LOGO-L> Become a facilitator!

[Tim Cundiff <kajnsnbr@concentric.net>]

     Lori...There are programs/courses out there that appreciate what
you
have to offer, encourage experimentation, allow students to "teach"
themselves, AND (yes!), provide the funds to make the technology
happen.  I teach in a PUBLIC high school in Louisiana which houses a
technology program (magnet) within a community school.  Students are
allowed to come to our school from around the parish (county, to most of

you) to experience what we have to offer.  The course that I teach is a
required course for all incoming freshmen and new students to the
program.  We have 14 modules within my room where the students are
working in pairs for 2-3 weeks on some topic related to technology.
They study video production and editing, computer animation and
programming (with Microworlds), desktop publishing, computer graphic
design, robotics (2 stations), computer controlled lathe, introductory
electronics, CAD, fluid power, computer software applications, computer
repair, and digital camera/power point presentations.  During the period

of time that they spend at the module, they are responsible for their
own
learning - yes, there are written directions on how the
equipment/software operates and they are responsible for reading and
following them. Although this first level course is rather structured,
the second level is an elective and much of it is left to the students
to experiment on their own projects.  The do not do all the modules on
the second level course, but are free to choose those areas that most
interest them.  This is truly a career exploration course allowing
students to discover for themselves which areas they would most like to
explore.  I am experimenting with robots and LegoLogo in the GTE II
class this year with the promise of a robotics class in the fall.  (I
have taught LegoLogo before for about 5 years in another setting as well

as at a technology summer camp that I have every summer.)
During GTE I and II (General Technology Education) I am NOT a teacher,
but I AM a facilitator. I am aware of other programs such as this.  It
is not unique...Go out and find one where you are not stretched so thin!

JANET Cundiff, Istrouma High School and Technology Magnet, Baton Rouge,
LA




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