Feb
27
Beginning the Curriculum Mapping Journey
February 27, 2006 | 2 Comments
One of the nice things about working at an Independent School is the weeklong “ski week” vacation each February! It always seems to arrive just in the nick of time and I’m ready for our first day back today.
This year I’m fortunate to serve on our school’s Curriculum Task Force, which is charged with the [...]
Feb
18
Vendors as a Professional Development Resource
February 18, 2006 | Comments Off
As a long-time teacher trainer, I’ve recently been asking myself a question I thought I would never ask: can vendors provide my faculty with some of our technology professional development?
I always had a basic aversion to this concept, holding tight to the idea that teacher training is highly customized and personal, and is best performed [...]
Feb
9
I’ve jumped into the river!
February 9, 2006 | Comments Off
Today I got one of our second grade classes set up on learnerblogs.org! The teacher plans to pose a weekly question and each of the kids will post their responses. They did a great job for the first time out, and when I just checked my email this evening, 2 of the parents had left [...]
Feb
6
More on Classroom Documentation
February 6, 2006 | 3 Comments
Earlier in the week I wrote about a session I was preparing on the topic of using technology to enhance classroom documentation and portfolios. The session ended up being a big success — mostly due to some brilliant clarifying questions my co-presenter, Debra Jarjoura brought to the table. We also came up with the last-minute [...]
Feb
5
Teaching with an LCD Projector
February 5, 2006 | 2 Comments
My colleague and I led an afterschool workshop this week on teaching with an LCD projector. I’ve put the agenda for the workshop below in the hope that someone might find these notes helpful…I know that when I Googled “teaching with an LCD projector” I only found vendor websites and instructions for setting up specific [...]
