Rome wasn’t built in a day. The journey of 1000 miles begins with one step. These are just a few quotes that we have all heard in relation to undertaking a huge task. And while we are not building a city or traveling 1000 miles, the 1:1 initiative is quite a massive undertaking. On Tuesday of this week, the Middle School Innovation Cohort met for a half-day training down at the ECC. The agenda for this training is linked here. As you can see there was quite a bit of information to get through in not a large amount of time. And while there were time constraints, I was very impressed with how much we were able to get accomplished during the time we did have.
During the first half of the training, we met as a building to set some building-wide norms for how our classrooms were going to look with student devices. Just as it is with our GRR expectations, the need for common expectations and language is paramount in a successful implementation. Attached here are the notes that Kaitlin Hartman took during our discussion about setting common procedures and expectations. Just as it is with PBS, we understand that not all classrooms are going to look the same every hour of everyday. However, having a shared set of expectations and a common language will help our students be more successful with the devices and will help reduce the number of classroom
management issues. The attached document is by no means the 10 commandments and set in stone, but rather some ideas and strategies that the group thought would be the most successful. As we get closer to the January launch, the conversations about these expectations will continue, be improved and finalized.
During the last half of the training, members were given the choice to attend a sessions about Google Apps for Education (GAFE) or Google Classroom. These trainings went well and there were many ideas, strategies and conversations that were sparked during this segment of the day. On the agenda are some links to a few of the presentations. Also, click here if you would like to read some of the learning that was shared out loud on TodaysMeet. If you would like some information about GAFE or Google Classroom see me and I will be more than happy to share what information I have. Bundle up this weekend and remember to break up your OODA!!!!
During the first half of the training, we met as a building to set some building-wide norms for how our classrooms were going to look with student devices. Just as it is with our GRR expectations, the need for common expectations and language is paramount in a successful implementation. Attached here are the notes that Kaitlin Hartman took during our discussion about setting common procedures and expectations. Just as it is with PBS, we understand that not all classrooms are going to look the same every hour of everyday. However, having a shared set of expectations and a common language will help our students be more successful with the devices and will help reduce the number of classroom
management issues. The attached document is by no means the 10 commandments and set in stone, but rather some ideas and strategies that the group thought would be the most successful. As we get closer to the January launch, the conversations about these expectations will continue, be improved and finalized.
During the last half of the training, members were given the choice to attend a sessions about Google Apps for Education (GAFE) or Google Classroom. These trainings went well and there were many ideas, strategies and conversations that were sparked during this segment of the day. On the agenda are some links to a few of the presentations. Also, click here if you would like to read some of the learning that was shared out loud on TodaysMeet. If you would like some information about GAFE or Google Classroom see me and I will be more than happy to share what information I have. Bundle up this weekend and remember to break up your OODA!!!!