Hirsch's toolbox.I thoroughly enjoyed Jim Hirsch's Tech Leadership column ("Engaging, Technology-Rich Classrooms on a Budget") in the December issue. I am the literacy coach in a New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. public school. As you certainly know, funds are not nearly as abundant as we would like. As the literacy staff developer in my building, I am constantly trying to infuse in·fuse v. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. my teachers with information as well as enthusiasm. After reading Hirsch's column, it occurred to me I have more tools at my fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. than I had even imagined. Instead of waiting for laptops for each of our children (and believe me the wait could be forever), I connected my own laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer to a new TV we had purchased. Voila! I was good to go (luckily our school went "wireless" this year). What a great tool teachers can use to spark the learning that we, as educators, work so hard to do. ELLEN SCHWARTZ Literacy Coach, P.S. 133Q, Bellerose, N.Y. |
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