This morning I helped Lisa with distributing paper copies of the online registration forms to homerooms that still have incomplete registration forms. I was pleased to see that our number of incomplete registrations is down from 200 to 74! Woo hoo! Once the students return their completed paperwork next week, I will be able to update data in SASI (a student information database). Lisa warned me that while this won't be the most exciting thing, it is still one of her responsibilities.
Later in the day, during my planning time, Lisa and I met to catch up. During that time, she updated me on the morning technology meetings. The first change is that it will now be called "Techno Thursdays" (mainly because the dates that were finalized were on Thursdays and not Tuesdays). Also, instead of teaching two tools per morning session, it will be one. The topics that will be taught have been changed to: Socrative.com, QR codes, Paper Slide Videos, Digital Media, Blogs, and Wordle. The morning classes will begin in October and end in May. I will be leading the class on Socrative.com in November. I'm looking forward to it! Lisa also mentioned that if teachers attend all classes, they will earn one professional learning unit. It's amazing how much the idea of "Techno Thursdays" has evolved so much in just a few weeks!
While we met today, I asked Lisa for some advice on my Studio project. A concern I had with my previous idea of a "Techno Thursday" tutorial website was that not many teachers would access it. She gave me a lead on an awesome idea. Her idea was for me to create a website for our school to use to honor teachers using technology in their classroom. The website would contain a form for teachers to nominate colleagues for their usage of technology. Along with that I could spotlight one Web 2.0 tools per week that could be incorporated into any content area. What a great idea!! I can't wait to see how this idea develops.
Time logged on 9/7: 1.5 hours
Total time logged: 18 hours
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