Professional Learning Ideas

In order to create and maintain collaborative projects, building relationships proves vital. There are many different ways to accomplish collaborative relationships. For example, during the first week of school, our staff had to come in for a tech meeting in the library. For the meeting, we provided soothing music, cucumber sandwiches, and door prizes like lotions and body wash. We called it our "spa" day.

Many of our schools will do a library/technology open house expo, allowing librarians and technology facilitators to demonstrate the resources available to teachers. Hosting an expo allows teachers to try new apps and devices in a non-threatening way.

On Monday I will begin my new job. As I've mentioned before, I will be working as a Technology Resource Specialist as well as teaching a couple of classes. As always, I am nervous and excited for the first day of school, and eager to meet a new group of students.

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I previously wrote about the importance of beginning a class focusing on the learners in the room as opposed to the content to be covered in Beginning the School Year: It's About Connections Not Content.

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This site contains resources for trainers and instructors working in the higher education, government, military, and the corporate training world. K-12 instructors will also find some materials that they can use.

Music videos we made to make teaching history more fun.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES for Spring 2013
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY!!!
“Techie Tuesdays”

Project based learning is " an instructional approach built upon authentic learning activities that engage student interest and motivation. These activities are designed to answer a question or solve a problem and generally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom."