Whew! It has been a hectic beginning to the school year. Funny that I say that 8 weeks in. However, we have implemented a new version of Blackboard, and moved to a new student management system and gradebook. All that = lots of questions to be answered. + we lost a tech assistant, so I have been wearing 2 hats!
This year, I am hoping to get my teachers on board with Web 2.0 resources. Since our kiddos are already using many outside of school, it seems logical to use them in school as well. I have just created a page at Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/profile/hersheybar11 and am excited to get new ideas, and resources from my new friends there.
I am also planning podcast lessons with some classrooms and am excited to share the free tools at www.ePals.com with my teachers. The key is to start slowly and let the fires spread! Hopefully we will be blogging, podcasting and weilding wikis by Christmas!
