Day one is in the books – and it was everything that I could have imagined and more. Over 220 teachers from every corner of the province, together in one place for the first time. David Warlick was rivoting, holding their attention for a full hour and a half…nobody budged for fear of missing something. He did his Literacy and Learning in the 21st Century presentation, focusing on how to develop the critical literacy skills for the next century.
The afternoon was also amazing – a good old fashioned poster session, but with a techno twist. Innovative teachers from all over the province who had something imaginative to share in the way of technology and learning set up in a ballroom at the hotel and shared, shared, shared. What an amazing group of teachers and ideas. I know I have many ideas flowing out of that for our schools next year.
Then, to top it all off, David joined me and my 35 pre-service teachers as he spoke to my ED4862 class at the University of New Brunswick. Needless to say, they gained more from David in an hour thatn they will get from me in 10 weeks. I was honored for David to volunteer his time and, judging from the student responses on their reflective blogs after class, they were floored!
Day two is up…in 20 minutes!
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