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Awesome Projects for January!



This week has been super busy! But it's that awesome kind of busy where I am working on multiple projects for January that I am SUPER excited about! 


Kinders on Chromebooks


 We are preparing for our 3rd Quarter EdTech session, and we are planning to include resources specifically designed for our K-2 teachers. We want to create videos in which we model strategies that K-2 teachers can use to help their students learn how to login to Chromebooks. My EdTech teammate reached out to the Kindergarten team at one of our schools, and they were kind enough to open their doors to us! 

 We will be working with this team on the first day back from Winter Break in January. Our plan is for me to lead the first session while another EdTech team member records the lesson and assists students as needed. We will be sharing the video footage, along with other K-2 resources, with our teachers during our sessions throughout the 3rd Quarter.

 This week I am trying to build a Google Site that will house these resources. Here are some of my favorite sources for K-2 support:


Digital Citizenship PD


 In January, I am planning to lead my first PD session on Digital Citizenship. I am really excited about this because it is a topic that I feel like we need to be more proactive about discussing with our teachers and students. I recently watched a really great video called "Rethinking Digital Citizenship" with Richard Culatta from ISTE.


Part of the PD session will be helping teachers explore different resources that can help them get started with lessons in their own classrooms. Here are a few resources we will be exploring:


Social Studies PD Collaboration


 For our January PD sessions, our Academic Services department is trying to create a "choice" format so that teachers can select a session that will be meaningful for their own growth. In order to make this successful, we are trying to recruit instructional coaches and teacher leaders to lead sessions in their areas of strength.

 I reached out to a social studies teacher who also happens to be one of our talented Teacher Tech Leaders to see if she would lead a session on effective ways to integrate tech in the social studies classroom. Two areas she is really effective in are: 

  1. Using the site iCivics to engage students in civics topics 
  2. Using Google Classroom to manage digital assignments


 She was really excited about the opportunity, and I am super pumped to get to collaborate with her and support her in this leadership opportunity! 
January is going to be awesome! =)
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