Entry 6: A change of heart

I have been given an awesome opportunity to work with a former colleague to develop a professional development plan to implement Google Apps for Education in a local school district. We will be working with high school teachers and eventually students to implement this new technology. My former colleague, Holly, agrees that there is a massive need for change when it comes to offering professional development to teachers, especially when it comes to the ever changing and evolving face of technology integration. Based on this windfall, that I am hoping to be able to see through to the end, I am going to change my innovation project to something I can use for this endeavor. I want to start with getting to know my learners and finding out what they know, what to know, their fears, their hopes and tailor our trainings around that. I'm going to start with a needs assessment type survey for teachers to get a feel for where they are. We are also going to use this help tier our teachers and approach the trainings with leveling learners. I am going to use Google Forms for this now, but as we learn Qualitrix next semester, I will move it over to that.