Drove to Trenton very early for this one.Actually I was there before they were set up. ( Motivated Learner Ha,Ha.)
The keynote speaker was Lisa Thurman from Rutgers Lisa.thurman@Gmail.com . She showed us a series of Google tools to help narrow searches. We went through about 5 ways during her hour talk.I am ready to research.
Armed with our laptops we broke off into individually chosen sessions. I picked Google sites for educators and students. It is a free site for schools. Like a wiki you set up an interactive page for you and your students. The instructor went very quickly through the basic steps. Too quickly for this digital imigrant. I was thinking, these experts don't get that we have underdeveloped digital neural pathways. I'm just one click away from being lost when I try something and the instructor is moving on.
Met cohort friend Anna Guida and we worked together, nice!It was also nice to see Darryl Ensminger again, he was running the show.
A variety of educators from around the state were participating and it was interesting to see how each applied the tools to their specific area.
Lunch was excellent, they actually used real china. It was also a time to network with others we did not know.
The PM session was discussion about what we did and why and working out the kinks, Q&A, and ways educators can integrate Google Sites into our professional practice.
One small step closer.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
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