Today Hillary (ITS) and I brainstormed ideas to pose to the teachers for ways to use weblogs in their classrooms. We talked about how teachers have so many things on their plate and are feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes adding new things can seem like the straw that broke the camel's back. We don't want to overwhelm nor do we want to add to their full agenda. However, we feel they will see the value and we want to have some ideas ready that fit right in with their daily curriculum. We want to start simple and build from there. I am impressed with Hillary. She is a good thinker and willing to jump right in and learn. I am glad she ended up at this school. She is also in the midst of developing an awesome online KidsVote project. Students will be registering to vote in the computer lab and registration cards will be emailed to their teachers. Then in November, she is using the technology trailer to set up the "JHH Poll" with laptops and dividers. The students will bring their cards and vote privately. How cool is that? We are hoping to start with the students next week.
I also worked with the counselor today. We are in the midst of designing her blog and she should be posting soon. I'll share that URL when she is ready to go public!