Back in late July, I began a new position in my school district. I am working as an Instructional Technology Specialist serving four schools in our district, two that are primary level (kindergarten through second grade) and two that are elementary level (third through fifth grade). This is a brand new position in our district and when this position was created, a position serving grades 6-12 was also created. My partner and I work very closely and collaborate with almost everything we do, especially since we feel that we should set an example for others in our district. We also felt that an important part of our job was to have a place where our teachers could access training materials online and a platform for communicating with them. At that point, our website, Trojan Tech Teachers: What's Going On At? was born. It has been an exciting journey for us so far, with district-wide training days, development of online professional development, and the first ever Edcamp Lee! We have seen much growth in our teachers and students this year and are excited about all that is to come.
One thing that has had a high impact on administrators and teachers is our weekly blog. We use it to update everyone about what is going on at various schools throughout the district and to boost morale. We alternate authoring the blog every other week and try to send it out on Mondays (we began by sending on Fridays until we realized that people often do not check their emails on Friday afternoon!). This week's post got a lot of attention from administrators, teachers and even support staff. I realized that it would be an excellent idea to being sharing the posts that I'm authoring on my portfolio blog to "make the connection" between what I am doing at work and what I am doing with school. Below you'll find previous posts I wrote on our weekly blog and I will continue to post links to our blog on a regular basis. Enjoy reading!
02/24/2015 - Tapping Into Our Power - Lee County Favorite
02/09/2015 - One Week!!!
01/26/2015 - Not Good...Not Better...We Want to Be the Best
01/12/2015 - New Year Brings New Opportunity
12/08/2014 - Where Did the Year Go?
11/10/2014 - Be Fearless
10/22/2014 - Nothing to Fear, Only to Be Understood - Special post for Digital Citizenship Week
10/15/2014 - We Are Happy and We Are LEE
09/30/2014 - What's All the Buzz About?
09/15/2014 - Rockin' Around LCSS
09/02/2014 - Feeling (Whole) Again
08/15/2014 - So Loved
One thing that has had a high impact on administrators and teachers is our weekly blog. We use it to update everyone about what is going on at various schools throughout the district and to boost morale. We alternate authoring the blog every other week and try to send it out on Mondays (we began by sending on Fridays until we realized that people often do not check their emails on Friday afternoon!). This week's post got a lot of attention from administrators, teachers and even support staff. I realized that it would be an excellent idea to being sharing the posts that I'm authoring on my portfolio blog to "make the connection" between what I am doing at work and what I am doing with school. Below you'll find previous posts I wrote on our weekly blog and I will continue to post links to our blog on a regular basis. Enjoy reading!
02/24/2015 - Tapping Into Our Power - Lee County Favorite
02/09/2015 - One Week!!!
01/26/2015 - Not Good...Not Better...We Want to Be the Best
01/12/2015 - New Year Brings New Opportunity
12/08/2014 - Where Did the Year Go?
11/10/2014 - Be Fearless
10/22/2014 - Nothing to Fear, Only to Be Understood - Special post for Digital Citizenship Week
10/15/2014 - We Are Happy and We Are LEE
09/30/2014 - What's All the Buzz About?
09/15/2014 - Rockin' Around LCSS
09/02/2014 - Feeling (Whole) Again
08/15/2014 - So Loved