Back from the MACUL Conference and now what? How to get these great ideas for technology integration into the hands of the staff and students? My principal, bless her heart, is very supportive of having students use technology and she wants the staff to become conversational tech literate.
I have just finished a short (35min) PD with some of the staff here at school. Had 7 attend the session on what Web 2.0 is about and some of the tools and websites that they can start to explore and use. The biggest interests were Discovery Streaming and the way to build assignments and Google Earth. I also breezed through blogging, podcasts, social bookmarking, online photo-albums (i.e. Picasa), and 2 open-source art programs (Art Rage and Tux Paint).
Now they need time to digest these tools and to explore them. I know having weekly sessions on Thursday mornings will help them to work on these tools and begin to integrate them into their classrooms.
Well it's a start and I know they will take baby steps now but should soon be running with their new found tools.
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