Letting Students Teach Technology

When I became a teacher, I was amazed at how my understanding of subject matter increased by my sharing it with others.  Recently, I discovered an effective way to teach technology to both students and teachers: let the students teach the teachers.   New York technology teacher, Rob Zdrojewski, has empowered his students by enlisting them to teach social media skills for professional development.   The sessions, called "Tech under 90 seconds", enable a teacher to learn valuable tools, such as gmail, Google Doc and Google+,  in small pockets of time.

"We talk about not having enough time in our day to do stuff; well, now if you can find those pockets of time and you have 90 seconds or less, you can scroll through our mobile blog site, check out different videos, and learn something right on the spot," Zdrojewski says. 

This is great news for the teachers, and gratifying for the students.  "The kids are really proud of knowing they're not just teaching kids in Amherst Middle School," Zdrojewski said. "It's on the web, so anybody that searches 'how to share a Google Doc' potentially could come across their video and learn it from there--and it's all thanks to screencasting technology."

Screencasting is using screen capturing technology by videoing the screen of a person taking the viewer through the program or application step-by-step.

Way to TEACH TECHNOLOGY, Rob Zdrojewski!

View his students' videos on his blog.  Read the full article from the journal.com. 

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