I have set up this blog as an extension of our Professional Learning Community. Its purpose is to facilitate ("make easier") sharing the brilliance and challenges of our teaching practice, and to give us access to all the content we want to share. Here are some of the most notable features:
Video! Or photo slideshows, or powerpoints, or whatever. Any visual media can be put up here, with the proviso that it enhance our professional learning, and our ability to serve our keiki. Or that it's just darn cute and heartwarming (see above). Based on four years of parent surveys, the photos and video have been by far the most popular aspect of my classroom blog, so I want to keep a good thing going!
Google Calendar link (see sidebar): By using google calendar for our school calendar this year, we can integrate the calendar seamlessly with online calendars we are already using, like iCal and Google Calendar.
Google Calendar link (see sidebar): By using google calendar for our school calendar this year, we can integrate the calendar seamlessly with online calendars we are already using, like iCal and Google Calendar.
Agendas, minutes, and document sharing link (also on sidebar): Our communication task force's idea last year was to put all the agendas, minutes, and shared documents in one place, so we have a permanent archive of everything that goes down here at Voyager. These documents can all now live "in the cloud", and we can share them via Google Docs.
Wikis: Leslie Witten (PLT teacher last year) has created a school wiki for us to share and compile resources as well. The link is on the sidebar to the right (password is the same as for our wireless network).
Twitter feed: I am working to include a scrolling, real-time feed of some twitter streams that are relevant to our work at Voyager. If there's one that you follow that you would like to add, please let me know!
Email posting: EVERYONE can post to this blog. You can share videos, photos, websites, stories--whatever you like--by simply emailing the post to evananderson2.joyinlearning@blogger.com. Try it!
Please give me feedback and tell me what's missing. I want this to be a fun and functional space for collaboration, so the more input and participation we get, the better. Below are some slides from the new Voyager teachers orientation on Friday.
Mahalo,
Evan
