PR in the School

School administrators should be trained in PR. They MUST be savvy about publicity, and sadly they are more reactive than proactive when it comes to publicity.

Accepted to present at CLMS/CLHS & CUE Tech Conference!

The other day, I got a letter in the mail and it was thin. It had CLMS/CLHS on it and I thought "uh oh". But I was excited when I opened it and read that I had actually just been accepted to present at the California League of Middle Schools/California League of High Schools & CUE Technology Conference, "Learning to Network, Networking to Learn" in Monterey, CA on December 7th, 2008! Cool, this is a Sunday, so no missed school!

I will be presenting "Kids Teaching Kids: Collaboration through Screencasting" (the Mathtrain Project I do with our Lincoln Middle School students ). Monterey, here I come!

Checking in

It's just a few hours from my birthday.  I haven't stopped to think about it until now.  The school year began a few weeks ago, and the students seem great.  I have been slowly pulling in the technology.  I plan on getting my clickers in full use by next week.

And, I am having a student act as the official scriber each day via the tablet pc.  After each school day, all the handwritten student notes from each class will be available for all the students to view.

Meanwhile, Mathtrain.TV is taking off.  The students seem to like it.  Oh, and just a few weeks ago, we were excited because Harvard Ed Magazine did a story on my class site, Mathtrain.com.  Two of my students are featured in the article!