Math, technology, education, and beyond

Here I am at Boot Camp for Year 2 of the Classrooms for the Future initiative here in Pennsylvania.  I was unable to attend last night’s session, which is somewhat disappointing, as David Warlick was speaking.  Luckily, he is still here today so I still get to hear him talk.  If you have never read his blog, you need to, as well as his books Classroom Blogging (there’s a lot more to the title, but I’m not going to put it all down here) and Redefining Literacy.  They are both excellent books.

This morning began with Dr. Zahorchak greeting us.  It is nice to see that he can take time out of his hectic schedule to come speak with us.

Also, when I arrived this morning, I was greeting by so many of my colleagues.  I even had a colleague from Palmerton who practically came running to me, letting me know how impressed her district had been with me.  I can’t recall what I did that was so impressive, but if I did something well, I guess I can be proud of it.  It is nice to know that I had an impact on other districts, but it is probably just something that I always do that I don’t view as impressive because I always do it.  That is one of the things that we need to be aware of: Just because it is second nature to us does not mean that it is second nature to someone else.

We are about to split into Cohort 1 and Cohort 2, so I will be continuing this later…