Like so many other projects and plans, this one has had more than its share of adjustments. This is not something that concerns me, though. I seem to live in a constant state of change and motion. Even though things have adjusted, the plans I made have been in use. They have been modified a lot, but they are still being used.
To start with, the teacher I was going to start working with at the beginning of the plan went on maternity leave and all of our plans got changed. We are getting plans back together, but it is taking time. She is also teaching a new ELA level and wrapping her head around what to do. On the other hand, our work together didn’t go unnoticed. One of our Digital Learning Coaches was excited and started working with other teachers. Several teachers across the campus are using Sphero’s throughout their curriculum to give learners choices in their class projects. It’s not the way I envisioned it, but the effect was still the same. Others are jumping in without me needing to be the main driver of the work. On the Professional Learning front, that has not gone near as expected either. I had been working with my campus admin on being able to provide some PL opportunities for teachers to learn to use Sphero and other coding activities in their classroom. I have have been able to give similar presentations at conferences around the country. My admin wanted me to provide the same opportunities to our teachers. Along the way, that all went out the window. While renewing our 1-to-1 program, it became clear that most of our teachers do not really know what they can do with an iPad in their classroom. For me and some of our other teachers, using an iPad is easy and natural. I teach in a computer lab, but still use the iPad daily for project enhancements that could never be done on a computer. In the spring, I have been put to use by my Admin to work with teachers on iPad basics and integration within the classroom. At first glance, it looks like all of the work I did putting computational thinking PL together went out the window. As I look deeper at it, that is not the case. I am still teaching technology integration to get to deeper learning in work. The tool is different, but the goal is the same. It turned out the be very useful. I am also using a lot of my plans as I work with schools putting coding into their schools. The environment and situation has changed a lot. The goals have not.
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