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? 

HCS BLOG INTRO

Like many of you, I tend to put new ideas on a back burner until time permits me to work on the projects that come to mind. Tonight, I decided there's really never going to be the perfect time for me to get things in order. So here goes, it's not going to be super organized or pretty but I hope it's informative.

I've had many thoughts and ideas about things I'd like to implement, share, or create. A lot of the things that interest me are the activities and technology that I see our teachers implementing in their classrooms. Unfortunately, we're all so busy doing our own jobs that we rarely have time to see these fabulous ideas in action. I've had a few thoughts that have constantly ran through my mind:

• Hawkins County has fantastic teachers that do a phenomenal job! It would be great if we were all able to share and help one another.
• There are more technology resources available than we have time to research, filter, and implement. It would be wonderful to have a forum where we could list what works and doesn't work.
• Blogging is the IN thing right now and I want us to be a part of this HUGE community.
• Many of us, myself included, have presented at conferences on the things that we love BUT we rarely have time to share this within our own school district. It's often a daunting task to think about putting our resources together in a formal fashion. So, could we use an informal process to list the tools that we utilize?
• Hawkins County is Technosized! I'm very proud to be a part of implementing new technology in our county. We don't often pat ourselves on the back but many of you have innovative technology in your classrooms. YOU deserve recognition for using technology to engage your students!

My goal is to build this blog. You're ideas, thoughts, and suggestions will be a tremendous help. My 1st page showcases a freebie  and is posted on the right tab. Let's kick it off and get started!

Tina