Since October, a dedicated group of pilot teachers at the middle and high school have been attending PD, exploring the instructional changes that happen in a 1:1 and discovering creative ways to teach about digital citizenship with our students. They worked hard to create lessons that give students more ownership of their learning.
In the past few weeks, we have begun deploying the Chromebook carts into these pilot teachers classrooms. WOW! These teachers have gone above and beyond...immediately jumping into creative lessons! These amazing educators even took the time to explore the theme of digital citizenship with their students as they began. We, as technology coordinators, have had the pleasure of visiting these classrooms. No matter what grade level or subject area, I've seen students that are excited and engaged!
Hardworking Pilot Teachers/Turnkey Facilitators
Moreover, these teachers are pulling double duty... They have also been preparing to turnkey what they've discovered these past few months to other staff. Last Saturday, we hosted our Wave 2 and Wave 3 KickOff Event for LMS and PHS teachers. What a great day!
Thank you, Mr. Koen!
We started the morning with a keynote in the auditorium, where everyone was treated to beautiful messages from Dr. Everett (Superintendent), Dr. Barbosa (VP at the HS), Mr. McKinney (VP at the MS), and Mr. Koen (Director of Technology). The excitement in the room was so apparent. A HUGE thank you to these administrators for showing your support for these 100 teachers who came in to school on a Saturday!
Thank you Dr. Barbosa!
Our breakout sessions, led by pilot teachers, explored the use of Twitter to build your PLN, the creation of screencasts to give valuable feedback to students, and the changing of student roles in the classroom. Each breakout session used a backchannel (Today'sMeet) to communicate and ask questions throughout the day. Additionally, we created a hashtag to tweet out during the day (#PPSKickOff).
Pilot Teacher, Heather Perruso, works with Ms. Lynch and Ms. Salerno on posting comments on Padlet
Teachers spent their breaks checking out the Chromebook Lab, which was available all day.
Our check in, using PollEverywhere, at the end of the day indicated that most teachers were leaving with 3+ "takeaways" that they will bring to their classes! Success!! We also created Animoto videos during the day, using pictures from each session... Staff loved seeing a quick recap of the day. (And how easy to make!)
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Great recap of an action-packed and exciting day.
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