by Michael Parrales | Dec 2, 2017 | Desarrollo Profesional
Professional Development is mostly the process of attaining the skills, qualifications, and experience that allow specialists, in this case, teachers, to forge ahead in their careers and improve the quality of instruction imparted to their students.
In other words, it is a wide-ranging, continued, and intensive approach that tends to enhance teacher and principal effectiveness in raising student achievement by providing resources, workshops, training, and assistance in the classroom. There are numerous subjects in professional development; nonetheless, I’m going to concentrate on technology as most of the recommendations to be presented for technology would apply to any other category.
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by Michael Parrales | Nov 15, 2017 | Integración Tecnológica, Tecnología Educativa
It is common in schools not to count with defined procedures for the various executable processes. The same effect can be manifested in several other types of companies as well. The truth is that creating, implementing, documenting, and following processes and procedures require an extra effort continuously from the employee. And not a few of them are in the workplace only to do what they have to do and nothing else.
By reviewing several good practices for technology integration in education over the past few years, I have realized that it falls into the same category as in any production company. In the logic that tech integration requires a well-defined process that has to produce a result; and that this effect has to be measurable similarly as in another type of industries. (more…)
by Michael Parrales | Oct 10, 2017 | Robótica
A college professor pointed out that shortly human teacher might not always be considered necessary due to the apparent increase in the use of robot teacher, especially in South Korea. Initially, the research on this subject was based on some links made available from the professor, and also on other interesting and thought-provoking news about this topic on the Internet.
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by Michael Parrales | Oct 2, 2017 | Redes
Wireless Networks for Schools
When schools address the issue of integrating technology into their educational programs and become 21st century focused classes, they are confronted with technical components which are indispensable. That is what I like to call, ‘IT platform for 21st-century education’.
An efficient technological platform entails several components that are required as a base for what will come next, the incorporation of technology in the curriculum.
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by Michael Parrales | Sep 30, 2017 | Integración Tecnológica
Writing about this topic might seem unusual for almost everyone; I didn’t find bloggers writing about it, or other people interested in the subject.
It seems that the IT Department’s role in schools is completely clear and that it’s okay as it is. I reviewed a number of school web sites in the “technology” section to find out what these schools are doing and in general they have the same “sense” of it. (more…)