Call me lazy
So, for anyone who reads this, you know I haven’t written anything in a few months. No particular reason, just haven’t been terribly inspired. Our students are done for this school year, teachers are soon scattered to the wind for two months. I’ll be attending NECC in DC (yippee!!).
Last month I got tossed like a rocket from one of my horses and shattered my wrist.
Unlike Humpty Dumpty, it was put back together again – albeit with a plate and lots of screws. Hopefully physical therapy will get it more or less back to the way it used to be.
Last summer I taught a course in Web 2.0 tools for teachers in our district. Had a great time doing it even though we had very little time to get a LOT of work done. This school year we repeated it. I have mixed feelings about its success. Over the summer the teachers finished the work in about 5 weeks. During the school year it seemed the teachers were too bogged down with teaching. We did get some really nice work though. Next fall we are going to teach shorter courses and see how that goes – less material in less time. Hopefully it will go better. The state of Virginia is changing the focus of their technology plan to student use of technology. I can hear the moans and groans of teachers already. I will spend the next couple of years trying to convince teachers that if they have students more involved (using technology) attention and grades will both improve.
