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June Staff Development

Posted in staff development by inspiredclassrooms on the June 12, 2006

What a great week of staff development! Last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I conducted sessions in Irving ISD on Inspired Classrooms and Blogging in the Classroom. It was great to see so many teachers on board with these new concepts. We skipped right over the sales pitch in favor of the implementation plans. It is exciting to see that the teachers are ready to make the next steps in the integration process. Just read what they had to say about it:

"I believe this manner of teaching will revolutionize the way we make use of technology in the classroom."

"My hope would be that other teachers will get the opportunity to hear this message and get INSPIRED!!!"

"I have seen this in a couple of classrooms at our campus and it works great!!!"

"I can see so many ways this will bring the real world into the classroom, and will get students interested and working."

"I would like to see ALL staff trained on the Inspired classrooms as well a requirement for all teachers to use it at some level. I also think that administration should be taught this concept and involved as well by getting involved in classroom blogs."

"I am going to challenge several of the teachers at my school to consider using Inspired Classroom teaching as a way to build a collaborative working environment."

"This will make the use of technology in the classroom more relevant in the classroom."

"I will definately incorporate the IC's into my daily instruction. I can't wait to move desks and organize my classroom into a collaborative learning environment. This was very beneficial and I am INSPIRED as a teacher to take what I've learned today and start using it in the fall."

"I will be using the Inspired Classroom style of learning next year in the classroom. With all of the money that has been spent on technology, I feel that students will be getting more from technology by making it readily accessible to students."

"I will be completely transforming my classroom into an Inspired Classroom in the fall. I was able to see the real world value of this type of classroom and its applications."

"The computers CAN be integrated into the classroom daily, for more assignments than I thought, and more easily than I thought."

"Wow!!! I learned enough to keep me busy all summer figuring out ways to implement this and engage my students."

Wow is right. Talking about being at the right place at the right time! I can't think of a better time or better place for Inspired Classrooms to transform what's going on in our classrooms. We are fortunate in Irving that this would be such a no-brainer. Not only having the hardware and networking available, but the open-minded-ness (and expectation) at the administration level to use technology in a way that very well defines what it means to integrate the technology into the teaching and learning process. I wonder if this would be such an easy fit in other districts.

-Darren