silentvirus

Everyday each of you teach from 90 to 130 students. It is only possible for your students to learn as much as you know, so I encourage each of you to keep furthering your education, even if it is only self-education through reading articles or books.

I know Hamilton County Schools do not offer any kind of tuition reimbursement (Coggin), but an hour at Chattanooga State is only one-hundred dollars, and it would make a huge difference for both you and your students.

You can stay up-to-date with the latest by aggregate technology news websites, such as Digg.com or SlashDot.org. To teach yourself, used books on Amazon.com are very cheap, or you can just Google ‘tutorials’ and find many free sources for teaching yourself. If everyone wanted to do the do-it-yourself route, then a very smart idea would be to meet up once a month or so, and everyone share what they have learned.

Be sure to check back next week. I will explain how teaching sexual abstinence in technology courses will raise grades.

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Coggin, Patricia. Personal Interview. 12 Feb. 2009.