Karl Fisch, a staff developer for Arapahoe High School in Colorado, posted an interesting blog on Tuesday, where he described being asked to deliver a presentation at the beginning of school this year on the latest in technology. He decided, after considering all of the other things that teachers had going on, to simply build a self-running slide presentation that spotlights some “New Story” factoids — some “did you know that” story starters. He did a fabulous job.
You can read his blog entry (Did you Know?) here, which includes a link to his presentation slide. I hope that this isn’t the last we’ll be hearing about this presentation.
Oh Yeah! Is this staff development? “You Bet-chya!”
Thanks for the link to Karl Fisch’s blog. What a gem his “Did You Know?” ppt is!
This is really great staff development. Brain research might refer to this as “priming.” Now that his “learners” (the teachers) have this prior exposure to this information, Karl might be able to follow this up in his staff development opportunities. I’m sure this really piqued the interest of his audience and maybe gave them a different perspective on who they’re teaching and what the needs of instruction really are.
Thanks Dave, for sharing this. I am immediately emailing the info to the IT administrator and IT trainer at my school, Lower Canada College. Relevant to Canadians too?? You betchya!
Sharon Peters
Thanks for the lead on the Did You Kow .ppt and posting. I think this is a great way to get the year of staff development started. I cannot wait to use it. Thanks, again!