Thursday, July 24th, 2008...12:19 pm
Do I have anything to say?
I have been struggling for the past year, trying to figure out if I have enough to say to warrent a blog. Now, my colleagues and family will tell you I always have something to say, but is it important enough for a blog? I definitely have opinions and beliefs that I feel strongly about, so I’m going to give this medium a whurl.
I am a Staff Specialist for BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) and 40% of my time is contracted to a specific district as a Director of Instruction and Federal Grants Coordinator. Though my role does not focus on technology, it does play into a lot that I do in the school. From software decisions to planning professional development, technology integration has been a big part of my job – mostly the facilitation of it occuring rather than the training itself.
This has been a busy but great summer of learning. I recently had the opportunity to attend the NECC conference in San Antonio, Tx. Seeing and hearing about the latest and greatest in technology was very enlightening. Of course the frosting was spending time with some of my colleagues. The other big learning experience was High Schools New Face at Holiday Valley in Ellicottville, NY. It was wonderful! The New York State Teacher of the Year, Richard Ognibene, was inspiring! The focus was on 21st Century Skills and who better to begin the conference than Ken Kay. There was a great deal of information and ideas shared during the conference and ended with Tony Wagner of Harvard University. He is about to publish his new book, The Global Achievement Gap. It’s due out in August but we got a copy and I look forward to reading it in the near future.
There are many things I hope to write about here. Time will tell…
4 Comments
July 24th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Yeah Cindy! Way to go. Great to see your on the Blogosphere. I can’t wait to learn more from you here as the year goes on. It was great to make the NECC trip with you and to run the cameras with you at HSNF. I figured you already had Tony Wagner’s book read!?!?
Good looking blog post, I can’t wait for post #2!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I am proud of you.
July 26th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I think that it’s really important to communicate our thoughts about education to others. Each of us lives in our own small world no matter what our jobs are. Public education needs voices to speak intelligently about what is happening in the schools today. If our voices get heard and our ideas get thought about then perhaps others will know more about what happens in our schools. Thank you so much for starting your blog!
* Heidi Pence
http;//hpence.blogspot.com
July 29th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Nice start! You gave me some information that made me curious enough to go check out. I am sold that writing helps one put their thoughts together. If anyone else reads and gains a new perspective on a topic, you have accomplished much. Blogging rules! I wish I had more time for it. It is After all, it is the reflection upon your learning which best represents real, purposeful knowledge and skills acquisition.
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