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Empowering Educational Excellence: Highlights from Waiver Day 2010

On November 2, 2010, Waiver Day was a hub of inspiration and collaboration in education. Attendees, including Zach and Sharon, shared insights from Jack Gantos, who sparked enthusiasm for teaching. Key topics included the effective use of Audacity and Flip cameras at WSHS, the importance of newsletters for professional development, and fostering an online presence via tools like Wikispaces and Google Sites. Participants discussed strategies for enhancing student achievement and assessment. The event emphasized the need for ongoing professional growth and innovative technology integration in classrooms.

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Empowering Educational Excellence: Highlights from Waiver Day 2010

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  1. WCS Media Centers Waiver Day, November 2, 2010

  2. Welcome • Zach • Sharon • New person at Walnut (Zach/Carla) • Thank you Carla • Hi Brooke

  3. OELMA • Jack Gantos was awesome! • Allison Zmuda has interesting ideas…some to which I’m philosophically opposed • Jack Gantos was inspiring! • Audacity and Flip cameras will be used this year at WSHS • Jack Gantos signed books for Zach and Deb!

  4. OELMA • What did our other attendees think? • If you didn’t attend OELMA, start looking at eTech in February and get your registration info to Linda Cannon early.

  5. Newsletters • Help save your position – Promote Yourself • Every 9 weeks; at least every semester • Include: • Professional Development activities • Collaborative activities • Pictures of kids in the MC • Standards being met

  6. Newsletters • Buffy Hamilton – High School • Fort Osage – short and sweet • Brown Elementary - online

  7. Web Presence You need to be out there! • Easy to use – stable • Wikispaces • Google sites • Glogster (in a wiki) • Dynamic • Blogs • Combo • Aggregators NetvibesSymbalooOnly2Clicks

  8. Web Presence • Pick something you can maintain easily • Send the address to Matt Davis • Have an icon installed on the computer desktops • Put a blurb in the parent newsletter • Notify the teachers and show it to them at the next staff meeting • Use it all the time with the kids

  9. Web 2.0 • Places to go to find great tools • Best of the EdTech Web slideshare • ALA’s Top 25 Tools 2010 • Learning Commons • Pick a couple and start implementing them as often as possible

  10. Think About • How do YOU contribute to student achievement? • What can YOU do to improve test scores? • How do YOU assess what students are learning? • How are YOU conveying your importance as a learning specialist?

  11. Waiver Day in May • Present a session! • Co-host with a content area teacher • Make it applicable to all ages • Show how you are using technology

  12. Destiny Procedures • Committee to work on them? • Upload to wiki or Google sites • Ideas: • Importing MARC records • Fines (collecting at other schools) • Textbooks (returning to other schools) • Purchasing • Site specific subjects • How to best provide training to newcomers • What questions did you want answered first?

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