Professional projects provide opportunities to work with peers in a collaborative atmosphere while accomplishing a larger task for the benefit of others. Projects like those shown below are the result of such collaborative efforts. FLEXIBLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPOWER LEARNING INITIATIVE In April of 2014, the Muskego-Norway schools will host a Leadership Symposium in collaboration with Google for the state of Wisconsin. This day of collaboration will focus on best practices from 1:1, shared cart, and BYOD implementations of Chromebooks, tablets and Google Apps for Education will include keynote presentations, an expert panel discussion, student led discussions surrounding PBL, site visits and Google's vision for education. Link to information on project. 1:1 Initiative with Google Apps for Education and Chromebooks STAR DENAmbassador Learning Group As the project lead for the Discovery Education STAR DEN Ambassador Program for the school district, I am working with a group of educators to learn and explore the elements of Discovery Education use in the classroom including Discovery Education Techbook, Discovery Education Plus and Discovery Education Assessment as it supports learning in the classroom and the 1:1 Initiative. Through learning sessions both in-person and online Educators will become Ambassadors, leading the charge to change education with integrated media in their classrooms. Collaborated with Director of Technology to plan, write and launch the Muskego-Norway Information and Technology Plan. This included not only the plans but supporting in the presentation and approval of the Board of Education in 2013. Been for Education |