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
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While I do not mind sharing some credit for helping to facilitate this experience, Diana was and is the brains behind our venture into WEB 2.0.
I didn't want the 3 days to end. It was a Web 2.0 buffet of the newest free tools available to maximize student learning! At one point I just let all the info wash over me. I'm using many of the tools to start my year in my Media Center! A great way to end the summer, with new and exciting tools to use this school year!
Roxanne:)
It's great not having to teach the next day after a Diana training. Really have time to absorb and implement the learning. I'm jazzed for the new year. Kathy S.
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