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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Mistakes are Tools for Learning...
Mistakes are Tools for Learning was a huge banner I had hanging in my 3rd grade classroom many years ago. Whenever one of my students made a mistake and was down on themselves, I just pointed to the banner.
This past week I had the opportunity to work with about 40 of AUSD's innovative teachers. I will get to my main point in a minute but I want to explain what was so unique about this group of people.
One of our administrators asked if they were all high school teachers. Not a chance. They were a perfect mix of of elementary, middle, high school educators, ELD and SpED.
The Director of Technology and myself put this innovative group of educators through the ringer! We exposed them to more Web 2.0 resources than any human should be allowed to endure in five days! Here's the thing...they took it all in...struggled, made mistakes, helped one another and created blogs, Animoto videos, Voicethreads, Google Docs, iGoogle, Jott, Jott to blog, Jott to Google Calendar all this and much more. Lots of "mistakes" and lots of "learning" too!
Check out this cool video created by Cindy Frankel, Media Specialist at Lum Elementary
This past week I had the opportunity to work with about 40 of AUSD's innovative teachers. I will get to my main point in a minute but I want to explain what was so unique about this group of people.
One of our administrators asked if they were all high school teachers. Not a chance. They were a perfect mix of of elementary, middle, high school educators, ELD and SpED.
The Director of Technology and myself put this innovative group of educators through the ringer! We exposed them to more Web 2.0 resources than any human should be allowed to endure in five days! Here's the thing...they took it all in...struggled, made mistakes, helped one another and created blogs, Animoto videos, Voicethreads, Google Docs, iGoogle, Jott, Jott to blog, Jott to Google Calendar all this and much more. Lots of "mistakes" and lots of "learning" too!
Check out this cool video created by Cindy Frankel, Media Specialist at Lum Elementary
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Story Creator: Myths and Legends
Okay...so finally my lack of attention has some positive results! I wandered over to Plurk and found a comment from Kevin Honeycutt asking if anyone has used this Story Creator: Myths and Legends. Kevin is such a thoughtful member of my PLN, he included the link to this fabulous resource...Perfect for just about anybody wanting to tell a story. Check out this creative tool...and let me know what you think! :) Diana
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