Week 9                October 28-November 1, 2013

Dear 223 Families,

I just returned from a two-day technology conference presented by MassCUE.  It was a rewarding experience to work with other New England school teachers to bring the newest innovations for integrating technology into our schools.  I am eager to introduce 223 ILT students to some of the ideas I learned--flipping the classroom, Storia, new tools on BrainPOP, more options for animating, and how to develop effective online search strategies.  There are a plethora of schools across New England who are 1:1, and BIS sent many of its teachers to MassCUE to learn how to best utilize 1:1 in our building.  Our world is at our fingertips, and now is the time to hone the skills necessary to harness the power of technology.

In our 223 realm, we will continue to learn how to use BIS School Tools to enhance our own learning, discussing, managing, sharing, collaborating, creating, and publishing.  Week 9 we will finally get a chance to create a glog using GlogsterEDU, and begin creating our own search database using Diigo.  Both accounts have a slightly different username so we will also use class time to add tools to our Sites Table.  

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions please send me an email at dodge_rachel@barnstable.k12.ma.us or post to our discussion here on the blog.

Sincerely,
Ms. Thackston-Dodge