Over the past school year I have learned about the importance of observation and offering opportunities. As an Instructional Technology Coach, I have learned not only to look and offer opportunities for exploration with teachers, but students as well. One such opportunity arose when I was introduced to the “Hour of Code” event and purposefully provided the opportunity for middle school students at Pike Middle School. From that and the partnership with Pike’s Librarian, Sue Fitzgerald, a Tech Club was created that, in every since of the word, was student-driven. This experiment was captured in my post: “When Control Sinks Your Ship.”
Through Sue and my collaboration, presentations this summer and Twitter conversations word has spread. Recently we collaborated on an blog post article for American Association of School Librarians (AASL) for their Tech Tip Tuesday blog feature. This post shares a lot of what has previously been written, but tells how our Tech Club has grown and goals they have made for the future. To discover what has most recently been happening with our Tech Club read: “Tech Club Anyone?”
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