Lead by Example

We are starting this morning with Gary Stager.  He is giving us the rundown of the day.  I like that he used the preschool analogy about our day being situated around appointments.  I may use that this year when introducing high schoolers to the idea of tardiness and absences.  In my mind it may be the trick to get them to avoid those issues… or maybe I am just dreaming (I do that in the summer).

More from Gary:

Collaborations could be by air-  something starts in the upstairs of the building and it gravitates downstairs through the kids.  Teachers like our seats and rooms and don’t collaborate.  He is encouraging us to collaborate and “Demo or die” to force us out of our comfort zone.  The goal for this rather small conference is to spend time with someone and not to just listen to a speaker.  We want small groups and will schedule the collaboration accordingly.

Put away your teacher, administrator, tech specialist hat.  Just be a learner and enjoy the luxury of time.

Faculty at the conferences:  Sylvia Martinez (she is in my twitter network!), John Stetson, Cynthia Solomon

More to come!

Filed under: Conferences & Presentation | Tagged: cmk08, collaboration