My first takeaway from my visit to MassCUE was the time I spent in the Google Presentation. I chose this one in particular because I was just getting started using the Google Tools and Apps for my classroom. They went through a lot of their educational apps and talked about how to differentiate for kids using Chromebooks, how to organize your work and lessons, and how to set things up for easy use. I was able to start using the things I learned right there in the presentation. I would love it if someone from Google came to Bulkeley to do some professional development.
A second takeaway would be that the presenters should have titled their presentations differently. A lot of people complained that presentations weren’t titled in terms of the grade level. I went to many that got started and then you find out it’s for middle school or 12th grade. The other observation I had was that I could have gotten more information by running into the presentations and getting the URL so that I could look at their presentation later.
The final takeaway was the 22 Tools You Can Use today in the classroom. Type in bit.ly/22Tools. This is a good mix of interesting tools you can use for different reasons in your classroom. The presentation allows you to click through the presentation and each of the tools provides a link for you to learn more about it.
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