Re: Ed Problems/Tech Solutions

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} From: Dottie Byer <dbyer@CSN.ORG>
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} Subject: Ed Problems/Tech Solutions
} One of my administrators is gathering a list of the most pressing
DOTTIE, IF THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS HELP, YOU ARE WELCOME TO THEM.
LETS SEPERATE WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED INTO TWO PARTS:

[1]     ED PROBLEMS:  SEE THESE 3 BOOKS:

HANDBOOK OF GIFTED EDUCATION  by Nicholas Colangelo
        Chapter 9.  TheSchoolwide Enrichment Model.

COMPERHENSIVE CURRICULUM FOR GIFTED LEARNERS   2nd edition  1994
        by
 Joyce VanTassel-Baska

if youimplement a schoolwide ssytem model which is comfortable for the
Students, then a number of of theEducaitonal Problems will cease to
exist.

Encoruage your Students to ask all kinds of questions.  See

CREATIVE LEARNING & TEACHING    Chapters 9 & 10.
        by  E. Paul Torrance

[2]     TECH SOLUTIONS.  Experiment with these:

        [a]     MATH: Emphasize exploration.  make heavy use of the
pocket calculators int he earlygrades, and the graphing calculators for
9th Grade Algebra.
        Shift away from the traditional teaching by authority of the
teachers lectures and the textbook.  Shift from the verbgal, symbolic,
and the theoratical.
        Start witht eh visual, the spatial, and informatl geometric
presentation of concrete, real world objects.

        {b}     Establish e-mail mentors and Pen-Pals for your Talented &
Gifted Students.

        [c]     make heavy use of two-way Interactive TV for inservice
enhancement of your Teaching Stff, principals and the Superintendent.
        After all, EDUCATION is supposed to be good for you!!!

WILSON H. CRAIG, JR.
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WILSON H. CRAIG, JR.
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