Thank you for helping make yesterday’s first SUNY Smart Schools Summit a huge success! It was an exciting day filled with resource sharing, idea swapping, and thinking outside the box. The idea of differentiating professional development appeared in many discussions throughout the day, and I suspect it will be an important topic for us to connect around further.
In the future, I look forward to sharing the results of an upcoming research study in which I will pilot an on demand and à la carte approach. Stay tuned for more on that soon.
Multiple Voices & Ideas
Based on feedback so far, it seemed productive to have so many voices in the same room at the same time. Several participants noted that it was particularly helpful to have concrete conversations about what works, what to try, and what to avoid when it comes to implementing new edtech practices, procedures, and hardware. If you haven’t already, please complete the evaluation for the Summit at your earliest convenience.
I am especially grateful to our learning session leaders, and to you: it was a truly productive day, out of which I have no doubt more great ideas will flow.
Don’t forget to check out some of the apps your colleagues suggested during the Smackdown, and feel free to add to it at any point.
Next Steps
- Complete Summit Evaluation. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and it will directly impact any future initiatives we plan together. Here’s that link again, just in case. It should only take a few minutes. Thank you to everyone who has already completed it.
- Sign up for Blog updates. It’s great to see that so many of you have signed up for blog updates via email. If you haven’t already, subscribe from the home page.
I look forward to keeping the conversation going. Till next time, here are a few shots from yesterday. Photo credit John Oles.
