Bonnie Helvey: Promoting Student Engagement with Accessible Technology.
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Congratulations to Bonnie Helvey who recently became an MCPS E-TIPS Leader. Bonnie is a Paraeducator at Brooke Grove Elementary School. To become an E-TIPS Leader, Bonnie completed 75 hours of voluntary after-school training that focused on using technology to support all students. E-TIPS classes are offered by the Technology Consulting staff, Library and Media Services staff, Supporting Services staff, HIAT and InterACT staff. |
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Bonnie has used of many of the programs and strategies she has learned through her E-TIPS trainings with her students and to train staff at Brooke Grove ES. She has provided ongoing help to other staff for using Clicker and other accessible technology for the classroom. This has helped the school team develop more flexible instructional materials, including computer based author study units, sentence building activities, and digital work sheets that can meet the needs of struggling learners. Bonnie continues to help other staff find new ways to use technology to engage a variety of learners through collaboration and in-service trainings. “The best part about it is that it has helped to make learning fun for everyone.” Congratulations Bonnie! To view a list of E-TIPS classes currently being offered, go to the PDO and search for “TIPS.” |
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