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Mexico Academy and Central School District
Mexico, NY
School Type: Public
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School Setting: Rural
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Level: Elementary
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School Design: Traditional
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Content Presented By:
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NEIRTEC, Northeast & Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
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Design and Implementation
At each of the three elementary schools at Mexico (NY) Academy and Central School District, Amy Spath, the technology integration specialist for the district, collaborated with teachers from three elementary school grade levels to integrate technology into standards-based lessons that were already taught in the classroom without the use of special software or the Internet. The half-day professional development session consisted of the following activities:
- Participating in a model lesson, demonstrated by Amy Spath, with integrated technology
- Reviewing Web sites or software relevant to the topic of the lesson
- Determining which technologies best fit into their own lessons. Teachers considered software, such as Inspiration and Max's Sandbox, use of the Internet, and whether to use a projector for whole-class instruction or bring their students to the library, in their building, to use the computers in pairs for the lesson.
- Developing assessment strategies
- Scheduling class periods, library times, and use of the school's projection systems
On the follow-up dates, the teachers presented their technology-enhanced lessons to their students with help from Spath.
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