Making PD Happen
A few weeks ago, I was privileged to attend a workshop on Makerspaces sponsored by Verizon Innovative Learning and facilitated by MakerEd . In the same general time frame, I was planning my first major event as a Technology Integration Collaborator. As I began planning the event (our beginning of the year Boot Camp for teachers in our tech cadre called ITECS), I planned a series of activities meant to focus on the larger picture of why we teach with technology as well as drilling down into some best practices of edtech and the finer details of our specific program. When I had a completed agenda of the day, I realized that I had created an event that definitely skewed toward the maker mindset (I wasn’t too upset about that!) Based on responses, participants enjoyed it as well! These were some of the activities: What does technology create in your classroom? (answer with playdough, take pic and add to collaborative slideshow with explanation) Create an ideal process fo...