Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts

Can’t wait for this:

So hopefully I’ll see you there. Read more details here.  Just in case you didin’t already know, my Twitter handle is CathyJo.  I will follow librarians, just so ya know.

Is Twitter really worth my time?

Many of my friends scoff at Twitter as a helpful program for Professional Development. Often they lament that it is confusing and they don’t see the value.  Well, if you are looking for a way to find value, come lurk tomorrow night at 8PM EST and see just how it can be useful to you.  You don’t even have to have a account to lurk, just search for the #TLCHAT hashtag in Twitter.

No Twitter account means no way to join in, and I really think once you began lurking, you are going to want to get in to the conversation.  So go on over to Twitter and create your free account! It’s only useful IF you cultivat a network of like minded peeps AND find valuable resources, like this opportunity tomorrow night.  Come on–get in the game!!

Picture attribution:
Pictures are screenshots from my own Twitter search and from ifaketext.com

Tags: librarianchat, TLChat, TwitterChat

I follow several blogs, nings, Twitter chats, and more for school librarian issues.  This is just one of the ways I keep a pulse on best practice and opportunities or ideas to implement in my own practice. Generally it is effective and I highly recommend this. Today I found a gem to share from the Facebook group sponsored by the School Librarian’s Workshop.  It seems a teacher came to the school librarian with the following dilemma.

The scenario–a request for advice by an 8th grade teacher to the school librarian:

During the morning the students read for 20 minutes of AR time. A home room teacher came to me with some concerns about one of her 8th grade students reading Shades of Grey during their AR time. Of course this is a book the student brought from home and NO it does not have an AR test.

The teacher and I both are very concerned about the book being shared with other students and just how appropriate the book is for an 8th grade girl.

 
First of all, it pleases me immensely that this teacher went to the school librarian first for advice.
 

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Second, what AWESOME timing! It is Banned Books Week this week, and well, this is just the kind of scenario in a school that can be a catalyst for assaulting intellectual freedom. The overall result might be blatant censorship that affects the entire school and perhaps even spill out into the community.  Wow, if that were to happen, 1 for censorship, 0 for the school library, an innocent bystander program.  That is, unless it’s handled appropriately.
 
My Response:
Perhaps FIRST this is a conversation to have in private with the student, either by the teacher or the school librarian.  While I agree we as educators should be promoting intellectual freedom, um, we are also supposed to promote the core beliefs of our school community. Fine–her Mom is allowing her 13yo to read a very adult book that has mature content (or so we are led to believe anyway…which somehow I don’t…but that is beside the point.)  But the rest of the class should be taken into consideration, and well, 13yo boys and girls are curious and easily titillated.
 
Kids are curious by nature
This book might probably draw quite a bit of curiosity, potentially become the “one” passed around to get jollies over passages of text, and grow into a huge distraction in classroom.  If an when that happens, the integrity of the reading time is at risk. Seeking administrative counsel on an issue such as this opens the door for every book in the library to be judged again, above and beyond the already established collection development policy for putting books on a school library shelf, and this despite that the book in question is NOT a school library book.  Knee-jerk responses are so typical, especially in a climate ripe for censorship.
 
Not worth a big scene
How would I handle it considering all this?  I would try not to cause a big scene, but rather pull the student aside and ask them to read “that book” at home only, and not bring it to school.  You might have to phone home to the parent too with the same conversation, though it may not be necessary.  But be careful to keep judgement out of the request–to the student or the parent.  We are not censors, but instead taking measures to keep a book from becoming an explosive opportunity for censorship to rear its ugly head.  The student (and parent too) don’t have to be told anything other than the book is too mature for a school audience, and should be read off campus. Be ready also with alternative titles. Hopefully that will be the end of the issue.  Saying that, if the student continues to bring the book, or worse, the parent response is not supportive of this request, I certainly would ask for administrative attention, but carefully outline the measures I took to the administrative team before calling for this guidance.
 
tick…tick…tick
Feels sort of like a ticking-bomb, no?  (And maybe my suggestion here shows that I’m a closet censor??) Anyway, good luck to the school librarian and teacher with this one.
 
AR, please not again! 
PS – Sorry, not going to touch my horrified shock at a school requiring 20 minutes for AR Reading. That’s another post for another time. Sigh.

Tags: Banned Books Week, BBW12

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This time of the year, many of us are preparing for a parent night of some kind at our schools.  This actual question was crowd-sourced recently on our list serv, and I chimed in (with what else? Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts!!) But I do think some of the responses were worthy of blogging.  So here is the question, and then following are some of the responses.

If you were given the opportunity to have a group of parents for ten minutes, what would you share/show with them?

• From ME–Yours truly–waxing political:  Reading programs through the library, DISCUS and how it benefits the entire school community, how to access from home, etc. Maybe even how much the total package costs and how our legislators are fund it annually, and that we all need to thank them every opportunity we get. Parents are for the most part tax payers so should see where their tax dollars are going.
• From Barabara (and how TOUCHING!  ♥ this):  It doesn’t matter if a child can read a book by themselves, reading should be a shared event. I still read to my grandchild, who, at 14, reads at the same level as I do. When she was 9, she had brain surgery to remove a tumor. The nurse could not give her pain meds until her blood pressure, breathing, and heart rate steadied. I read The Tale of Desperaux aloud to her. In less than ten minutes, all vitals were within normal standards, and she got her pain meds. This is the absolute truth—the nurse had never seed anything like it. The power of reading works!
  The books change, but the experience of sharing a book, talking about a character or plot point, and laughing about funny or stupid things the characters do is a valuable experience. Turn off the TV. Read with your children every night.
• From Cindy (and an excellent suggestion):  I would make sure I gave them something in writing.  Discus, programs to help students, what you do.  By the time they arrive home, they may have forgotten what you said, but they now have it in writing, especially passwords.  Don’t forget to include your phone number and hours of operation.
• From ME again (I added to the above suggestion with this):  And thinking through my National Board filter–leave exit slips and pens or pencils out so that parents might respond with questions for more info or comments about your session.  This can provide INVALUABLE feedback, and bonus, some might be good for a documentation piece to include in an entry 4 portfolio (if you choose parent night as a documented accomplishment.)

Some things I didn’t put on the listserv response but think are worthy of mentioning:

• At my school various groups and organizations meet either just before or even during the parent night event.  We encourage those groups to use the library since it is centrally located and easily accessible.  We have fliers and other assorted information available and we add it to the mix of the group’s handouts.
• With many teachers already using their technology in the classroom, why not create a slide or two to send to them to add to their slide deck they plan to use on parent night? And don’t forget to send some literature to the classrooms too! After all, much of our own curriculum and standards are tightly entwined with classroom standards. Teachers can be our biggest advocates.
• Create a 30 second video PSA  to play schoolwide on parent night.  I’ve seen principals use the school video distribution system to address parents on parent night before. Why not ask for a short spot on the program to address parents as well?  Then when the video portion of that principal’s address is done, have ready a looping powerpoint of announcements about the school wide program and add to that library information. If you offer to create this for the school, you are assured of getting library information on it.  This will probably be on the screen (or TV)  in each room until teachers are ready to do their own conversation with attending parents.
• Many parent nights begin with a general assembly (like a PTA or PTSO meeting.) If you can’t get on the agenda in the general assembly, then make a trifold board display parents will pass upon entering that includes information about the library. Low tech, yes, but also effective in ensuring parents know and realize the library is for and about student learning. This is also very effective if the library itself is off the beaten path parents will take to visit classrooms.

So now can you add any suggestions to this list? We’d love to hear back from you.

Check out Gwyneth Jones’ (The Daring Librarian) video from last year.  I think it would be perfect for a parent night too.

More about the photo By woodleywonderworks used available here.

Tags: back2school, cathyjonelson, sced

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To anyone interested in our SC Edtech – Please share with your friends!!! SCASL is a sponsoring member of SC EdTech, and a part of SCASL’s responsibility to SC Edtech is coordinating the volunteer efforts for the conference,  and there are PERKS to volunteering, some REALLY AWESOME perks.

HiTech Adventure 2012 October 24-26, 2012

As always volunteers are a vital part of EdTech. Full time volunteers receive free registration; however you do not need to be a fulltime volunteer to experience the rewards of volunteering.

Volunteer Opportunities include:

1. Session Scanners- attends session, introduces the speaker and scans attendees cards after session is complete, this includes taking up lunch tickets and scanning keynote sessions. ALL SCANNERS MUST BE PICKED UP RIGHT BEFORE SESSION AND RETURNED AFTER THE SESSION TO BE RESET.
2. Pre-Registration and Registration Desk Volunteers- assist attendees with registration and hand out pre-registered attendees’ packets.
3. E Script Booth Volunteers- assists at the desk with organizing and passing out scanners to the session scanners.
4. Information Booth – assists attendees with all their information needs and distributes luncheon tickets
5. Presenter and VIP check in- assist presenters and VIP with checking in and information.
6. Bag stuffing the night before the conference begins.

There are 3 ways to be a fulltime volunteer:

• scan 8 to 10 sessions or
• a combination of half a day at one of the desk duties and 4 sessions or
• 1 ½ days of desk duty

Part time volunteers may volunteer an hour or two, whatever fits into your schedule.

I’m planning to be there at least part-time, so I just submitted my name to be a part-time volunteer.  Here is the original request that was posted on our SCASL listserv today.  Help us support this wonderful professional development opportunity for South Carolina educators.

From MY friend Liz Hood:

I am in charge of coordinating volunteers for this years South Carolina EdTech conference to be held in Greenville.
HiTech Adventure will be October 24-26 and we need volunteers to ensure a successful conference. Both attendance and volunteering are a great way to promote YOUR role as an educational technologist through your presence at the state Educational Technology conference.
Fulltime volunteers receive free registration!
Click on the link to access the form for more information and to volunteer!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEJOSU0zaEpUYW45YlFROXBpeFFpYlE6MQ#gid=0

Tags: SCASL12, SCEDTECH12

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School has resumed, and quite frankly I’ve been a BUSY GIRL!!  I’ve had many personal life changes, and throw in the mix an addition to my professional responsibilities, and that makes for a little chaos in my life right now.  Finally though things are beginning to settle down. I’m going to use this space to share what’s happening.

On the home front
After ALA back in June, I settled in for my summer weeks of rest and relaxation. However, life happened and that was not to be! On the home front (literally) I moved both of my sons into two different apartments. My oldest has taken a job with the University of Pennsylvania as a Technology Specialist, and so we got him squared away in Philly in his own apartment. After returning to SC, it was time to move my youngest son, a senior at the University of South Carolina from his four-person campus apartment to a two person off-campus apartment. Now consider that my family sold our dream home five years ago, and we have lived in either apartments or rentals since then. I considered us experts on lease agreements (beginning and ending terms, etc.) It was time for us to renew our lease on our own apartment, and my husband and I decided we were tired of paying rent that seemed to rival a house payment. So we began the search for a home.  This search actually sort of began in early June, with no real optimism for finding something. With both boys out of the nest, one solely independent, and one a year from graduating college, we felt we could look for a smaller scale home.  I am pleased to announce we did indeed find and buy a new home, we have moved in,  and we are once again happy homeowners! We’ve been in the house for roughly three weeks now. It happened a lot faster than I anticipated (thanks to our real estate agent and loan officer) but I am so HAPPY to be AWAY from apartment life!! (Here are a few pictures.) I say all this to remind you that from mid June through the first week of August, we managed to physically move our entire family to three different locations, and we did it all on our own (with the help of a Uhaul truck.) I’ve spent the last few weeks when not in school (I returned August 6) setting up housekeeping.  That has taken much of my free time and ALL of my extra money.

On the professional front
I was asked to serve our state association (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) as the Regional Director. It’s a bigger role and responsibility than I’ve had before, so I’ve had to adjust to my new obligations. You can read about my role on the SCASL website.  It is a transition for me to serve in this larger role, and it is taking quite a bit of my free time, but I am enjoying the opportunity to develop and cultivate more meaningful relationships with SCASL members and SC librarians across the state. I am up for this challenge, and hope I can report back later how it’s going.  It’s still very early in and I’m learning on the job.

Professional Days Request – How many days do you need?
School has resumed, I have some of my own professional development opportunities looming.  For the first time in a long time, it seems like EVERYTHING  is happening in a single month too, or almost everything.  As a school employee, we generally get a couple of days of professional time, and those dates are typically spread across the school year.  Here are the ones I wanted to make formal requests JUST for October.

• October 4-6
  NCSLMA School Librarians at the Core (presenter)
  Winston-Salem, NC
• October 12-13
  AASL Fall Forum – Transliteracy and the School Library Program
  Greenville, SC
• October 16
  South Carolina State Department of Education Common Core Workshop for Librarians
  Greenville, SC

• October 24 -26
  SC Edtech (presenter)
  Greenville, SC

• October 24-26
  School Library Journal Leadership Summit
  Philadelphia, PA

Too many days!!
Now obviously some activities overlap and some occur on the same days. Eight of the dates are actual school days with students. You know I wanted all of them, but realistically I couldn’t ask for all. You can see that I had some very difficult decisions to make.  Some were expensive, others were not.  Some required travel, while several are within a half hour’s drive (Greenville, SC.) Most teachers in my area get two days per semester for professional development activities. We can use two of our sick days for personal leave as well, but as you can see, I needed a lot more than that. So I had to make some TOUGH decisions.

Let the negotiating process begin
I decided to try and negotiate for them. I put in a crazy set of requests, asking for the one day of my two presentations, and then AASL Fall Forum and the Common Core Workshop.  Sadly I was foregoing the SLJ Leadership Summit, even though with it in Philly, and so I had a free place to stay (with oldest son.) The cost for the flight was my deterrent to that one, while as a presenter at SC Edtech and NCSLMA, my registration is waived. NCSLMA will cost me in hotel expenses, but I have friends going so we are trying to work out sharing a room.The Common Core Workshop came as a recommended professional development I should attend by my district, and as the Regional Network Director for SCASL, I felt I should attend to model to other librarians that it IS that important.  The results of my crazy requests came back with some negotiating options from admin and higher. I would be granted three days each semester, and anything above that would have to be personal day usage.  Wow.  That doesn’t give me a lot of wiggle room, but I feel blessed to at least have some flexibility.

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So what did I choose?
Being granted three days each semester was indeed a blessing, as I still have my own state library conference in March, and it lasts three days. I’m also slated to present at TLA in April, so if I use two days for our SCASL conference and then one professional day and one  personal day for TLA, I should be safe. (Note, I’ve already burned up one personal day this year to travel to Nashville for the Gamecocks opener game at Vanderbilt.)  This was such a difficult decision. I’ve stepped up my active participation in both SCASL and AASL, so I really wanted to attend the AASL Fall Forum. I am on two committees, Best Websites and PreService Education, plus serving as an advisory panel member for AASL’s web presence. So attending the Fall Forum would have connected me with committee members among other friends I’ve cultivated through ALA and AASL.  And it’s less than a half hour away this year! But the expense for attending AASL’s Fall Forum or School Library Journal Leadership Summit were going to be significantly greater (out-of-pocket), so I ultimately chose the NCSLMA Conference and SC Edtech. I am also attending the Common Core Workshop for school librarians given by our state department of education.

But that’s more than 3 days!!
Yes, it is.  But part of the counter offer in negotiating from my district came with the acknowledgement that the district wants me to attend the Common Core Workshop, so they will not count that one in my requests. One day of SC Edtech is a workday in our district, so it will not count either. W00T!!

Tough Decisions make me mad sad!
I am saddened that I will miss the Fall Forum and the SLJ Summit, and these were very tough decisions I had to make. I hope to hook up with AASL friends in Greenville during the Fall Forum even if I’m not an active participant in it. They do have to eat, and hopefully I can give some guidance on choosing dinner locales, and then JOIN them there. Twitter and other online avenues will have to suffice to glean information and networking from the SLJ Summit. I am delighted my district is open to my negotiating. I work in a wonderful place folks!!

How do others do this??
I wish I knew how others figure out how to attend all these kinds of events! I really need to hear their stories.

Tags: Professional Development, South Carolina

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I participated in the Twitter Book Chat for R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.  What a great book and wonderful and rapid discusion on the book! I took away so many ideas including perhaps a one book, one school idea, read alouds, first book club of the year, writing prompts from various character POV’s, and more.  I learned of great novels that teach the same concept as well as picture books to match up with this books as well.  want to see how the chat went? Relive it here.  My best take away? Good books cross all grade levels.  Thanks Mr. Schu and Colby Sharpe for inspiring this.

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Recently I stumbled across EduClipper.  Seems to be perfect for schools who shy away form social networking tools or whose leaders just aren’t drinking any of the social networking kool-aid.  Still in beta I presume, as when I went to sign up, I had to, um, “apply.”  Here is the response I got.

This past year in my teaching practice I had a revelation about students and their visual nature, particularly when beginning a research project.  Students tend to start with pictures, simple as that. Having that notion, I think EduClipper can truly meet the needs of my students, in groups or working as individuals.  We’ll see–if I get the chance to play.

eduClipper from AdamBellow on Vimeo.

Tags: Education, K12, K12 Library

The iGoogle page is going to be retired! WHAT!!??  Well, yes, it’s true but we have a while. It won’t go away until November of 2013 so that’s plenty of time to begin the search for the iGoogle homepage diehards! My post will explore some options that I am familiar with.  I’d love to hear about other browser startup solutions.  

Google has built in alternatives to iGoogle

The demise of iGoogle has been lamented by some in my PLN.  I had used iGoogle as my start page previously, but not in recent years.  Why? Different methods for organizing the favorite sites, extensions, gadgets and more became available for me to try out and use.  Some stuck, some didn’t.  Currently my favorite way of managing an Interent launch on my laptop has me using Chrome with a variety of extensions and apps.  I use TabCloud which is an extension that lets one save ten sets of tabs.  I don’t have ten sets saved, but I regularly clear out ones that have no use for me or have become an unneeded set.  I’ll be clearing out my ISTE set soon.  TabCloud lets me restore a set of tabs I regularly use NO MATTER what computer I’m on.  You will note that I have a set for DHS, which is school.  It’s just a nice way to have some consistency in my computer usage, no matter where I am.

Alternatives in various browsers too

Browsers have created methods for streamlining your browsing efforts as well. Bookmark toolbars work well, though they can be restricted to a single workstation.  In my work environment, I had to use Internet Explorer until just recently (thankfully Chrome, my preferred browser, has been greenlighted!)  Despite the many web portals for managing favorite widgets, apps, etc., I just loaded my toolbar with the links to my preferred set frequently used.  It seems dumb considering the number of cloud apps that take your start page to whatever computer you are on, and yes, I used standard bookmarks at work, at least BEFORE Chrome became blessed by my district.  And truthfully, I used Chrome there anyway, especially after adding the CloudTab App, as I could load up a “work” set of tabs that included my portal to Destiny, PowerSchool, PowerTeacher, and more. Subversive at times, I reckon. Yes, I confess.

So what else is out there?

Some call these web start-up pages, others call them a “homepage.” Still more refer to this phenomenon as their Internet dashboard.  The following list contains the ones I’m familiar with or were shared with me recently.  Where applicable I’ve included a review by a user or organization.

• Protopage  a very Web 2.0 version of a personalized start page with freestyle drag-and-drop customization. This one is new to me, but does pique my interest. Read news, add RSS feeds, arrange widgets, and customize to your hearts desire–definitely has the iGoogle look and feel. It is available as a mobile app too. (They tweeted me their link.)
• Netvibes  One of the oldest start pages still going strong, it has plenty of options to offer. It is easy to use, but not quite as pretty as some of the newer start pages. So you lose the ability to “pretty” up the interface like iGoogle, it is a standard in start up pages.  And it’s been around for a while.
• Symbaloo Touted as an online visual bookmark organizer, it can also be your launching portal to all that you favor on the Internet. Using Symbaloo, a named AASL Best Website for Teaching and Learning in June 2011, allows users to customize their own online start page. Users can organize and access favorites easily and quickly with a personal internet desktop created with Symbaloo. The proposed mobile pad by Microsoft called “Microsoft Surface” seems to use Symbaloo like logic (DISCLAIMER: this link goes to pictures, which is how I am drawing that conclusion). Friend Dan Callahan says, “I love symbaloo, but it has a very different metaphor as a launch page.”
• TabCloud  A browser extension available for Chrome, Firefox and Android which allows you to save groups of open tabs for access later or on another device. My review is above.
• Fav4  A simple website to set as your browser’s default homepage featuring links to four of your favorite websites. It appears you can have more than four, but its name and popularity stem from a simplistic look. It uses icon type logos.  If you’re a fan of the apps look on your smartphone, then you’ll like this one.
• FreshStart A simple cross browser session manager. If you have different sets of websites that matter to you at work, at home or at different times, or if you have multiple users on your Chrome, you should give this a try!

I did not include the Yahoo options as I’m not a fan of anything Yahoo offers outside of Flickr (at this point anyway.) Perhaps you can convince me otherwise? Anyway, my primary audience is educators, so the options offered here IMHO are educator friendly.  So now it’s your turn.  What solutions do you use or endorse?  Also note that a couple of these are Google sponsored and/or delivered.  Watch out for that filter bubble!

Tags: Google

In South Carolina, teachers are annually assessed based on a “goals-based evaluation” (GBE) that we as teachers work with an assigned administrer to plan and implement as our own method of growing in our profession.  It’s kind of cool if you think about–innovative and definitely a think out of the box approach to assessing educators, ensuring they are continuing to learn and enhance their skills as a teacher.  By allowing teachers to actually have a say allows them to choose topics they identify as a need or an interest to grow professionally.

What makes a GBE?

Sometimes districts in my state prescribe the GBE as it aligns with district initiatives (i.e. every classroom is getting a promethean board, so every classroom tacher has to participate in district training.) But often the educator is allowed to plan their own GBE to be approved by the assessing administrator.

Last year’s GBE: One Tool at a Time

Last school year, my co-librarian and I pitched for our annual GBE to lead six professional development sessions called “One Tool at a Time” patterned after the ISTE SIGMS professional development webinar series. We each chose a tool to address in these sessions, making it really twelve tools to introduce and give hands on practice with our teachers. Teachers could choose this as their own GBE as well. Overall it was well received, and teachers have asked that we continue our version of One Tool at a Time. (Thanks ISTE SIGMS for the excellent idea!!) My co-librarian and I have reflected on what worked and what didn’t. If we return to this concept for the 2012-2013 school year, we are not approaching it as a GBE (unless this is actually demanded–it’s negotiable). Instead, we want to offer it as a way for teachers to accrue recertification points, which is a whole different ball game, and a way for a teacher to work towards renewing their teaching license through certificate renewal points.  We both feel if there are recertification points tied to attending and interacting, more will come. Too often this past year we had teachers just get too busy to attend the GBE sessions. It wasn’t lack of interest, but rather something that just got bumped off a busy schedule. Our only requirement was they attend four out of six sessions. So we are still reconsidering how to offer the valued program, but under different guidelines. Stay tuned for an update.

So what is my GBE Idea for the upcoming school year?

ISTE’s annual conference records and makes sessions available after conference in a “video-on-demand” platform via the conference website. One can find a variety of content, including keynotes, spotlight sessions, and special interest groups recommendations. I went through a pulled them into a google doc primarily so I had a one stop shop to find and partake of the offerings, especially in light of my choice this year to attend the American Library Association’s Annual Conference held in Anaheim, CA. As I realized the quantity of diverse sessions available, and after watching two, I realized these are definitely worth sharing. Remembering how we approached One Tool at a Time last year, I had the seed for an idea. I would pitch this google doc (as a website) to my teachers, and see if any want to sign on for watching and

Our teachers frequently meet up in the library for collegial conversations.

discussing video selections in a collegial conversation. It would run much like the administrator endorsed GBE last year, where teachers selected to read professional articles provided by administration, and then come together as a group to discuss them. I haven’t decided if I should ask teachers to choose their own of the entire set, choose one form a smaller set, or assign one to be discussed. I would rather have the freedom of everyone choosing their own based on their interests, and then come back to the group to share their ah-ha moments and how what they viewed may impact their classroom practice. I also have to consider my own learning and how it will manifest into my instructional approaches to. I really think we can learn a great deal by viewing and then discussing these in a collegial conversation.  (Now that I think about it, this could be applied to K12 Online Conference offerings too.)

Professional Development-Video on Demand Style, compliments of ISTE 2012

Here are the video sessions, complete with a description. (Also check here if the embedded table is not showing up.) I probably need to provide an explanation of some terminology (like BYOD, spotlight, etc.) What I really need from my readers is a catchy title.  HELP!!??

Tags: cathyjonelson, GBE, ISTE12