About+Mrs.+Perry

=About Mrs. Perry = =**Charleston Day School** 15 Archdale Street Charleston, SC 29401 843.377.0315 = = =

Teaching and Learning Philosophy


Incorporating technology into learning is essential in student education. Students need to understand technology to do research, to gather and display data, and to share information in a variety of ways. As technology has improved efficiency in many aspects of the workplace, students need to be familiar and comfortable with its capabilities. Technology should be used throughout the day by both the students and teachers.

// “**Imagination is more important than knowledge.” ** // // Albert Einstein //
Real life learning activities and projects are indispensable for meaningful understandings. All students will be successful. Student success should be shared and celebrated.



A Note from Mrs. Perry
 At Burruss Elementary School,  in Marietta, GA, I worked closely with teachers, parents, and staff to identify, evaluate, and teach gifted students. With the other gifted education teachers, I developed appropriate differentiated curriculum to challenge the varying needs of gifted students that were identified with Georgia’s multiple criteria definition. Technology was heavily integrated into the curriculum. Students made spreadsheets, movies, slide shows, and web sites and used MS Word and MS Publisher in their daily assignments. Problem and project based learning proved to be an effective method of instruction in the classroom.

In 2005, I was a member of the faculty that opened a new magnet school in Marietta, Marietta Center for Advanced Academics , for gifted and high achieving students, with a focus on math, science, and technology. During this time, I facilitated a series of online gifted classes through CaseNEX, enabling all of the faculty members at our school to obtain their gifted endorsement. In addition to teaching math, science, social studies, and language arts classes, I worked collaboratively with teachers and mentored several new faculty. Technology was an essential element in daily instruction. All students and faculty had tablets which we used throughout the school day. I worked in the science labs, and was the co-director of the daily school TV news show.

Now that my husband and I have built a home in South Carolina, it is rewarding to have the opportunity to work as the technology teacher at Charleston Day School . I look forward to collaborating with the dedicated staff on technology learning projects. **R**