August Update
It seems incredible that I haven’t written since February. Once I got behind, I just couldn’t catch up and I didn’t want to leave anything out. In retrospect, that seems ridiculous. So now we are getting ready to start a new school year and I’m not even going to try to catch up. We’ll just start where we are.
This has been a busy summer for me. I attended the NECC 2008 conference in San Antonio where I was inundated with information and products. I’m still getting floods of calls/emails from vendors that want to sell me something. In spite of all that, it was instructive to see what other educators were doing all over the country. They say 18,000 were there. I believe it! Some sessions were too crowded to get in, but the great thing about this conference is that they archive a lot of the sessions online. So I will continue to learn/attend throughout the year.
NECC 2008 in San Antonio
Then a few weeks after returning from NECC, I attended the Discovery Education National Institute in Silver Springs, MD, just over the river from the capitol. That was an incredible experience. The Discovery people prepared an action-packed week of activities and sessions. I learned so much and am still processing the tips and tricks and figuring out ways to implement the training this year with our students. One thing I am sure of: we have not used Discovery Streaming to its capacity and I want to take advantage of that valuable resource this year. In the coming weeks, I will be passing on as much as I can for you to implement with your children.
Rube Goldberg machine in Discovery lobby
Dinosaur in Discovery lobby
