Winter Conference 2009
Veterans Roundtable
http://vetswc09.pbwiki.com
How do eMINTS Veterans stay engaged with new skills, tools and ideas? How do we stay current, fresh, and inspired? Trainers - how do you keep a district/building initiative going? Teachers - how can you continue to collaborate with fellow eMINTS teachers? Share your thoughts and ideas. This roundtable will begin with an overview of what Webster Groves does at the district level and what eMINTS provides as Veteran's activities. The discussion will focus on problems, solutions, and ideas for the future associated with continued Veteran participation.
Click Edit this Wiki on the Side Panel
Go Around - share name, position, # of veteran teachers (5 min)
Cara and Cindy - Welcome and share (10 min)
Share a description of your district's eMINTS Veteran work (and on the District Veteran Programs Page (20 min)
In small groups let's discuss: (15 min)
The recorder will post your thoughts on the group's collaborative thoughts page and takes notes on the wiki and the reporter will share the group's collaborative thoughts on the Small Group Discussion page about the following questions:
How can we sustain and build our eMINTS programs throughout our district?
What do veterans need?
What about the cost of sustaining and building your program?
What are your goals?
What is feasible?
Please add Questions or Comments/Opinions to the the Veterans Parking Lot and they will be posted to the Wiki. (10)
Comments (3)
Gina said
at 2:01 pm on Feb 5, 2009
Can we develop a more advanced eMINTS Social Networking group to keep veteran teachers connected? We have the eMINTS Discussion list, but can something more advanced be developed? Twitter? Nings?
neu.cindy@wgmail.org said
at 4:28 pm on Feb 5, 2009
What do veteran teachers need?
1) Money—paying stipends
2) A list of all eMINTS Science teachers websites, math tchrs websites
3) Time to collaborate with other eMINTS teachers— time to observe—sub time during the day (.5 days) to collaborate with other teachers in the district/meeting
4) New ideas presented like the modules: twitter, wikis, moodle—how to use it in the classroom
4a) Is there someone who can create a website to train or list needs from veterans
4b) How can teachers use the new learning in the classroom
5) Connecting veterans to buddy up from different districts to learn from each other—request like Facebook to be a part of the social network across the state for certain tools, resources, etc.
i) eMINTS discussion list
ii) Skype, Twitter
6) eMINTs needs to follow up with administrators more—become more of a presence with what is being admitted through the tech department.
7) Data about how eMINTS is impacting students (available at the elementary level).
i) It would be interesting at the district level to follow a cohort of students from elementary through secondary…how successful are they?
8) Secondary support
9) Curriculum integration
10) Computers that work
11) Release learning responsibility to students
12) Supporting teachers who really are not on board
13) Offering instructional support for veterans
i) Graphic organizers, etc
14) Inquiry is much easier in Science and Social Studies. Starting there and then thinking about how it applies to other areas.
15) A better understanding of what resources are available
16) While summer institute is good, it’s difficult to implement it during the Fall
i) Maybe offer it twice
tracy.horn@fhshschools.org said
at 9:36 am on Feb 6, 2009
I want to say, Thanks for the presentation. It is nice to be able to collaborate and bounce off ideas, and hope to get the support we need to keep up with eMINTS every changing ways!!!
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