Farewell to ITEC 814 Fall, Hello to livelong learning...

This class was great!  Fun. Informative. Challenging. Great pace.  Awesome instructor.  


The best part of this class was being open to learning about technology.  Time to let go of control issues.  Time to spend a little time (productively) researching what is out there and available for me to use with my students.  Time to enter the 21st century.  Time to be a true advocate to address the issue of the digital divide...

"Survey says..."

Check out the muy basic survey that I created during class:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDc3OVpRNnd1cG40QnlIaENJYk00bkE6MA

Flip Video Workshop-HW for 11/10

 Originally, I tried to register for the Flip It video workshop for 11/2-however, this was full.  I was put on a wait list.  Fortunately, there was enough of us from my school that showed interest, and we will be attending this session on 11/30 at our school site!  I am hoping to use this session towards my homework credit for 11/10.

LOC workshop-HW for 11/04

I attended the Library of Congress workshop on Tuesday, November 10th.  Due to the fact that it was the evening before a holiday, only three of us attended the class-and one of the teachers in attendance was my planning partner, Kate Ferro.  Lucky for us, we enjoyed the workshop and Kathleen's ability to show us around the LOC site.

One lesson that we WILL do in the future is an activity with the contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets (on the evening of his assassination).  This activity could be used for introducting primary sources, a stepping stone for inquiry based learning, or a "getting to know you" activity.

In addition, I believe that the Library's video lesson on primary sources (for teachers) would be perfect to show my students.  While I could give the same info-there is something to be said about "showing" the students the material in video format.

Overall it was an informative session, one that made me think about what I am teaching and how I am teaching it!