Inspired Learning Reflection 3

Being part of this cohort has built my confidence so much and I feel like I am really making the transition from "teaching technology" to "using technology to teach." Besides starting a student blog, expanding my classroom website, using forms to give assessments and spreadsheets to gather data and all the other great things I am doing with my students, I have also been working with other teachers in my building to help them expand their use of tech. This has been such a rewarding experience that I started to get really excited about presenting at the Inspired Learning Conference. I love learning from other teachers and I feel like I have something to offer others this year. I was also thinking that would be a good "trial run" for TIE. I have been thinking since last summer that I would like to present at TIE (InnEdCO) this year. The sessions I liked the best were the ones that presented lots of ideas and resources and then allowed me time to explore, so I was thinking about doing something like that specifically targeted for Gifted kids. A possible title could be "Tech Tools for Gifted Learners" or something to that effect. I think it would just get better if I could get some other Facilitators to team up with me so I sent out an e-mail to see if anyone was interested. I am so excited about this!!