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Back to school this fall season meant back in the classroom for me. Ever since I went to the MLTI Student Conference last May 2010, I was yearning for life as a classroom teacher again. Be careful what you wish for, my wish came true. There was an opening at our local high school and here I am. High school resource room teacher/facilitator!
You will be hearing lots of stories this year about high school, special education, universal design for learning, assistive technology and our google domain.
Our first step was to get all students into the google domain, with a shared calendar, shared folder for their assignments and a place to check their email. We accomplished this in a two week span. At the end of the second week, I left messages in all their email accounts with a good job email and if necessary a reminder to complete missing assignments. I can peek at their grades and see what is missing, send them an email reminder, talk with their teachers and all this from one stop at my computer.
This is going to be a year long journey. We will have some challenges, some celebrations and some student success stories. If you have something to share along these lines leave a comment, let’s build this together and share with others.
Resources:
My new blog Learning Cafe a door to the future http://learningcafe-doortothefuture.blogspot.com/
Our twitter: Door2Future
Our moodle page: http://moodle.wocsd.org/course/view.php?id=199
Our Twitter Feed goes right to the blog and to our Facebook page.
