Enjoyed working with my colleagues in Managua this past week. We accomplished a lot and had some good presentations regarding professional development. A lot of the same issues as in the past were raised; the discussions vary and I always come away from them with excellent information and new perspectives. I felt very supported when I presented my idea for a video/tech event for next year. I am currently working with Steve, our ed tech guy, on fleshing out the details and then the fun begins: we get to plan the event. We are very excited. Our work will include a lot of research (to keep it in line with similar events throughout the US), developing rubrics, deciding on themes, planning the filming trips, etc.
I introduced the gang to twittering. Many of them already knew about it, obviously, but I gave them tools such as tweet deck and spent some time explaining why they should twitter and the kind of value they could get from it. I don’t expect they will all jump on board, so as I have been finding cool articles I have simply been emailing the URL’s to them instead of simply sending out a tweet.
I wish I had had the chance to explore Nicaragua. Managua itself is not an impressive city. Sad in many ways. But my sense is that Nicaragua has much to offer. I liked visiting the American school and especially enjoyed a visit and dinner at St. Augustine, a relatively new school that is doing quite well. The owners hosted the dinner and gave us the grand tour. Very impressive.
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