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 | The Program Office | Laura van Keulen, Asst. Principal of Data and Technology, ext: 2261  e-mail
Marc Shale, Program Chairperson, ext: 2201 e-mail
Alex Moore, Program Chairperson Assistant, Webmaster, ext: 2201 e-mail
Emily Lawton, Program Chairperson Assistant, ext: 2201 e-mail
Marla Karaliolios, Attendance Coordinator, ext: 2211 e-mail
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Technology Project
For 2010-11, LaGuardia Arts ordered the following technological tools:
- seven wall-mounted white boards mounted in the following rooms:
- 411 for Health Education
- 641 and 625 for social studies
- 729 and 737 for Art History and Computer Graphics
- 361 and 627 for foreign language
- four sound systems for carts with LCDs in the Social Studies Department
- computer stations in the following offices:
- English Office (Room 657 - two stations)
- Teachers' Lounge (Room 653 - three stations)
- Science Department (Room 513 - two stations)
- Physical Education (Room 313 and 327 - each with one station)
- 24 new Apple computers in the Arts Computer Lab on th seventh floor
- 18 Apple computers and a printer in the Digital Learning Center in Room 638
- 6 Apple computers in the main area in the Library
- Class set of clickers and one laptop, LCD, and cart for school-wide use
- 10 iPads to be used by teachers who would like to develop Apple iPad lessons
- One iPad Learning Lab with 34 iPads
Faculty Involvement:
Below you will find descriptions of ways that our teachers are embracing technology:
ToonDoo.com: Each year, the Biology Department at our school assigns a cell project to our students. In past years, students would make a model of an animal or plant cell. Other projects included presentations showing various body cells, etc. Last year, the cell project Mr. Gonzalez assigned called for students to create a cell analogy story book. That is, each cell part would be a character in a story designed for children. This, by the way, is not an original idea. It's been done many times; however, one weakness in the assignment is that (especially at LaGuardia) students who are not art majors may not be able to draw well. In comes ToonDoo. ToonDoo is a piece of free online software where the students were able to drag and drop characters, props, and talking bubbles. This levels the playing field. No pencils required! The students did an amazing job creating their cell analogy children's books. The software would also be an excellent addition to a foreign language assignment or a history political cartoon assignment.
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Crum supported the organization of a PD that familiarized teachers with the software used to create material for the 3-D printer. Mr. Singh makes use of multimedia presentations. A large number of teachers have created Web sites as a result of a professional development workshop led by Ms. Regnier, the Librarian, and different subject teachers.
Description:
The Technology Project involves familiarizing educators with electronic tools that can be used to meet student needs in the Information Age. Before CFI presentations, workshops, and articles, many faculty members had not heard of ARIS or Daedalus. The CFI Team has made presentations to the faculty about these online interfaces that allowed teachers to understand and make meaningful conclusions about student performance. We also organized professional development workshops around Easy Grade Pro, AutoDesk, and Excel.
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