In November I have been invited to speak with 50 technology instructional technology coaches around the state about digital literacy. In my previous job with Georgetown County School District, I had the opportunity to work with many of these people. For the most part I am familiar many people in the group. I have narrowed [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Planning'
Planning a Presentation- my thinking out loud
October 5, 2010 · No Comments · learning, reflecting
Tags: brainstorm·Planning·presentation
Teaching Podcasting…..
September 4, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century, Podcasts, reflecting
Today I had the very first opportunity to teach nine students in the Media Center Arts class how to create a podcast. Over the weekend, I spend several hours locating resources. I reached out to my Twitter followers and the resources flooded in. It has been over a year since I have created a podcast [...]
Tags: audacity·ccmixer·creative commons·experts in the classroom·Lame·pause and ponder·Planning·podcast·podcasting·poetry
Looking Back: A Week in Review
August 30, 2008 · No Comments · Planning, reflecting
The week flew by like a tornado crossing a small stretch land. As I look back, I have tried to keep things in perspective with all that was accomplished. Monday, I was in Columbia, SC with all the Instructional Technology Curriculum coaches that are a part of this state initiative and again I left with [...]
Tags: digital arts·digital story telling·gaming and literacy·instructional techno·Planning·professional development·technology coach·week in review
Thinking out loud for Tuesday's tech workshop with middle school teachers
August 24, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century
For several days I have been planning and creating a presentation to kick off the technology professional development for the school year. I am calling the presentation “Why Make the Technology Shift Happen?” The intent of the presentation is to provide insight and motivation in learning new practices that involve technology in our classroom. I [...]
Tags: Carl Fisch·digital immigrants·digital natives·Making Middle Schools Work·Mark Prensky·Planning·presentation·professional development·TAP·technology shift·thinking out loud·twitter
It is August
August 5, 2008 · No Comments · Instructional Technology, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
The time has come to get in the going back to school mode. I have had a wonderful summer that has been combined with relaxing, reading, learning, studying, lots of writing (not in my blog), and travel. My pen and my camera has taken me lots of places this summer from Pawleys Island, SC, to [...]
Tags: august·new school year·Planning·school·school year·year
Creating and Designing Effective Learning Environment
March 11, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century, Planning
In all the learning that is going on out in the blogsphere about all the wonderful tools, learning pedagogy, 21st century learning, Web 2.0, Read/Write/Think Web, and much more. Many tech specialist, facilitators, and 21st learning specialist are busy modeling, coaching, teaching, demonstrating, holding hands, weeping in some cases, persuading, making threats, etc to get [...]
