Right before Christmas break(12/20/13) I had the opportunity
to discuss with some future teachers the application of Project based Learning with Technology to some motivated young high school students who
are interested in becoming educators at the TSTTT(Today's Students Tomorrow's Teachers) conference at Wheelock College in Boston. Today's Students,Tomorrows Teachers is a non-profit organization whose mission is:
"To recruit, mentor, and train culturally diverse and economically challenged students from high school through college and place them as effective teachers and committed leaders who strengthen schools and communities."
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| Wheelock College TSTT Conference |
Myself (Dan Downs) and the Help Desk Intern Zach Griffin, Digital Learning Specialist Barbara Murray,Director of Digital Learning Joanne Najarian and 3 female students from Andover High School traveled down to the conference together and spent and an engaging afternoon together collaborating with the students and presenting to them a variety of teaching strategies and perspectives on working in education.
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| My Presnetation(Link In Text) |
The conference at Wheelock provided an opportunity for this high school students to engage in
meaningful dialogue about what it means to be a teacher with educators. My presentation was
focused on showing them the benefits of a PBL curriculum using technology and
how projects engage students on a different level and enable students to
acquire a range of leadership, technology and collaboration skills as they
complete projects(My Presentation Link). The girls also had an opportunity to learn about how to use
Wikispaces (Presentation of Zach Griffin,IT Intern) and ask critical questions about what the process of becoming a
teacher really is.
The conference was a great
opportunity to engage the students with the benefits of the teaching profession and answer their questions. I hope that the girls that I met during my presentation follow through on their
goal of going into education and can help influence the lives of other youth.
The experience included a variety of media presentations on the importance of
21st century skills for students and the chance for students to interact with
educators outside of the classroom.
For more information about this
program check out their website:
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