Teachers Are Awesome!

Quizlet Live - "Quarterback Method"

Another awesome couple days of training for our iPad 1:1 teachers.  We had a lot of growth this year as they reflected on their goals both personally and for their teaching and learning.

These days really re-energized me as we are able to have great conversations about student learning and allow them time to share and celebrate too.

We typically have some new tools, updates, and some logistics to cover for the upcoming weeks.  This training was really about ending the year process and looking toward next year leveraging their excitement as they reflected on their progress thus far.

Taking a selfie for the Amazing Race

Teachers are amazing and I am humbled every time we meet.  They are professionals who are always seeking out ways to help their students no matter what.  Some of them are personally not comfortable with technology but know that it is the right thing to do.  Our job as coaches, mentors, and facilitators is to guide their energy and provide them the tools and resources needed to improve student learning in their classroom.  We have to internalize the framework and have the ability to model and use the same tools we expect students to use.

This training we had them do an "Amazing Race" challenge using Google Tour Builder, Sites, and Forms.  I couldn't even count the number of small wins, lessons, and laughs we had during this part of the day.


Thank you to all the teachers to make our student's lives better every day and write sub plans to attend our trainings... trust me we get as much out of the day facilitating as they do learning and collaborating.