Sharing Resources

Do you ever had a continuous thought running through your head and you just can't shake it? We do too! Rosie and I are constantly trying to think of ways to improve technology and curriculum integration in our county. For a rural county, we are proud to say that we have a large amount of current technology available throughout our district....over 1000+ iPads, 450+ Promethean Boards, iPods, video equipment, distant learning, and Moodle. 

We are blessed with AWESOME teachers that integrate technology and fabulous curriculum ideas into their classrooms! Alas, time is an issue and we rarely have the opportunity to sit down with everyone and share information. I know that both of us are often pressed for time and you are too. As we see it: we have a need, we have a potential solution, and we have great resources.

Our need: We have a hard time gathering, as a group, to share resources

Our thought: We want to host our 1st county wide Technology Academy Day

Our goal: Teacher's sharing resources with fellow teachers throughout the county

Our date: TBA (leaning on May 24th, you'll get in-service credit for the 2012-13 school year)

Our solution: YOU - the fabulous teachers!

Our Cost: FREE!!

This is a work in progress and we still need to iron out the details. For now, we are planning to do an open call for presenters. Our goal would be to select the presentations that would help our teachers the most. Ideally, everything would be something you could integrate into your classroom.

Tell us what you think....would you be interested in attending? 

iPad @ CHIS

Like many school districts, we cover policy and procedures when we first distribute the iPads. Let me say, this is definitely not the fun part but it is necessary. In the past 2 weeks, I have been able to complete the FUN part a couple of times. Helping teachers learn the settings and introducing a few apps is by far my favorite part of iPad integration!

I have presented at several conferences. Ironically, I rarely have time to do presentations with our faculty. We must make time for trainings but presentations are a different matter because we simply don't have enough hours in the day. I recently did a small presentation at Church Hill Intermediate School. We had 2 sessions and the 1st session was the best! I had the privilege of demonstrating the iPad to teachers from all over Hawkins County. This group of teachers were engaged and they came up with several questions that will help them with implementing the devices into the classroom. We have a great faculty and they are on the leading edge of technology integration!

Side note: Thanks to Rosie and Sheila for always being a HUGE help!