What week is this??? LOL

PARENT INVOLVEMENT:

Open house was a tremendous success.  Students stopped by to play "Name that App," and parents asked many questions about the "Google Teacher" in their children's classrooms.  It was rewarding hearing about the stories students were telling their parents.   A 7th grade teacher used Screencastify to let students record their interviews for a slide show presentation.  One of the parents thought it was a great app and had her daughter teach her how to use it.  Another student told her mother about the spelling test they took on line.  An eighth grade boy told his dad how to read online with an app extension called read & write.  All good PR for the program.  I made a flyer and passed it out to the interested parents.  I "borrowed" most of my information from your DLP slides and program information.  It was well-received.  All in all a great night!How did this week’s coaching / observations go? Share stories / examples / wonders / questions / successes / challenges from the week. 

 Losing track of time:

 Our school started on August 18.  

 I started coaching on August 18.

 Not in the true sense of the word, of course, but I started helping our teachers with technology on August 18.

 Our first real day of school with students was the following Wednesday, August 23.

I guess I'm technically in my fourth week of school, but the DLP program did not begin in my region until September 4, so I guess I'm in week 3.

 SOMETHING  I LOVE:

 I absolutely love when teachers get their uh-ha moments!

 Angela never used the snipping tool.
She heard others talking about it at lunch today, and she looked at me and said, "Why haven't you shown me how to use this yet, Miss Tech Girl?"  (She has a sassy, Mississippi drawl, and it sounded great when she said it to me!)
I said, "Give me a time, and I'll come to your class today!"

 I just left her room.  She laughed out loud and jumped for joy when she learned how easy it was to snip a picture, save it, and use it.
She wondered why she never used it or heard of it before today.  I told her she needed to read my newsletters and attend my PD training more often!  LOL

I love teaching my colleagues how to use new tools and how to make their lives easier at work.

SOMETHING I DO NOT LOVE:

Teachers often tell me, "I'd have you in my classes more often, but I never get the Chromebooks.

Teachers want to try new things and use technology with their students, but they do not have the resources.  We have a BYOD policy and student WiFi, but many of our student's parents cannot afford lunch money, let alone a cool phone or device for school.  It's disheartening.