Meet and Greet

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WOW! We had our first meet and greet of our PLN for educators in my county. It was fabulous! We had 14 strong educators there that truly love technology and want to use it more in their classroom. The ideas were flying. And the sharing was unbelievable. These teachers that have never met were sharing and asking for more information from the other teachers. It was so exciting!

We had a very diverse group from Kindergarten teachers to High School teachers to 2 Technology Facilitators. I enjoyed being about to guide the discussion, but not direct it. Everyone seemed so comfortable with one another.

One of the requests was that we all get together during the summer for a week (yes, they wanted a week!) to 'play' and learn from each other in a computer lab. Now remember, this is without pay and without credit. Can you imagine? I was shocked! These are truly great people!

We did set another date for a meeting to talk and share more. Hopefully, our group will grow and we can meet once a quarter next year.

I can't wait to see what else this group does!

Until next time ~ Danita

Google Workshop

I presented a Google Applications workshop on Thursday afternoon. While I was sure that no one would come, in came 4 very diverse learners. Granted, I would have liked to have had a roomful, I will take 4 eager learners over a roomful of relucant learners anytime.

We got right into learning about the different apps when I hear "Wow! That's cool!" and "I didn't know Google could do that!". This just egged me on even more. I love when you can show something new to someone who will use what you are showing them.

We explored and played and learned and grew together. I am a HUGE Google fan and one day dream of being a Google Educator and going to the training. But, until then, I will share what I know of Google and hope to hear more "Wow! That's cool!".

You can find my PowerPoint and presentation wiki here.

Until next time ~ Danita

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