Blog for Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Well, my family and I are heading down to Minneapolis for “Closing
the Gap”, a conference about how technology can be used to support students
with special needs. I was able to go
with a group of resource teachers last year, and we convinced our
administration how important it is that classroom teachers have the opportunity
to find out how to support the students in their classes. A group of 11 of us from Killarney School are
all making our way down to Minneapolis.
I recommend “Closing the Gap” to every teacher that I come
in contact with. It is the best professional
development that I have had in 16 years of teaching. It is one thing to sit and listen to a
presenter talk about how to use a computer program, it is another to sit and
listen to the person who developed the program.
It is like the difference listening to me talk about my iPod versus
listening to the person(s) who invented the iPod. What is said/practiced at the conference comes
straight from the horse’s mouth (or the inventor of the horse!).
I can hardly wait for tomorrow. Another big plus is the SWAG (stuff we all
get), such as pens, lanyards, t-shirts, etc.; last year I was able to convince
one of the presenters at the trade show to give me 8 functional life skills
apps for free.
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