Post Conference

I feel like I saw a lot of nice stuff at the Fall Conference.  It was really cool to hear what people were doing in their classrooms.  As far as AR is concerned, I picked up some ideas about collecting data.  Other people discussed their surveys as well as other ways of collecting data.  Some specific examples: having a co-worker come in to observe and take notes on a class session, simple observation notes from a teacher, parent surveys, etc.  I feel like it was a nice chance to check in with others and have realistic conversations about our progress.

Updates

Group work has been running along.  Some bumps in the road, but definitely some successes.  I surveyed my students to find their early thoughts on working in groups and found most like it with a few still not sold on the process.  Of course many say they want to work with friends, but they're starting to understand they won't always have that option.