When I received the flier about this symposium I was not sure I could go, but I am glad I did. I have been looking forward to this for 2 weeks. I have learned so much since the MassCUE Conference in November I wanted to touch base again with some of the same presenters from November. I have been reading Will Richardson’s book from cover to cover and was able to get get him to sign it. He has so much energy and want to spread the edtech message to everyone. I was able to reinforce many of the concepts Will introduced in November.
I was also able to get more out of Paul Colombo’s podcasting workshop, now that I know more about what he is doing and I am doing. The Digital Kids workshop was very informative also. Producing and publishing instructional digital videos is not diffcult and many students could do it.
The conversations around the table at lunch are always interesting. Comments about the lack of technology integration teacher training at the college level is an issue that not many people are addressing. It is assumed that a 21 year old new teacher will be tech savy, but that is not true. They may have a blog and a MySpace, but that does not mean they can use tech tools effectively in the classroom. More work to be done.
I have been thinking about how to integrate some of the ideas I have from the Symposium into the curriculum at Career Tech. I guess I need to find out what they do now. My feeling is not much other than use computers for word processing and graphics.
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