Thoughtful Thursdays: Empowering Our Learners & Leaders

A big trend here in the land of Wisconsin goes with our state university at Football or Basketball Season: Teach Me How to Bucky. If you haven't heard of this before, watch the YouTube Video Below.

This video got me thinking so much about what we do to teach our students and allow for personalized learning and universal design - we flip the learning. Kids learn from watching how other people have worked through a learner progression, and rewind/rewatch as needed. 

With this notion of learning comes another thought - empowering our learners and leaders through videos. As my school is preparing for a 5-8 device rollout, we brought up the idea of having learning modules to teach the tech tools and ways to use them. These app flashes are not only universal and grounding for our students, but also for teachers to have an opportunity for those conversations alongside our students and embody the mantra of lifelong learning together with and for our students. What a better way to start our journey!

Have you done the groundwork with a student tech team around learning modules? How would you envision this? Share your ideas - let's collaborate together!

#OnWisconsin

Wondering Wednesday

I took a mini break from blogging for a bit with a few major events happening both in our school, and balancing work and life happened to get me a bit under the weather. So for this week, Teacher Appreciation Week, how do we do just that: Balance. It's definitely hard at times as conferences, concerts, curriculum nights, and more are happening, but yet we keep doing what we do with and for our students because we love them and it truly is what matters and what makes a difference, although sometimes it takes an extra step to remember that.

So today, as not only Teacher Appreciation is happening, but Mother's Day and many other end of the year events are coming, I'd like to spotlight a few websites for safe images to add to interactive projects to close out the year in a handy chart made by Richard Byrne. All props go out to him for this, but I've found it SO helpful to use as a resource when collaborating with other colleagues as well as my learners. These are really helpful to avoid those common "Google Image" searches, although do come with some cautions for classrooms as well.

If you're looking for my personal top resource for photos, check out http://photosforclass.com/ which are great for any learner in any setting!

• All are rated G
• They come with auto citations (so no more copyright infringement)
• Creative Commons Licensed for Schools!

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Stand for Something - Spring into Action

I love the week after spring break because everything seems so refreshing for the students to be back at it with bright smiles and ready to finish out strong.

This week, my 2nd and 3rd Graders have launched a new project around service. We are integrating our music composition skills to build eBooks as "retells" for others using soundscapes. Not only are students working within the music realm, but they are also working on recognizing main ideas of books and summarizing!

Perhaps the coolest take away is that kids are serving others. Kids get it, they want to help - they want to be involved in things to better the world. Providing these opportunities, connecting through digital methods is a great avenue to spring into action for a cause. Take a look at this Kids Consortium link on Technology Service Learning Projects.

How can we help our students stand for something and use technology or just innovation through low tech means? Is it makerspaces to allow for creating and exploring? Is it filming an iMovie as a public service announcement? Is their passion recycling and keeping our streets clean where they want to make a poster for advocacy? Think about integrating thematic messages into literacy and math to allow for this exploration and give to our students to allow them to be proud and support something they care about.

We stand for our kids because we're in this profession. It's their turn to stand for something too, and it starts with you. #MakeEmBelieve.

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Disrupting the Norm

The snow is melting, the brightness of the skies - this can only mean one thing...soon it *WILL* be spring in our lives! Okay, so perhaps yes, but maybe a little wishful thinking, but I think anyone living in Wisconsin can appreciate this statement after a long and cold winter. 

As the season change and our students' get a bit antsy, the big key is what do we do to make the learning fresh and new? What do we change up to make something innovatively different and deepen the thinking and meaning to our learners' minds?

A couple weekends ago at the EdTech iOS Summit at Waukesha North, Holly Clark presented the idea of The Digital Disrupters Mindset - making the adjacent possible. She described how digital disrupters start with and continue to focus on the questions and inquiry. 

Connecting with the Depth of Knowledge, how do we make this thinking visible; how can we allow for students to handle and tackle the daily problems in their learning? The first step, in any realm, is focusing on instructional design. The next step, is creating student agency to move from the consumption to creation of learning!

Opportunities for oracy in "Turn and Talks/Stop Think and Listen Pair Shares," using them as an exit ticket on Notability or something similar! Student TED Talks, Explain Everything Presentations, iMovie Trailers or Google Forms are all quick and efficient models utilizing our key instructional design cores, but adding the fresh and innovative mediums that our students crave in using technology for higher order thinking.

Something new and fresh can be a sunshine-filled day with our students or perhaps a familiar tech tool used as a revamped new project - it doesn't have to be the full "spring" into action, but just a simple change in season. Take time to appreciate the change with your students as we move from consumption to creation and deepening understanding and comprehension with your learners! 

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: New to the Tube

The day after the Oscars everyone talks about who wins and who didn't win. Being an outdoors enthusiast, I was cheering for the lovely Reese Witherspoon to take away the Outstanding Actress title for her performance in Wild; however, am just as impressed with Julianne Moore winning from Still Alice. So, I can understand the Outstanding Actress category, but as far as animated film, I thought How to Train Your Dragon 2 HAD IT. Seriously, a great movie and storyline, albeit a little sad in the middle, but triumphant and uplifting. Additionally, because of my profession, I have to mention the eloquent soundtrack that took each character's theme from the first movie to expand upon it and make it turn into an amazing soundscape to accompany the second films scenes. Just love it and am sad it didn't take away an Oscar.

It is about the kids, what they like, and was definitely a topic of our "weekend shares" community building today. They loved Big Hero, they loved How to Train Your Dragon. Any film or show action packed is sure to get an audience from kindergarteners to the big kids (like me).

So, in talking about what's new, the big news to hit the techwaves is YouTube Kids. This new app is out TODAY and is built with kids in mind. A safer way to YouTube, definitely an app to explore with an easy-to-use interface. Check it out today!

Looking for other safe video resources without those add-ons and annoying adds? Use SafeShare at  http://safeshare.tv/

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: How do YOU Confer?

One of my alumni students comes back every day, greets me with a hug, and pick ups his little brother. I asked him how he was doing with academics, and he said great! I have threes and fours, especially in math! I was blown away by this, and asked him how'd he begin doing so well. This student, now in seventh grade, acknowledged his tendency to be a bit chatty during elementary school, but how he recognized the importance of learning and using the time in school "smartly" so he has less homework. Smart kid! :)

We have conferences coming up tomorrow, which I find a great time to catch up with those alumni siblings, but even more parents about how students are doing in the classroom both academically and behaviorally. A great way to reflect on learning is through the use of portfolios.

Whether a Google Site, Evernote, Blackboard or other medium, portfolios can be a great tool to place all articles to save them and collectively reflect on learning. The first step is teaching ORGANIZATION to our learners, to work toward finding out what truly is their best work. Linking weekly work into a bigger showcase site works well for easy access, as well as the universal naming convention, so that work is easily alphabetized and categorized.

On the teacher side, Confer is a great way to start the conversation flowing on math, reading, behavior, or truly any subject. Make anecdotal notes about learners to target strengths and growth areas for the ease of data analysis.

Start the conversation today with your learning and colleagues on creating a digital hub of weekly and spotlight work to best showcase their learning!

What approach do you take? Share with all of us!

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Start the Discussion!

I developed a new lesson where we are doing a film study - starting with a story map, my students are describing the characters, setting and plot of an old school Mickey - The Opry House. They identify what is happening in the beginning, middle and end, as well as what Mickey is doing in the scenes.

Here's the catch: they watch it in SILENCE.

Taking this a step further, they are beginning the process of composing music to accompany what is happening, but planning out what instruments and sounds would "make sense" with what's going on in the scene. As they began the discussion, the atmosphere became lively as they started debating what they should use and why based on the scene.

Building in sentence starters and prompts for oracy, and in general just the collaborative aspect of sharing can help build students' levels of deeper thinking and language skills. Therefore, as I shared in an earlier post, an online platform can be a useful tool for students to share their thoughts and feelings in a safe environment about those happenings in your classroom instruction in connection to any subject.

Those discussion boards or blogs are becoming ever popular to allow students to GET WRITING and describing their own thoughts as an evidence piece to deepen their thinking and making it visible. Additionally, seeing others' thoughts and perceptions can also help and clarify their own understanding on any subject! Kidblog is a great tool to get you started!

As a teacher, I always think of myself of as a "big kid" - still learning and having fun (despite a few gray hairs these days), but know a valuable strategy is those discussions portals online or in person to the wheels turning of creating something new with and for my students!

How do you make thinking visible in your classroom - is it digital? We'd love to hear some of your practices and share out what's working for you!

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Reach Out

Two of our fifth grade teams of students are geeking out right now - it is the eve of their Google Hangout or Skype with Ms. Abigail Harrison, an aspiring Astronaut Student, and also Dr. Thomas Marshburn, a NASA Astronaut! As excited as they are to ask their questions and hear the answers of these individuals, I think it's safe to say that we as teachers are just as excited for this opportunity for them!

When it comes to tech, there seems to be a new app or instructional practice around every corner. Something new and "shiny" to interest us as well as our students. It's really interesting to hear the latest talk about the "next big thing" in their eyes, that they're doing - and it's ever so engaging and empowering when it's something where our learners can take the lead in for their learning to demonstrate their understanding around a concept or a skill. 

Yet, what happens when you get stuck? What happens when you're fresh out of ideas, and the tank has run dry? Herein lies the power of collaboration, which is beyond just the communication, but the co-working and co-creating with educators together to design new lesson and ideas with our learners in mind. From EACH OTHER we can learn so much and figure out what's best, brighter, and brilliant for our students.

Through this thoughtful process, we take our thinking and our students' thinking to new levels, with the trudacot model, or Technology-Rich Unit Design and Classroom Observation Template - click for more info - which couples well with our SAMR Model for technology integration. With this thinking and guide, we can challenge ourselves to how we can take our lower level thinking lessons to higher levels - moving our students to richer, deeper levels of inquiry, demonstrated with their uses of technology. 

But, as has been a central theme, it doesn't have to be big or the next Skype or Google or the coolest tech tool - it's about starting small with that collaborative nature of students and teacher in mind. It's those conferring notes and reflections from our students that allow us to see the process of their thinking, and our next steps as teachers to make the "educational magic happen." Go beyond the C of communication to Collaborate. Create together. Reach out.

Thoughtful Thursdays: A GPS For Learning

When I traveled to South Dakota a couple years ago, I remember the car rental agency worker asking if I wanted a GPS. I have a tendency to get lost, so this probably would've been a good idea; however, I did decline at the time, thinking I would "figure it out" in my seven days in the Black Hills. 

When the closing speaker of the #SLATE2014 Conference, Julie Mathieson, spoke of South Dakota, traveling, and more, I knew it would be a great speech to reflect upon, just because I love the area and insights. One of the questions she prompted was being mindful of how we are empowering our learners through time, space, path and pace of learning for our students. If we are mindful of these concepts and foundations, through self-paced design and thought toward learning styles, our teaching strategies and mediums prompt intrinsic rewards for students!

The doesn't mean there isn't going to be traffic jams, detours, road blocks, and perhaps even an accident along the way - both for the student and for the teacher or technology even. As a teacher facilitating this learner, we are the encouraging drivers ed instructor in the front seat, calmly encouraging our learners to approach cautiously yet with confidence, thinking ahead on their map to where they need to be academically, thereby encouraging higher levels of thinking and those intrinsic rewards to get there!

Throughout the conference, my mind was swimming with new ideas and things to do with my learners, to integrating tech throughout the general education classroom. The way in which technology has allowed for personalization and relevancy in application is amazing to watch or see. The tools we heard are so applicable to redefine our learning experience and move towards an agency for change - for student agency in their learning.

Learning, just like traveling, is an epic road trip across various cities, counties, states and even countries for the worldly traveler. It starts small, as a road trip starts simply with starting the car. Our responsibility as teachers is to continually ignite the engines of our learning community of students, confident to try something new as a risk taker, and ultimately, a kid, a student, fostering curiosity to take the next step together - to try, to be, to LEARN, together.

Three Easy Things to Start Small from the #SLATE2014 Conference:

1. Explicit Vocabulary Instruction can be as fun as Trading Cards or a ThingLink Word Wall!

2. Students need a place to share their feedback digitally beyond a doc or project - make a blog or backchannel! (Also check out some blogging rubrics...)

3. Use Free Resources that Work: Wisconsin Media Lab, Badgerlink and more - a lot is here for US as teachers and educators and for our learners!!!!

Have you been using any of these resources or more? Give a shout! We'd love to collaborate!!!

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Start Speeding!

As I have grown as a teacher from my first year until now, I've taken on many new things into my classroom. I remember my second year where trying to do some project-based learning was something new and different and it totally freaked me out! Well, I ended up liking it so much that I began to bring in the technology, and my passion for learning, integrating and coaching about technology just grew into what it is today.

This year, one thing I have been focusing on is how I get and receive feedback from my students - what ways I can leverage my assessments so that they "make sense" and are engaging for my learners. While it's nothing new, one way my learners have grabbed onto is the use of exit tickets. I presented it initially by saying that "we've sped through the material, this is a way to let me know if I should pay a fine, or can keep going past the checkpoint." They loved it, and now when we use this as a quick formative at the end of the lesson, they will tell me they caught me speeding as they line up and hand it off. It makes my day that they're so engaged and like this method of communication.

The thing is, I could put anything on that exit ticket - have them work out a problem, have them write a definition or connection...it's just a sticky note and can become anything!

As I was browsing around for other ways of Formative Feedback, I came across a great Edutopia Article. Edutopia is a great resource about innovative tools. David Wees, a Formative Assessment Specialist at New Vision Schools, put together a presentation called "56 Examples of Formative Assessment."

What a great resource that is super easy to browse through and can BLOW UP the way we assess - both low tech and high tech ways are evident - but through these great strategies and forms of assessment, we can make our learning even more meaningful for our students to make it visible for themselves and others!

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Beyond the Blackboard

Let's get personal - with personalized learning! In Tech Tool Time today, we talked about the SAMR and the Core Apps as a significant part of lesson redesign for both ourselves and our learners. What new and innovative ways we are using all of our core apps - from anchor charts to forms, to books that are vocabulary and reading strategies - the possibilities are endless to redefine the future!

Let's put the learning on the backs of our scholars and flip the learning for them next - flip the lessons through Blackboard Sites with videos or at home work (that can be downloaded at school perhaps as a Do Now at the end of the day) are a great way to bridge innovation goals into at-home learning with parent communication and engagement through Blackboard. We can share learning strategies, give important documents for learning, and share tutorial videos for learners, as well as parents to increase and leverage parent engagement!

How do you flip the learning in your classroom or use any of these core apps as a part of the SAMR levels? Give a shout - we'd love to learn more and collaborate further

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Big Sky Effect

From the Dictionary of Tracy:

Big Sky Effect: a way of being. a way of feeling. a way of looking at something from a different perspective. a state of contentment. (origin) - my bro, BCC...

Feeling or being alone can be pretty daunting, and it certainly was as I drove around by myself for much of my trip in South Dakota; my first time traveling all by myself for much of the trip, pretty much galavanting around the state, and predominantly Custer and the Black Hills area. Absolutely beautiful - ziplining, ropes course, hiking, rock climbing, plus sunsets, thunderstorms (nothing better than sitting on a porch watching things be refreshed for the next day), summer breeze and memories that will forever be. However, navigating the unknown roads and trails, getting a flat tire, and maybe getting lost a few times along the way certainly has a way of grounding you. In these moments of solitude, you get to think about your life and what you're doing with it, and where you want to be.

Honestly, when it comes down to being and living, we ask ourselves, what do we want to accomplish, who we want to be, how other people around us are build up in us living and being who we are? Each of us is blessed to be in education and to have an opportunity to influence the lives of our students around us - those kids who come in everyday to feel safe in our school, enjoy their friends' company, and hopefully learn a thing or two along the way.

Tomorrow, our school has our iPad Re-Rollout Meetings which have been a ton of planning and time of all of our teachers already. Checking in iPads, making sure they up and ready to go, it's been a process for the past few weeks to make sure that the devices are ready to go for learning. For some people, it's a new process to learn, something maybe a little bit scary, and just a lot of an undertaking as well.

Through it, we look at if it's worth it, the opportunity we gain - digital access for our students, innovative brainstorming and tools, deeper connections, and so much more are just a few of the many positives. Despite a few nerves in learning the technology and management pieces, what a great time to be a part of the digital transformation age...a moment to CELEBRATE the journey we are on as Waukesha One to transform our students' lives, as well as a moment of reflection. In our educational world, there's always a new idea around the corner, a resourceful resource to help us along the way to get these conversations started - Edutopia, ISTE, Pinterest, Edudemic are just some of the many resources we have to spur our thinking to create those learning opportunities integrating technology with meaning and intention.

Maybe it's starting small with a blog or a wiki. Perhaps its making anchor charts and vocabulary come alive with videos and portfolios of the learning. Maybe it's going big with a makerspace or how about just building a Symbaloo of websites you want to make accessible for families and students? A big idea can first start small, just as a small idea turns into something big - let your learners be part of the conversation and build upon their learning to come alive!

I think we all have moments of busyness, where we aren't sure where to start on a long to-do list, or when we are not even sure of the whole process. I had one of those moments this past week as two of my students were giving me about 12 ideas for our winter concert, and I just was at idea number one, along with a hefty checklist of items that still has a few items to go. Needless to say, I felt a little overwhelmed by their thoughtful planning for a concert theme I wasn't too familiar with. But then, the conversation came that changed it all, that took all my feelings of nervousness away - I asked these two guys if they were okay and having fun (as they were working on a few tasks that was not finding enjoyable - sharpening pencils, organizing papers, talking about this concert I had no idea where to start on, etc). Immediately to my comment, they laughed and said "Ms. Garon, of course we are! We have fun because we are spending time with you."

It's not the big tech idea, it's not even the small, that can ever replace those moments. The smiles, eyes of wonder walking into our classrooms that you create, that YOU are the reason for...that's what keeps us going, in any lesson, everyday. A deeper meaning, the hope we have from them...That's our #bigskyeffect.

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Senses & Sensibility

Ever have one of those nights when you're walking along, and you catch a whiff of those delicious fries that you love? Or how about that aroma from the pizzeria down the street...the perfect thin-crust delight that you know may not be the best for you, but is oh so worth it as you savor it in the moment...

Beyond the sense of smell, what about that book cover that catches your eye while at the library so much that you have to open it and see what it's about. Even more, I love chatting it up while enjoying a delicious latte at the Steaming Cup in Waukesha, when all of a sudden a great song I haven't heard comes on the speakers. I just find myself bopping along to the beat and really enjoying the sound!

We are a species of senses - whether taste, smell, hearing, sight - we all have certain things that appeal to us at our initial reactions based on our senses. With the idea of appealing to the sense, come the thoughts behind student engagement - what can we do to make them become and stay engaged?

In this week's edition of our blog, we have two ideas for reading and math assessments that can help appeal to your students' senses!

Math Practices: Ever heard of a Photo a Day? Check out the pic below where one teacher has given his students a calendar of different math concepts, and his students are to take a picture of the concept each day. Think about tying this in with our core apps - perhaps a Notability file or Explain Everything presentation - and having students describe what their picture means aside from the text. What a great visual representation of the 

Literacy Practices: As music can define a mood, the BooktrackClassroom idea gave me a great idea to tie in another core app: GarageBand! After creating a written response to any prompt - could be part of writer's workshop, or a short analysis of a text from reading workshop, students create music to help illustrate their writing. As they are reading their response, think about the power of having their own "soundtrack" to the background! (Booktrack is also a great resource if you're looking for a way to start this idea up in your classroom without iPads or GarageBand.)

Do you have anything that you've tried in your classroom this year integrating technology into your instruction? Share with us your ideas and please give us feedback on ours! We are all learning together on this journey of transforming our students' lives with technology tools!

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Lessons in Redefinition

If you are a reader that knows me personally, you probably know that I'm a big fan of rock climbing. When you think rock climbing, you might think that it is a lot about upper body strength. And I'd tell you that part of it is; however, a bigger part of it is your feet and technique. If you have technique, you'll make the climbs and figure out the puzzles on the rocks.

One of the hardest lessons for me occurred this past weekend, when trying a harder route grade in which I needed to redefine a certain move to get to finish the route. Rather than making the most efficient move, I was making more work for myself instead of just stretching to the finish. While I haven't conquered the route yet, and have a couple bruised ribs to show for decking a few times, I am definitely beginning to see the change and the progress in redefining how I climb with better technique, as both my spotter and my friends encourage me each attempt.

Essentially, redefining our instructional practices takes the same venture as this climbing route: we look at how we're currently doing things in our classrooms and make adjustments for new opportunities and learning for our students. Infusing technology into our practices helps us to do just that, in engaging our learners to a new level of inquiry, constructivism, and creation and demonstration of their learning. Just think about how an Explain Everything presentation can show student understanding of math, music, a science concept, or more. Perhaps creating an interactive and responsive quiz on Kahoot (shared last week) could be the way to go. Or how about some QR Codes with a reading to which learners can respond? 

While it's definitely hard for me to think "outside of the box" in rock climbing as I try to complete my route, the end result will be worth it when I grab hold of the finish. The same can be said for our students when, with technology integration, they grasp a new concept or idea to a deeper level we never knew before. Together, we may have a few falls before truly taking off, but as a learning community of educators, we are always working to encourage one another in any attempt. Try something to truly redefine your instructional practices and something new for your students.

The finish will be amazing. Take a chance. Share your story. Collaborate. Innovate. Inspire.

Core Apps & More: Check out Tony Vincent's Websites Learning in Hand for two free eBooks about redefining learning - with spotlights on many of our core apps! Definitely worth the read to start sparking ideas and new project designs for our learners.

Web 2.0 Tools: Found this really awesome article about favored Web 2.0 Tools for educators - definitely a nice hub of knowledge and a good starting place: Teacher's Favored Web 2.0 Tools

Innovative Practices: Keep innovating. Keep redefining. Keep transforming. You're doing it. Start small, start with one technique. You have all of our encouragement along the way.

What are your ideas? Reflect, Share & Comment!!! We welcome your questions, reflections, ideas and shared collaboration as we work to make a difference in the lives of our youth of the next generation!!!

Tracy's Tuesday Tech Tip: Let's Get Ready to Rumble!!!!

In what seems like a lifetime ago, I served as a basketball referee for both youth and up to freshman basketball games. I always loved March and the tournaments where everyone started out equal and played at least two games. Even in youth sports, there is NOTHING like officiating a championship basketball game between two cross town rivals.

Needless to say, March Madness is one of my favorite times of the year. While I may be in 8th place out of 10th in our pool, I just love the atmosphere that the basketball games bring, and even more the learning we can do for it. Perhaps high school teachers can discuss probability and scoring in a March Madness Contest. Maybe elementary and middle school teachers can make connections to social studies by studying different college locations. And for our three and four year old students, we can make connections in writing and speaking about dreams of jobs and goals of the future!

Monday, all of this came alive for us at Blair as had March Madness Mania! This event involved our students answering questions about their college ranging from the name and location, to mascot and attractions in the area. They also had an opportunity to describe what their future careers and aspirations are.

Students and staff used a variety of tools ranging from YouTube Links, QR Code Reader and Skype to connect to the college, then Google Drive and Explain Everything as they recorded their facts and opinions about their college and explained their learning. Many of the presentations were absolutely stellar with some awesome connections about that particular college experience!

While taking on a major event can be a bit intimidating, watching how our students' eyes lit up and how enjoyable the experience was makes it so worthwhile. Try out something - even in a small way in your classroom - couple a connection to history with some QR Codes that digitally describe via video or voice recording what happened. Even try out Skype in the Classroom to make some connections! If you are interested in trying this event or something similar in your classroom, feel free to browse our resources in our March Madness Mania Folder. All are welcome to copy any resources and tailor to your classrooms and needs.

Web 2.0 Tool: A bit in the spirit of a contest, one of my music colleagues, Corey Murphy, discussed Kahoot at a recent professional development session. Kahoot is a web tool (no app required) to engage learners in thought-provoking questions with game-based, blended learning. Definitely a great way to check for understanding and further engage a topic and heightened participation. Thanks Corey for sharing!

Innovative Practices: Our iTechU Scholar Tech Team recently finished filming part of an anchor chart video that we are putting together for a first grade classroom. From the ideas of Omar Masis, a first grade teacher at Blair, he sought to create a way to have students be reminded of the steps to learning that an anchor chart can provide through demonstration. Our iTechU Scholar Tech Team took footage of the steps outlined on the anchor chart, of which we are turning into a video and QR Code that is easily scannable to enable our learners to have a quick reminder of essential components of learning. What an innovative way to tie-in tech tools - thanks Omar!

What are your ideas? Reflect, Share & Comment!!! We welcome your questions, reflections, ideas and shared collaboration as we work to make a difference in the lives of our youth of the next generation!!!