It was the almost perfect PD I have organized and executed. I included a comedy routine video clip of Abbott and Costello teacheing each other to divide 28 in to seven parts. Every time I watch this video clip in Teacher Tube it brings so much laughter to me. It started my presentation with laughter [...]
Entries Tagged as 'professional development'
Jumping for joy: multimedia, promethean boards, and learning
October 14, 2008 · No Comments · professional development, Promethean Board, reflecting
Tags: collaboration·lesson plan·multimedia·multimedia in the classroom·perfect day·professional development·Promethean Board·rubric·site professional development
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
Wiki!!! Wiki!!! An Opportunity to Learn
February 7, 2008 · No Comments · Staff Development
The Beginning: Another approach to bring people together to collaborate and contribute is the wiki. The wiki in education has so much potential. What is a wiki? A wiki is a class website that lets authorized users create and modify pages as well as search for information. Let’s give it a try? Go to http://bgaskins.pbwiki.com/Practice-Writing-in-a-Wiki. [...]
Tags: professional development
The Marshall Memo
January 29, 2008 · No Comments · learning, Staff Development
Kim Marshall at www.marshallmemo.com writes a weekly round up of important ideas and research in k-12 education. The weekly memo is designed to keep principals, teachers, superintendents, and others very well-informed on current research and best practices in the field. Mr. Marshall subscribes to 44 different journal or publication in the field of education and [...]
Tags: leadership·learning·professional development·reading·research·test scores
