This summer was a blur with children and an unexpected events so I am a little behind on documenting my action research program. I have been working on it and am please with the progress so far. I kicked off the technology focus of the year with a three hour staff development "Amazing Race" where teachers worked in groups through 12 different technology related stations and got some hands on time using the technology and creating projects. The responses were good and I have even had some teachers using some of the activities in their classroom.
Here is the wiki I used to organize the event along with my librarian: http://rmsamazingrace.wikispaces.com/
I have also been working to share new ideas with my the teachers. I sent out the first in a series of Twitter Tuesdays emails that outline cool resources i have found through my twitter followings. I have also posted those on my Tech Tips blog in case they want to find them later on.
Beginning tomorrow I am going to start observing classrooms and start getting a feel for where we are with technology usage on a daily basis. I have created a google form to help record the data as I visit the classes.
Next week I am starting a monthly technology teacher challenge to encourage teachers to try new things in the classroom. I am using the district moodle system to host the challenges in order to become more familiar with moodle myself, as well as to demonstrate what moodle can do for teachers in the classroom.
I think teachers are excited about technology this year. My one main concern is that many changes were made this school year from master schedule to the grading system and I do not want to overwhelm my teachers. I am also afraid if the frustration level gets too high they will stop wanting to try new things. This could make for an interesting year.
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