Meet n' Eat - February 8, 2012

Today we had our first "Meet n' Eat" to introduce Blogger to our teaching staff.  We had such a great turn out!  People came with examples, ideas, questions, and an enthusiasm to get blogging! 

Blogs are a great way for teachers to share information and communicate with each other, their classes, parents, and whoever else is interested!  We wanted to use our Meet n' Eat lunch to open up the lines of communication among teachers, offer support, and begin collaborating.

To begin, we introduced our ideas for the Learning Design plan and opened it up to the entire staff.  We would like to encourage all teachers who have ideas for inquiry-based, cross-curricular projects, to let us know!  Anyone with an idea can come to Leah or Jess for support, which may include funding, technology, connections with other teachers, or any other support we can offer.  All that we ask in return is that people share their projects, learning, progress, and outcomes on our blog.  This is a great way for people to start sharing, working together, and create a starting point for new learning designs that engage our students.

From there, we shared our Blog (fhsslearn.blogspot.com) and demonstrated how to set up blogger accounts.  People seemed interested and some even set up accounts.  We encourage all teachers to set up accounts and email Jess (pelat_j@sd36.bc.ca) your URL so that it can be added to the fhsslearn blog as a link.  Your blog can be class related, grant project related, or just education related!  It's up to you what you share.  If you would like help setting up a blog, whether you were at the Meet n' Eat or not, come find Jess and we'll get you started!  We also want to invite everyone to comment on our blog and share ideas as we go.

We would love to continue with Meet n' Eat so if you have any ideas for future presentations/chats let Jess or Leah know!  Some ideas so far include creating websites, backwards design, sharing grant projects, and iPad use in the classroom.  Stay tuned for a confirmed date and don't forget to stay up to date on fhsslearn.blogspot.com!