Regional Office of Education #13

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Michael Bonner, Teacher at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, GA, recommended this book.  The author, Mark Edwards, was 2013 superintendent of the year.  He shares his story of implementing one-to-one computing in schools in Mooresville, North Carolina.  If your school already has one to one computing:  Are you using it to its potential?  Do you collaborate with faculty on projects?  How are you changing your approach to planning, teaching, and reaching all students?

From Amazon.....

"Mark has effectively articulated why and how he blended experience, culture, leadership, content, community, technology, effective teaching, and a deep, overriding love for students to transform a school system and community for the better.  This is a must-read book for all educators."

-Randy Wilhelm, CEO and Co-Founder, Knovation

Here is the story of how Superintendent Edwards led his district in an innovative "digital conversion" initiative with very remarkable results within just four years:

• Every Student and teacher got a laptop despite a very modest resource base.
• The graduation rate increased by 90%.
• The composite academic performance rose to 89%.
• A vibrant new learning environment was recognized and admired by hundreds of outsiders.

Each week participants will share one thing from the reading and will reply to other participants, through the use of Google Classroom.  All readings must be completed and comments posted by October 31, 2024.

October 1-4 Chapters 1-2
October 7-11 Chapters 3-4
October 14-18 Chapters 5-6
October 21-25 Chapters 7-8
October 28-31 Chapters 9-10

Prerequisite:  Make sure your Google for Education Administrator has enabled the setting for you to be able to join Google Classroom outside your school domain.  If you have questions about this, please contact the presenter (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).