December Celebration - Getting Connected

What you'll find in the posts below, and on the links from this site, are descriptions of the journey traveled thus far in the first four months of the 2007-2008 school year. We're celebrating near the mid-point, but we'll also be adding to this collection right up until June 2008.


Ideally, many more people on staff will end up recording successes that can be shared here with everyone.


Why bother? Growth is important, and so is the recording of it. It's uplifting to see that hard work pays off, and it's helpful to know what else can still be done.


Hopefully we're shifting the focus on teaching from merely earning to lifelong learning. We're not just teaching students, but also teaching each other. It's an exciting time, and everyone has taken up the challenge!







Here are the links (so far) to Celebrations Pages:




Setting the framework for 2007-2008:

• School Vision for Professional Development (outline of the PD objectives)
• A Sticky Situation (a light-hearted look at the first planning meeting in July 2007)
  

Getting going with Google:

• Gmail
• Blogs
• Google Talk
• Google Docs and Spreadsheets
• Big Brother and technophobes
  

Building teams:

• Facilitator training
• Google Groups
  

Technology Set-up:

• Technology Needs Survey
• Deployment of Computers

A focus on teaching:

• Tech PD on Mondays
• Learning Walks
• SMARTboards

Focusing on Results:

• Goal-setting
• Data management

Cyber Consultancy:

• Taking critical friendships to new learning space
• A busy three months
• Skype