Session 1 - On the road again!

Welcome to the Rummel Creek Elementary summer training.  Throughout this summer we will spend time together investigating technology – specifically the iPad and iTouch.  We will also spend time looking at how to provide specifically for the needs of our gifted children. (As a result of looking at our gifted population we will affect all of our students.)  Expectations of this summer training include reading articles and reflecting on them, evaluating curriculum in reference to the articles and integrating technology into the curriculum to best support students and enrich/motivate the gifted.  Throughout the summer we will build our knowledge based on gifted children, apps that are available  and how to best use the iPads/iTouches for instruction and learning for all students.  By the end of the summer as a faculty, we will develop a collection of lessons, apps and more to use during the 2012-13 school year.  We will be confident in using technology to meet the needs of our students.

To complete this summer training, teachers will need to access this blog to reflect on the articles and write on the wiki:  http://rceapps.wikispaces.com/ .   Some of the articles shared will be found on our shared server, others will be linked from this blog.  As preparation went on for this summer session, many resources were discovered – some will be linked on this blog – others will be linked on the WikiSpace – use these as you see best fits your needs.

 For each session you must:

• Write a response to the questions posed in the blog
• Post comments, links or apps to the wiki (each session will be different)
• Write necessary comments to support your posts on the wiki

During the summer we will build capacity, fellowship and support for our students and faculty while exploring the ipad/itouch and the wonderful world of apps.

Assignment for Session 1:

•    Access the blog and leave a message to this posting.  Be sure to leave your initials!!!!!
•    Access the Wiki spaces and leave a comment on the  comment page.  Be sure to leave your initials!!!!
•    Help me advertise the blogs and facebook page for our 50^th anniversary by writing and e-mailing the links to these sites to former students/parents/teachers.

        On Facebook - Look for RCE with the orange roadrunner - we'd love to collect stories.

         Here is our blog:  http://rce50.blogspot.com/ It is open to anyone to post and respond.  Would love to hear from former students/parents!

FYI – this will be a “no frills” training…not a lot of side notes, just the basics and getting you ready for next fall.  Time was not spent on making this “cute!”  The more your put in….the more you will reap in the fall!  

By the time you have gotten this far you will have completed the first three hours through face to face time of discussion. You are well on your way to completing your summer staff development.  We're looking forward to a summer of exploration of the worderful world of apps!