Van+Houten,+B

=Bill Van Houten=

Wednesday, August 22nd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Welcome, Intro, and Review Core Competencies || Fun & enlightening. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Blackboard I || Over my head. Not basic enough. I want to learn how to enter a graded quiz. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Blackboard II || Still over my head. Eric provided a training location with instructional videos. I spent my lunch time going over these videos and was ablel to make good progress. My class is listed in blackboard with a couple of assements tools ready to use! ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Managing Website & Student Database. || A lot of good information was presented. I was most interested in the student database. This will come in handy. Once things settle down in the upcoming semester I will go back and explore the other goodies! ||
 * 2:00-2:45 || Meeting with floor Vice Principal || Anything the boss puts out has got to be good--right? Eric is totally student focused....a good role model for all of us. ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || Very good instructor. Informative class. Training today....allows me to sit here at home tonight....and plan student PACE training for next Mon, Tues & Wed. ||

Thursday, August 23rd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Meet with Teams and Specialties || Good meeting. I learned much needed information. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Time Managment w/Google || Interesting instructor......a technology user and teacher. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Podcasting || Interesting use of technology. Good instructor. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Digitial Storytelling || Great class.........the group was a wild one. Another means for students to express themselves.....teachers as well. ||
 * 2:00-2:25 || Reflection Time || The past couple of weeks has been busy. A lot of info has been thrown at the new teachers.....most of it good and some of it fluff.

I have never been part of a school that uses technology--as well or--as much--as the Academy. Much to learn! ||
 * 2:30-3:30 || Meet with Departments || Informative. ||