No, I am not crazy, I know it is August and not January. So Happy New Year! The stores are gearing up for their back to school sales, teachers have returned to begin to put their classrooms together, and parents are scheduling last minute vacations and activities for their children. A new school year is beginning.
What does that mean for me as an Instructional Technology Facilitator? Just like teachers, I have spent the summer gathering new materials and ideas to use in classrooms with the fresh faces arriving in August. I have participated in professional development in order to improve my pedagogy and technology skills. I have investigated new technologies on the horizon. I have a had good summer!
As we turn the page on the calendar for the new year, I am excited about where we are headed in education and in Gaston County Schools. Instruction and best practices will take the forefront as we revisit Revised Bloom's Taxonomy and use it to create engaging, higher order thinking lessons for our students. We will begin to explore Common Core where the standards will now go deeper and integrate literacy and technology. We will explore cloud computing so I can be productive no matter what computer I am using and where I am as long as I have Internet connection. It will be an exciting year. Again, Happy New Year. Now to think about those resolutions!
