Is It Safe to Go in the Water Again?

I'm half afraid to even try to post anything to this blog. Wonder if Henry Ford and his cronies felt this way when they launched the first automobile? Anyway, we are quickly coming to the end of our time together reading Switch. Is anyone interested in meeting for our last session at the coffee shop? I know we're all pressed for time. Let's talk about it tomorrow :O)

Dec. 2nd Switch Discussion

Happy Thanksgiving, gang! At our last discussion, some of you volunteered to lead the discussion on different portions of the reading. Here is the breakdown...(those of you didn't get a chance this time are welcome to take a portion next time :O)

Susie Eckert pps. 149-158
Cheryl Adams pps. 158-168
Joe Landers pps. 168-176
Carol Sundo pps. 179-190
Terrie W. pps. 190-202

Ahhh....I Think We're All in Now!

Hopefully we can all blog now. Jeff Albright and O'Brien were supposed to have worked their magic, so blog away!

Motivating the Elephant

I am blogging for the first time! The Elephant has been motivated. I am enjoying the book and know that as a person not native to technology (yes, I am THAT old) that I have had to take baby steps to make the change successful. Chapter 6 specifically deals with shrinking the change and I know that with the kids we teach, we need to show them the bright spots in order to reinforce the notion that yes, they can learn the material before them. As the authors reiterate on Page 138; if we limit the investment we ask of someone or ourselves we will see those small victories that allow us to put one foot in front of the other and go on. So on a miracle scale of 1-10 I'm giving myself a 7!!

Week #3 of Switch

Ah, the joys and frustrations of technology! Will our group or won't our group be able to post to the blog is the question this week? Jeff Albright is working to add blogger to the Google Apps package for our district. No one will be penalized for not blogging as it is not your fault :O) See you Thursday Nov. 18th!

Week #2 of Switch

I am so proud of our group. Many of you accepted your invitation to the blog and you are making insightful posts. Some are having a problem accepting the invite because the system is confused with our email addresses. For instance, I tried to help Bill Heber accept his invite, but the blog site won't accept his email address because it says he does not have a gmail account. However, when we tried to create a new gmail account,it says he already has one!?! Melodie...how did you manage to accept your invite, or should I say, get the system to accept your invite acceptance??

Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

Change?! Who likes change? Maybe change is easier if it is our idea. How do we get those around us to change with us or for us? Hopefully Switch, our latest book selection up for discussion, will help us with these questions. Our teaching experience has been ALL about change for the last number of years as we have ramped up our programs for 21st Century instruction and learning.

See you Thursday, Nov. 4th, for our first discussion (intro.-page 48). If you need help with anything IM me or email me.