kids , kindergarten , school , reading