Today was a great day! I really enjoyed the Keynote speaker this morning. Dr. Alfred Tatum touched on something very important, something I strongly agree with: we have to know where our students/children are in their own lives in order to make their learning more meaningful. Technology is a phenomenal tool for educators to use in order to reach our students and meet their individual/specific learning needs.
I also truly enjoyed our workshop today on Inspiration. I loved the way it was presented--thanks Mary St. John! I am going to incorporate that into my unit for students to organize their thoughts/stories AND as a way to assess their knowledge.
The Daily's...well I have to say I absolutely love to see all the creativity that people have. Making them, however....different story. I did learn A LOT today---major take away: save video clips for highly advanced elementary student. My level of frustration was steadily rising until Mary Wegner saved us! Thanks!
**Well...I thought this posted last night. I must have clicked SAVE NOW instead of PUBLISH POST at 2 in the morning!
SORRY!!!!
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Most of the elementary teachers seemed to really enjoy the keynote speaker. Since kids need to make connections to develop understanding, it is indeed important that we know where they are coming from.
I'm glad you enjoyed the Inspiration session.
The dailys force you to use your new skills but of course we always make sure that you have a safety net underneath you when we force you to make that jump.
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