An educator shares what she learns through professional development courses to help teachers incorporate tech throughout the curriculum
Renee Dawson’s colleagues describe her as a game changer, an expert and a rockstar for the work she does as Verizon Innovative Learning School coach at Long Middle School in Atlanta, GA.
And Dawson? She says she gets to play the role of “tech fairy godmother,” helping teachers incorporate technology into their curricula. “I get to wave my magic technology wand and help them do things that they weren't able to do before,” she says.
What Long Middle School teachers are doing now, with Dawson’s help, is adding tech to their teaching in innovative ways, as well as taking advantage of free learning apps and lesson plans available on Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. “Because [lessons] come with the apps, they’re so engaging,” she says. “And they’re so different from what we usually see in the classroom with science or social studies or any other subject. It really helps our students engage and get to that creative mode, that depth of knowledge.”
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