Our first Hangout- Google Docs in the Classroom Yesterday's inaugural Hangout was a great success, we have definitely found our venue for sharing and growth. We discussed practical application of Google Docs in the Middle School, High School and we even touched on the use of the Haphara dashboard for teachers. (Thanks to John Calvert).
Out of yesterday's conversation came the idea to have another hangout next Friday March 22nd in the afternoon to discuss domain management. A special thanks to Jesse Lubinsky, Sabrina Rich, John Calvert, Paul Lepore, Greg Montague, Patrice Hatjygeorge, David Gee, and John Sebalos for your participation! Pencil in next Friday for The "Dish" on Domains and more Google Geekery. (I am digging alliteration this mor Yes, it is time to announce our existence to the group that started the whole shebang. NYTEN (New York Technology Educators Network) is a group that started in much the same vein as NY Tech Ed. It is primarily a group of Tech Directors, Coordinators and Educators who seek to network and learn from each other. Over time, the needs of the group dictated a shift to address many of the issues concerning Tech Administrators as opposed to the Educators. A few of us have spoken over the years about organizing the educators in to a mirror group, after a few trial runs with different venues Jesse Lubinsky, Sabrina Rich and myself (Jennifer Cronk) became determined to get this up and running. After a meeting on Feb 1st we had our format and decided to run with it. Here our declaration to NYTEN: I am writing to officially announce the birth of NY Tech Ed. This is a natural outcropping of the NYTEN format for Technology Educators that desire a forum to discuss, collaborate and learn from each other. Our desire is to make it as easy as possible for local Tech Ed professionals to network and learn from each other. NYTEN is a valuable resource but is usually focused on Director/Coordinator issues and not on practical application in the Lab and/or classroom. Members of NYTEN who wish to join are more than welcome, as there are many members of NYTEN who fill both the Tech Admin and Technology Educator roles. Please forward this email to your Ed Tech staff if you are strictly a Tech Administrator. You are however, welcome to attend any event we host if it interests you. image source- http://morristowngreen.com/files/2010/10/gene-wilder.jpg
Interesting questions brought up by Marc Prensky. I honestly thought there would be much more disussed about his gaming approach to learning, but that does go hand-in-hand with engaging learners and not directing them
"Natives have only lived today" the digital immigrants have lived in two contexts. (meaning us) Jesse, Sabrina and I were tweeting from the TLI conference, in the future opening a Google Doc for all of us in attendance would be a great way to offer up materials for other members in the Group. I also wonder if we should take "shifts" at the Blogging helm for the site, more eyes are always better and will enrich the experience for all of us. I got quite a bit out of Richard Byrne's sessions and am happy that I even got a follow out of it. Anything you would like to add Jesse or Sabrina? Topics for Discussion:
1. Identifying the most common challenges facing Tech Educators 2. BYOD initiatives 3. Updating AUP and Technology Plans 4. Project based learning, interdisciplinary projects 5. Benchmarks - What should every student be able to do by the 8th grade? 6. Creating common experiences for all students in each grade level 7. Professional Development Opportunities: EdCamp -
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AuthorsJesse Lubinsky, Sabrina Rich and Jennifer Cronk are all Educational Technology professionals started NY Tech Ed as a grassroots Professional Learning Community to serve the Hudson Valley, New York. Archives
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