Pat La Morte is the Assistant Principal of Curriculum, Technology and Professional Development
Bishop Moore Catholic High School is excited to open their newest TEAL lab this August. With 4 Labs functioning this past year, our new lab will feature 8 Samsung touch screen monitors, an I-Pad cart, and a sliding glass partition wall creating 2 smaller TEAL labs. Our TEAL labs were used by all subject areas including Math, Art, Religion, English, Social Studies, Music and World Languages. For more information, I can be reached at [email protected]
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Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando, Florida is continuing to embrace 21st
century learning by opening four, state of the art active learning labs.
Three of the labs are science classrooms that allow for peer-to-peer collaboration in
researching and solving problems posted by the instructor. The labs feature workstations
that allow the students to work in teams. Each team controls a large
screen monitor via computers at their table. The teacherâs station, at the
heart of the room, controls any and all of the machines in the room allowing for
âon the flyâ peer-to-peer review. The students explore units in
biology, chemistry and physics by using state of the art interactive software.
The fourth lab is a multi-discipline studio classroom featuring computer access
stations that also include a large touchscreen monitor for instant class review,
as well as Smart and I-pad technologies. This interactive learning
space serves as the premiere learning environment for students to tackle tasks
using research internet based information. The students brainstorm,
debate and respond to the given assignments. These pedagogies help develop
leadership skills and team-building skills while increasing the learning of
course material and preparing the students for their lives after high school.
There is a nice article in the THE Journal about their efforts.
Contact Pat La Morte at
[email protected]
for more information.
Located in Orlando Florida.