Organic Learning

I am co-facilitating a salary point class on the K-12 Online Conference. (The other facilitator is Jose Rodriguez, in District 5. I really am enjoying working together with him on this as we expand the boundaries of professional development for our teachers.) This week, our focus was the Classroom 2.0 strand. Participants were to view one of the Classroom 2.0 sessions, then reflect on their learning. I wanted to model using some of the new collaborative tools that are being used in the K-12 Online Conference. I made a Voice Thread for reflecting on the presentations. However, only two people showed up for this week’s face to face session. The others missed the meeting. (Next week, I’m sending out reminders!)

We watched Jeff Utecht’s Sustained Blogging in the Classroom. There was good content there for keeping blogs going in the classroom. Often, we start blogs, but then drop them after a short time because the pedagogy in our classrooms doesn’t support using them. Jeff offers some tips for keeping them going.

I’ll add my reflections to the voice thread, and all are invited to also add their reflections. If you already have a VoiceThread account, just add your comments below. If not, the presentation below will ask you to register for a voice thread account. After registering, you can add your reflections to the voice thread. It’s a fun way to learn!

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