By Anne Ernst, San Mateo Patch
Some arrived tech-savvy, some came tech-adequate, but after two weeks of intensive training at the Krause Center for Innovation, the teachers who attended the Making Education Relevant and Interactive Through Technology program all left tech-inspired. “I took roll on the computer,” says Dolly Sandoval about how much technology she used in her classroom previous to attending MERIT. Now she’s excited about implementing in her classroom what she’s learned so far, she says. Others who had never made a video walked away with the knowledge of not only how to make one, but how to make it into a lesson that can be captivating and entertaining. MERIT is a one-year program for educators of grades 4 through 12 that teaches teachers how to best utilize and integrate innovative technology in the classroom, using anything from Prezi, a free web-based zoom presentation program to creating 90-second videos to augment a lesson.
http://sanmateo.patch.com/articles/the-merit-of-technology-in-the-classroom-4
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