Kicking Off 21st Century Learning

The start of the school year brings with it a tremendous amount of excitement! As you probably know, the instructional technology team has grown by leaps and bounds and we are looking forward to working with teachers to integrate technology. Here is a look at what's coming...

1. A survey for all teaching staff will be going out to assess the needs of the teachers.
2. A graphic explaining the roles of the technology staff will be published, pending approval.
3. A big picture professional development plan is in progress and as soon as some of the bugs are worked out we hope to be able to collaborate with Digital Leaders and tap into your expertise to help make it a success. Stay tuned to this blog for more information.
4. In the meantime, the teacher leaders are eager to get out in the buildings to find out what's going on and hope to be able to chat with you to find out about great things you are doing and also learn how we can support you.

If you would like to schedule a time to chat with the teacher leaders, please send me a date and time and I will put it on our shared calendar. FYI...We will be at Brooks tomorrow afternoon.

New! Check out the updated list of Digital Leaders (and blogs) via a tab at the top of this blog. If your page is not linked, it needs to go through the Communications Department for an initial look. This is a new procedure.

Meet the Instructional Technology Crew

The Instructional Tech department has grown considerably and I believe you will all be thrilled to meet the entire group of excited and talented teachers whose job is dedicated to helping the folks in the buildings learn to use technology well. This means Digital Leaders should not have to spend any of your valuable planning time helping teachers; we can cover it. Instead, over the course of the next few days I hope you will model 21st Century Learning as you kick off the year and spread your enthusiasm throughout your building.

Also, when I am in the office this week, I will be working on giving you the credit you earned for participation in Digital Leaders. The deadline for lane change is September 15th. I will send you the course numbers for your records.

Enjoy these first few days!

New Teacher Tech Orientation; Aug. 19th

Welcome back everyone! I know you are all busy working in your classrooms at this point. Hopefully you are excited about kicking off our tech plan and commitment to 21st Century Learning too!

FYI... New Teacher Tech Orientation will be held on Thursday, August 19th, from 8:30-3:30. If you are a new digital leader and also a new teacher, I look forward to working with you during this day and I am also thrilled to have you on the team!

If you are a new digital leader who fell one seat-time session short of the 5 required sessions, you may be planning to put in your 5th session on this day. If so, please contact me by email so I know you are planning to facilitate a small group session. I will share our working agenda with you. No worries, the agenda will have links to all the resources you will need to facilitate a small group session.

Enjoy the beautiful weather during the last days of summer as you anticipate the brand new school year!