And We're Off!

Welcome Back! 

We had a very productive summer in terms of professional learning opportunities as well as new equipment available for teachers to use. Some numbers at a glance:

• 18 face-to-face workshops
• 5 online classes
• 200+ workshop attendees
• 200+ digital badges issued
• 48 ActivPanels installed
• 50+ Chromebook Carts wired and ready to roll

Barb Ritch and I are excited to build upon this momentum. You are ALWAYS welcome to contact either one of us to support your efforts.

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My goals for this year include two new initiatives: promoting HyperDocs and WG Toilet Tech.

HyperDocs

Think of HyperDocs as a pedagogical strategy for "packaging" all components of the learning cycle into a single Google Doc, Slide, or Site to put your lesson directly in the hands of students. I'll be blogging more about this during the school year as well as offering professional development to help you learn how you can leverage HyperDocs to foster 21st-century skill development among your students. Check out this link for more information about HyperDocs. For secondary teachers, learning how to create your own HyperDoc lesson plan is your gateway to having a classroom set of Chromebooks in your room. I'll be offering an online embedded professional learning class in late September. More information will be coming soon via email.

WG Toilet Tech

Let's face it...everyone needs to use the restroom at some point during the day. What better way to reach a captive audience than posting short instructional documents in the places where you'll be likely to see them?! I actually can't take credit for this idea--I learned about it on Twitter when I came across the hashtags #learningontheloo and #pottypd. You'll see updated ToiletTech documents each week in a restroom near you! If you want your own copy, you are welcome to take a picture of each week's ToiletTech tip. See below for t-issues 1 & 2--feel free to right-click and "save image as" to save a copy to your computer.

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