Techni-color….Technology in color

Why have I taken so long to post?  Been busy!  I have to talk about my experience in Silver Springs, Maryland at Discovery.  Each day was well planned and offered lots of different opportunities to learn.  The people at Discovery are fantastic!  The educators that were there were very open and ready to listen to what you had to say and freely discuss what is going on in their districts.  The first day we created a video showing things that we loved about discovery with a song in the tune of Boom De Ah Da (don’t know if I spelled that right).  The videos as a whole were awesome!  Throughout the week, there were awesome presentations that were all relevant to what needs to be done in the classroom.  One that stood out was by Hall Davidson and how we can use our cell phones in the classroom.  Instead of telling students no you can’t bring them to school, lets use them as a resource!  All of the presentations were wonderful, all of them! They had various activities for us including a Carnival that was loads of fun! One of my co-workers had an unfortunate accident, and Discovery was just great!  Lance Rougeux was definitely a standout for me.  My co-worker had to go to the hospital and he stayed there until she left and really seemed to care about what happened to her.  I have to give it up for Lance, he really went above and beyond the call of duty.  I would tell anyone, everyone, to join the Discovery Educator Network. You will not only learn a wealth of information, but you will be surrounded by fun people who love their job and who will gladly share information with you for your growth.  I enjoyed every second of my experience at the institute in Maryland, and would love to go again.  You should too!