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Integrating Technology into School Counseling. By Susan Frankel http://www.angelfire.com/stars5/sfrankel. Introduction. I:UserSlowikEd509S205FrankelSusanfrankel video.AVI. What is a School Counselor?.
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Integrating Technology into School Counseling By Susan Frankel http://www.angelfire.com/stars5/sfrankel
Introduction • I:\User\Slowik\Ed509S205\FrankelSusan\frankel video.AVI
What is a School Counselor? • “They help all students in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social development and career development, ensuring today's students become the productive, well-adjusted adults of tomorrow.” http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?pl=327&sl=341&contentid=341
Helpful Resources for Counselors • http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?contentid=173 provides ethical standards • http://apa.org/ American Psychological Association-provides a wide array of beneficial information
Helpful Resources for Counselors • is http://www.schoolcounselor.org/ American School Counselor Association-very helpful for school counselors • http://www.njsca.org/ New Jersey School Counseling Association • http://www.psca-web.org/ Pennsylvania School Counseling Association
Using Technology to Improve Counselor’s Daily Tasks • Email • Generate student schedules • Lead groups/Hold assemblies • PowerPoint, videos, demonstrations
Using Technology to Improve Counselor’s Daily Tasks • Save time • Handouts, contacting students, online resources • Search engines • Yahoo, Google, School search engines
Integrating Technology into the Classroom • “Technology Integration should: • Explore technology resources. • Utilize technology as a curriculum teaching tool. • Develop student learning activities that incorporate utilization of technology.
Technology Integration should: • Evaluate student learning activities that integrate technology. • Enforce responsible, ethical and legal use of technology. • Utilize technology as a curriculum teaching tool.”
Resources for Counselors to Recommend to Teachers • http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/ms/ helps middle school teachers to integrate technology into the classroom • http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html great ideas on how to give quizzes and tests on the computer
Resources for Counselors to Recommend to Teachers • http://www.middleschool.net/less_tut/lessplanlk/techintlp.htm great sample lesson plans that teachers use directly or modify in their classroom • For example, the next slide is a sample of an activity students could do in a reading/writing course
Sample Lesson Plan: • Microsoft Word:Student Instructions:1. Open a Microsoft Word document. • 2. Insert a table that is 10 x 3. • 3. In the cells of the top row enter: • Date • Events of Day • Personal Reflection • 4. Change the fonts, sizes, colors, borders, and shading as desired. • 5. Each day, make entries in a new record..
Conclusion • Technology has become integral part of school counseling • Helps students achieve • Helps counselors with daily tasks • Helps teachers to improve teaching methods
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