Dear Parents/Guardians,
My name is Reid Bland and I am very excited to have your child in technology class this year. I would like to start off by letting you know a little bit about myself. I grew up in the Chautauqua Lake region and received a Bachelor's in Childhood Education and a Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems from SUNY Fredonia. I continued my education at SUNY Fredonia and received a Master's in Adolescent Math Education. I have been teaching for about 11 years now and have taught students in all grade levels throughout the years. This will be my seventh full year teaching technology class and first year teaching Project Lead The Way (PLTW) at CLCS.Â
There will be a new project based curriculum called Project Lead The Way (PLTW) implemented this year in grades k-2, 5th, and 6th. The curriculum focuses on the engineering design process while slowly moving students from activities to projects and finally to more open ended problems that they will solve. Students will be slowly introduced to coding throughout the grades and 6th grade students will get the opportunity to work on robots with their code. The students are not expected to complete homework for computer class, however any extra practice outside of the classroom is highly encouraged. The curriculum is subject to change at any point but a more information and links can be found on this website.
Students will be graded daily on participation, completion of activity, effort, and classroom etiquette. I keep open lines of communication with all parents/guardians about my policies, so feel free to contact me my email at rbland@clake.org. I appreciate any support from home and can't wait to work with your child in the upcoming year.
- Reid Bland