Georgetown County School District J.B. Beck Administration and Education Center 2018 Church Street * Georgetown, SC 29440 * Phone (843) 436-7000 we a ee \ ai) ‘August 1, 2016 : | ad To Whom It May Concern: Thave worked with Madison Minor for the past seven years. I have seen Madison teach both second and sixth grades. Regardless of the grade level of her students, Madison has always integrated technology seamlessly into her lessons. In my role as an Instructional Technology Coach, I see a variety of approaches for teachers using technology in classrooms. All over the world many educators fall into a trap of looking for the “new tool” they can use to plan a lesson around. Madison approaches her lessons by focusing first on what the students need to learn and then looks for a way that technology can be used seamlessly as a platform for learning. Madison is extremely motivated and the epitome of a life-long learner. She is constantly updating her Professional Learning Network and follows several educational blogs. Madison has invited me to collaborate and plan technology rich lessons with her numerous times. She has asked me to model new strategies for her students, coteach a variety of lessons, as well as help plan literacy stations using her promethean board as a center for small group instruction. She is extremely innovative and not afraid to try something new. Her classroom is the ultimate picture of the 21* century learning environment. Her students use activotes as formative assessment tools which she uses to drive instruction, Her second graders used a digital story telling tool to showcase their learning of goods and services. Her students also use technology daily in a variety of ways to help support her Language Arts block, which is modeled after The Daily Five concepts. Madison's students have also entered the GCSD Technology Fair for the past four years. Mark van Doren stated, "The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” Madison Minor has been influencing students, teachers, and administers with discovery upon arrival in the Georgetown County School District. I am excited to see how much further her assistance will spread. Respectfully, MTA. Marc Frechette Georgetown County School District K-6 Instructional Technology Coach