On September 10th at precisely 7am I will be on my computer! How do I know what I’ll be doing at that precise day and time? Sign up for our district-wide professional development (to be held in November) begins. I was so excited to see on particular selection – Flattening World & Flat Classrooms. The presenter? David Warlick! I am looking forward to this workshop as it definitely applies to my thesis. More to come.

Here in my school district we have just finished 3 days of professional development. On the district-wide professional development morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see the video below shown to the staff. I am sure that most of you have seen this video as it has been viewed over 2 million times in various locations and re-mixed. The original was created by Karl Fisch. My principal and I discussed this video last spring, (He actually brought it to my attention, (I had already seen it several times) and I was just excited as he was that he had discovered it!). At our staff meeting for our building later that morning, he brought up the discussion about the video and then surprisingly brought up my thesis research on International Collaboration with Elementary Students. He explained to my colleagues that as a school, we will be embarking on an exciting adventure, as my class connects and collaborates with students in Bucaramanga, Colombia. I am hoping that with this video, it will spark some much needed conversation among my colleagues. I already heard whispering in the wings. Fingers are crossed and I am ready to talk.