K-12 Conference - E. Helfant Dec 2009 Leading the Change

Tonight I listened to 2 k-12 Conferences. The first was Leading the Change...Self Driven and Classroom based:Professional Development. It talked mostly about focusing on classroom...mainly just common sense advice when bombarded with so much technology out there to choose from. It was actually good to hear and be reminded of, though it seemed like a long conversation with same points being repeated. But again, good to be reminded. Teachers must know themselves first, their style...solid understanding of context, where technology fits in. In order to make the most of network/technology we still must be rooted in classroom, as she says. Collaboration with other teachers, 2 or 3 would be beneficial at this point.