Teacher Toolbox

My adviser in grad school used to constantly give us copies of activities to put in out "Teacher Toolbox". He described this as a treasure box (much like the ones I remember from the dentist and doctors offices) that would have lots of "goodies" in it to choose from. I still have my toolbox which now consumes 2 of my file cabinet drawers. Today, I feel like my "Teacher Toolbox" has now become a black hole because it seems as if my options are limitless!!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed the format for today's training. I thought it was fantastic that we got a "quick and dirty" of all of the things we can do with our new technology- and instead of half of us being intrigued and asking questions (and the other have probably still trying to save their Avitar characters). We were able to ask questions and familiarize ourselves with the technology most pertinent to us as individuals. I have never been to a more constructivist-based training and thoroughly look forward tomorrow's adventures!!

I agree, a good day

After today, I feel I have some resources and a few skills for using Web 2.0. Foreign terms and phrases are sounding familiar and I have seen and talked about lots of applications for my students and myself as a teacher. Still feeling a bit overwhelmed, but I kept hearing good advice: chose one thing and work on that. And even within that one application chose one focus to start with (like a reading group rather than the whole class day.) I feel that could be manageable and I'm glad we have the wiki/agenda to refer to when, down the road, I feel ready to add something else. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Good day

I think the hardest part for me today was staying focused. I'd learn about one thing, start figuring out if and how I could use it in my classroom and then I'd have to move on to something else! Good thing we had those sessions later in the day. :)

Oh... and my blog can be found here... it's only started discussing Global Learner related "stuff" (sorry for the technical term), but more will be added as things go, and I've been using it as my official "teacher blog" in general, giving my students from last year a bit of a glimpse into my summer, but also being open to discussions related to Global Learner, IB, and teaching in general.

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Today's training was fantastic! At the time my mind was a tad over-loaded, but now that I am going back to check things out I am excited all over again.

Global Learners 2008 June training

Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Web 2.0 Tools in Your Classroom

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A workshop presented at the Sandhurst Diocese Education Conference
This workshop will focus on the “New” read-write web and look at the many opportunities to use these web tools in your classroom.
The support bog can be found at http://sandhurst.edublogs.org


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