These are the basic components of bringing people to ISTE for me.
WHAT? What will this idea do? How do you use this technology? How does this impact teaching? Learning? What are the best practices?
SO WHAT? I hear and see this all the time.....prove that it will help my students, help my class. Integrated technology is about best practices, best teaching, expanding and challenging others to look beyond the box - not just outside the box. What is that nugget that makes you pause and wonder? What creates(or reignites) that spark or that taps into your passion? For me being immersed in these moments and discussions with our group is why I KNOW that this is valuable beyond words.
NOW WHAT? The overall exhaustion and excitement will slowly diminish leaving those true ideas that will impact students, classes, departments, levels....the school environment. We are lifelong learners - I've learned so much from my Seattle Academy colleagues in these past few days that will help me be better at what I do. It's a connection made one person at a time that I believes impacts the dynamics of our school. The ripple in the pond....
Wait - their creating a pandemic (virtual) in this systems class....hmmm the ripple, it's caught my attention! Let's create the pandemic best practices and let them ripple through our learnings.
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