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Observing other educators working

After school today we had our monthly Middle Years Program meeting.  One of the things we worked at this meeting was vertical planning, which is when a bunch of people teaching the same subject at different levels meet to attempt to ensure continuity within that subject.  They are themselves very useful meetings, and if you aren't having them yet at your school, you should be.  One of the things that I brought up in this meeting is how much I'd like to be able to observe everyone else teaching.

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Reflection on adult learning session

This morning I was not able to attend a session on using iPod touches in the classroom because it was cancelled, and then I missed an opportunity to learn more about Smartboards because the session was full.  I was upset but sat down and looked through the program and tried to find an alternative.  Finally I settled on a session about learning about how adults learn differently than children.

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Preliminary results for survey on technology training

A couple of days ago I posted a Google form asking one simple question.

Estimate how many hours of technology related training occur at your school each year.

After only 2 days up, I've received 30 responses, which seem to be from a wide variety of different schools, and almost all of which are from people I've never met before.  The preliminary results are posted below, as well excerpts from the comments added by the people completing the surveys.

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