Today was the start of our Bears Professional Growth Academy! Doug Johnson, Blue Skunk blogger, kicked of the academy with an excellent keynote on Schools and Libraries for the Net generation. The presentation helped our district leaders (school board, administrators, teachers, staff) understand the characteristics of the millenial generation and gave us ideas/suggestions on how to adjust our learning environments. I hope the conversations do not stop here! We also had AIMSweb training, Advanced SMART Board training, Technology orientation for New Teachers, Intro to PowerPoint 2007, Office 2007, Designing Research Projects that Kids (and Teachers) Love, and Getting What You Ask For: Creating Effective Assessment Tools for Projects, People and Programs. What do you plan on doing to keep the momentum going?
Resource mentioned in Doug’s presentation – http://www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen/5989