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“Wordling” the Blitz

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the last few months,  Jeff [Technology Mentor] and I have been traveling to the 18 schools in our District with a supply teacher to offer technology pd sessions.   The teachers in that school are able to sign up for one hour of technology PD while the supply teacher covers the class.

Teachers love this approach to professional development as they can work with us individually and don’t have the stress of preparing lessons for a full day of being away from their students in order to learn something new.

I put the results of the teachers’ requests into Wordle.  Wordle is a word cloud generator.  If words are repeated, then wordle makes the size of that word larger.

Its not hard to tell what teachers in our District are interested in!

Teacher Requests for Professional Development

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Oh, Oh…The Teachers Are Using It….

March 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A conversation with my 12 year old daughter:

Me: Why aren’t you wearing your Crocs anymore?

Her: They aren’t cool.

Me: Why? I love mine.

Her: Hello! The teachers are wearing them now! When the teachers start wearing them, they aren’t cool any more.

HA!

We had this conversation last Spring and I was thinking about it the other day. Do students think about some technologies the same way they think of their “outdated”footwear? Once the teachers start using it, they move to something else….

Just wondering…

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