Is Harper High currently using their computer lab for only game/video activities? What types of educational solutions are being provided/produced that involved computer skills training that contribute to proficiency and transferable development?

I understand that school networks must be in compliance, nevertheless, you should not feel that your efforts went unnoticed. Pushing for compliance, professional development, convergence and looking at ways to be innovative regarding how students, (particularly) high school students use technologies is extremely important.

When making the network available for folks… it needs to allow for remote log-in, process emails using Outlook accounts, looking at educational online solutions that take folks for the classroom to the boardroom…

Additionally, regarding curricula it needs to be flexible, folks should establish personal website on the network server, have presence of student/teacher mental development.

Gaming and video are hot topics today because it allows for collaboration; it poses a competitive environment, and it allows others to be expressive. Us as educators would want to use this as an opportunity to look at ways of integrating this into the curriculum looking at things like community media, DePaul CTI, IIT, community technologies centers, organizations like BDPA, and NSBE, which establishes partnerships that can promote visibility of IT skill development and how creative one can using technology for self-sufficiency.

I got my MS from DePaul in Business Information Technology and is currently working at the LEED Council as a Technology Coordinator, located at 1866 N. Marcey in Lincoln Park. If you have an opportunity, you should come and see what I’m trying to do…if you have some free time to stop by…let me know your thoughts

Let me know if you are interested in doing a writing project with me that involves a documentary…more to come…

Danny