Celebrate Mondays!: 3-21-14

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

"Unless school technology enables students to do more, solve more difficult problems & make better decisions, it's of little use!" Marc Prensky

It's a shame that this class isn't using Technology to enhance instruction!

LOOKING FORWARD-THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...

•3/24 Skyline Walkthrough (Team 2)
•3/24 Leadership
•3/24 Grade 3-6 Evening Math Staff Development @4:15
•3/25 Solana Santa Fe Walkthrough (Team 3)
•3/26 Solana Vista Walkthrough (Team 1)

EDUAWESOME DROPS IN OUR BUCKET...

•Oh My Gosh-What an exciting week in the Instructional Services Dept. We had so much fun visiting Carmel Creek, Solana Highlands and Solana Pacific. The walkthroughs were amazing! Thank you Matt, Terri and Elysa for planning such a productive day for all of us! We should all be so proud of our teachers! They are working hard, taking risks and providing our students with an unbelievable education! Check out the pics down below. Also, follow me on twitter @julienorby to see what the rest of the world learned about your school!
•Thank you to Caroline for planning and facilitating the Secretary/Clerk JobAlike meeting!
•Kudos to Shabir and his staff for making the District Office Administrators look like we know what we are doing at the Staff Appreciation Pancake Breakfast!

•Yeah Sal! I do believe this is the first time in MANY years that we were able to notify our Temporary Teachers that they will have a contract next year-Before Spring Break!
•A big hug to Kristie for arranging lunch for the principals during our early lunchtime Leadership Meeting! How nice for everyone to be together...and get to eat lunch at a decent time-sitting down no less!!

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

•Marc Prensky (Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants) talks about FUTURE-cation. The video is not very polished, but the message is worth the 11 minutes!

BLOGS, TWEETS and PINS-OUR VERY OWN PLC

Another great person to follow on twitter is: TerriDavis@CC_Cougars

Timely Articles for Principals
•8 Things we know better but do anyway...
•100 Action Steps for Today's Busy Principals
•Twitter for Beginners-Especially Educators-Easy Video to watch and understand

Timely Articles for Teachers
•What is Student Engagement? 5 Rules of Student Engagement
•Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes
•What Makes a Great Teacher

FINAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER

"You want to become more passionate? Surround yourself with passionate people." hmmm...Who are the passionate people in your life? Are you someone that people consider as passionate? Just Pondering....