AL Project Update

Monday I met with the information technology person to get some information on Photostory. According to the survey I posted on surveymonkey.com, most of the users at St. Stephens Elementary would like to have some more information on this program. He provided me with a detailed handout and took me through the program. It was very simple to use and the handout gives teachers something to refer to at a later date. I have also been researching some ready to use lessons from the web, because if teachers are willing to learn about this new technology, they should really have some incentive to use it. I want them to be excited about it so that they will be more likely to use it in their classrooms. That's the problem with most workshops -- it's nice to learn about this new technology or this new idea, but how can we make it practical? How can I use it in my classroom? Teachers don't have time to generate new lessons plans with this technology (not to mention, it isn't easy to the novice user), so I've been trying to be as helpful to them as I can in that respect. My workshop date is scheduled for this Monday (Techno Tuesday moved to Monday). We'll see how it goes.