And October’s TUT Award Winner is…

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Congratulations to October’s TUT Award Winner

Anita

Bergen

 

from KMS. If you see Anita, be sure to congratulate her!

And don’t forget to nominate other teachers for the TUT Award! For more information on the award, please visit our TUT Award Page.

October TUT Award Nominees

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We asked for help in recoginizing those teachers who really used technology in the classroom in innovative ways to engage and educate! You didn’t let us down…what a great collections of nominees! If you know of someone who is using technology in innovative and effective ways in the classroom -PLEASE NOMINATE THEM!!! The nominee must be a classroom teacher using technology (you can nominate for outstanding blogs, wikis, nings, and websites too!) and you cannot nominate yourself. Please help us to recognize those who are going above and BEYOND!!!

Name

Campus

Subject/Grade

Reason
Carrie Zachry Kerr TX History/7 She is always using the internet to teach from and daily teaches students how technology is changing our lives. Her students look forward to daily current history technology lesson. She works HARD to stay in the mainstream of techno-knowledge.
Tracy Arriola Frazier Science & math/5 1)Using document camera for science and math classes. 2)Great website! She has her classes visit and use areas on her website all the time! :-)
Linda Terry Stribling Music/5 When a visitor first walks into Linda Terry’s Music Room, their first glance at the surroundings might make them think that they took a wrong turn, and wound up in the school’s Computer Lab instead. With her students actively engaged at the eleven computer terminals lining the classroom, Linda is teaching from an interactive “Smart board” - a sort of “computerized blackboard.” But a second look confirms that the visitor is, indeed, in a music classroom. Musical instruments and music posters also line the walls, including the 7-unit Piano Lab at one end of the room; many of the computers are connected to piano keyboards and microphones, and the students are all working on music educational programs at their computers. So, what’s that all about? Linda is a firm believer that technology is the “way of the future” in music and is actively pursuring the use of that technology - teaching her students not only about the fundamentals of music - melody, rhythm, temp, etc - but also how to use computers to produce their own original music. She incorporates programs such as “Photo Story”, letting her students create story lines with musical backgrounds, to combine Music with their other core subjects, especially Writing. In doing so, she is collecting data on her students\’ TEKS scores, which will be used in a research study on the effectiveness of using music to improve writing and language skills. Linda was awarded a grant from “Making it Happen Foundation” last year. With the funds from the grant she was able to purchase the “Smart Board” and additional computers. The amount of her own time she puts into the music program and implementing technology into it is unbelievable. I strongly recommend her for this award.
Joe McGee BHS Music/9-12 Mr. Joe McGee is leading all BHS and Middle School Directors in using SMART MUSIC. This is an inter-active software program that allows directors to assign work for students and in-turn, the student has one-on-one interaction with the program to practice, record and submit their work all on-line. Through the band web-site, students can purchase their subscription for $25 per year. The subscription allows the student to practice, record, and get feedback on their practice all in the comfort of their own home. It’s like having a private instructor and recording studio right at your fingertips. This is cutting-edge technology used in and out of the classroom. Students who may not have access at home can use the student computers in the campus lab (located in the ensemble room). Please ask Mr. McGee for more details. VERY EXCITING
Patti Bradley Hughes Social Studies/6 Patti has been doing a wonderful job with her new presentation station. She uses it daily and it helps the students a lot with understanding material that they have covered. For ex: she shows them slide shows and can go to websites that give educational information on what they are studying.ANDConstant use of computer lab to enrich and enhance study of different countries and cultures. Also uses the document camera and in-focus regularly to expose students to newer information.

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Patti used her presentation station and the online site SlideShare.net to create an interactive lesson on Canada for her students.
Delani Lemons Norwood Elementary/2 Delani started a blog for all of 2nd grade and will ask kids questions of concern for what we are covering at the time. My kids love it and we get some really neat answers and the kids use the computers!
Sarah Orr Kerr ELA/8 Mrs. Orr is the only person who got into the presentation station class this summer, and she has wasted no time in putting it to good use in her class. She complements her existing lessons with extra information and resources by using the document camera and the projector to add visual images to the literature the kids are reading.
Amy Money Kerr Library/6-8 Mrs. Money has embraced technology. She has a great, updated website, and active blog, and she has created a Ning for the kids to join.AND

It is Mrs. Money’s first year with Kerr, and she has really embraced our technology. She is using the BISD blog, Ning, her webpage and all sorts of other technology to reach kids and get them excited about what the Kerr Library has to offer.
Stephanie Johnson BHS ESOL/English I LEP Steffanie has used numerous power points, Rosetta Stone, and ELLIS continually in all of her ESOL classes. The students are actively engaged during her lessons, and they also get the opportunity to show their skills on the computer afterwards.
Anita Bergen Kerr Band/8 Mrs.Bergen and Mrs.Gipson the band directors at Kerr have incorporated technology and band. They have a program called “SmartMusic” loaded on 6 student computers that are each in it’s own private room. They have their students play their music and the program tells them if they missed any notes, if they are off rhythm, etc. All of their UIL music is on there and they can add other music if they wish. Any info goes to the teacher and she can grade them on how well they did. It’s really cool!!! Way to go ladies =)
Angela Gipson Kerr Band/8 Mrs.Bergen and Mrs.Gipson the band directors at Kerr have incorporated technology and band. They have a program called “SmartMusic” loaded on 6 student computers that are each in it’s own private room. They have their students play their music and the program tells them if they missed any notes, if they are off rhythm, etc. All of their UIL music is on there and they can add other music if they wish. Any info goes to the teacher and she can grade them on how well they did. It’s really cool!!! Way to go ladies =)
Tammy Levy Kerr Math/7 Mrs. Levy has won the first ever Kerr Teacher Website of the Week! She maintains a great, user-friendly website that is always up-to-date.

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