End of Semester Thoughts
I've thought more and more about developing professional development sessions for my colleagues, but I've realized how frustrating it is. Teachers are always saying that there is no time to implement what they learn so they always forget what they learn. Perhaps we need to find a way, as trainers, not necessarily to show teachers how to do something new, but show them ways to change what they've been doing so they're not adding something new to what they're doing. I think teachers feel that they're expected to do more on top of what they're doing instead of integrating. I also think that all of the notes need to be easily accessible at all times. I love to watch teachers hand write notes on how to do things only to have those notes find themselves to some black hole of a filing cabinet, if they even get that far. I'm in the process now of helping teachers learn how to screencast, so this lesson was really worthwhile for me to put together.