May 28, 2009

I am on the road again visiting the lovely burg of Curwensville for a CFF regional meeting with our lovely TIMS--Eddie. I took the literacy coach with me. The meeting dealt with getting the math people on board, and Curwensville did a great job with their teachers showing some of the things they were doing. I hate to be stereotyping math teachers because it is not politically correct, but I have never been accused of being politically correct. As a group, they do not want to change. There are exceptions to the rule, and I have two who break that stereotype. We also heard from the state about what is happening next year, and it does not look good money-wise. That does not surprise me. Not a bad meeting--a little lengthy. Talk to you tomorrow.......flick

April 23, 2008

Happy Shakespeare's birthday and Happy Secretary's Day (Administrative Assistant)--I have to watch out and politically correct--yeah. I have a teacher working on a Romeo and Juliet unit. I researched some sites and downloaded a Jeopardy game for her. She is trying hard to integrate the technology into her unit. I also have a math teacher who is working on a nonlinear powerpoint so students can construct their own quizzes. I also have another teacher who wants his students to blog on line. The list is continuing. With all of the IT thangs and teachers broadening their scopes, it does make for a busy day. I am concerned about next year's grant with respect to the fact that my time will be limited. It will be difficult to teach and integrate the grant, but I believe strongly in the program; I will make it work somehow. I also had a request from the administration to present something on in-service day. I am not sure what to do so I am going to poll the teachers and find out what they might want. Hi ho, Hi ho, it's off to work I go. Thanks Walt.