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Hello,
my name is Amal Hassoun. I am a third grade teacher at Iris Becker Elementary
School. I started my career as an educator with Dearborn Public Schools as a
student teacher in the winter of 1993.I was hired as a first grade teacher
the following fall. I have taught first and second grades as a bilingual
teacher for the first six years and recently transferred to third grade in
mainstream. I have earned a Masters of Arts in Education with Math major and
I am certified to teach grades K-5 and math for grades 6-8. I also earned a
bilingual endorsement from Wayne State University. I am currently pursuing a
second Master Degree in Counseling at Wayne State University.
Iris Becker Elementary School is a fairly new school that was built
in an area with a large concentration of Arabic-American population in
1991-1992. It consists of Pre-School through fifth grade and its overall
enrollment fluctuates between 289 and 310 students each year.
Becker is an accelerated school that pioneered many new programs and
all were successful. We are known as a Character Education Building,
All-Year-Round school for 7 years, and the YALLA (Young Americans Learning
Languages Actively) Project.
Most of the students at Becker school are from an Arab-American
descent. A great percentage of them are Limited English Speakers (LEP).
In my building, we have a computer lab that accommodates thirty
student’s computer stations with internet, a teacher station, a television,
and a telephone. Each teacher in each classroom has at least one computer
with internet, a television, and a phone. Recently I was able to get a TV.
Scanner connected to my computer screen.
Classroom-environment:
Most of the students in my
classroom come from low-income families.
Most of them do not have computers at home. On the other hand, the use of computers for the few students
who have access to them is still limited.
The students are not independent users and still depend on their parents
to assist them.
Technology:
As a result of the CEO Forum’s Interactive
School and Readiness Chart (STaR Chart) that I used to
assess Becker School’s curricular technology integration, I found Becker
School to be at a Low Tech level. The followings are the specific areas that were assessed:
1. Hardware: Mid Tech
2. Connectivity: Low Tech
3. Content: Low Tech
4. Professional
Development: Low Tech
5. Integration and
Use: Low Tech
For questions or comments please email me at: Amal_Hassoun@hotmail.com
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