Much better!

Web Conf Reflections

Tonight's web conf was MUCH better. I was only booted once and I had to jump off to get my headset working once. Today a couple more people shared their community involvement ideas. I don't remember all the names .. I do remember TURN, but not what it stands for. All of the projects sound great. In fact, they make mine seem so under thought out that I would not share. I think mine has great potential, but it won't get to actually see light. At least not this year. However, since my idea was expanding the college week to include the world of work and making a fair to show students (and parents) skills (ex. interviewing skills, resume building, etc.), perhaps doing this at the high school would work too (that's the campus I am moving to next year). The high school does have a college night where they invite colleges to the school and that's more than what we do at the 6th grade campus. I still feel this is a bit late as I originally wanted to motivate the 6th grade students to do better so they plan sooner.

I liked this class a lot. It opened my eyes to many issues that I had not thought about. One major one that comes to mind is the week one reading of the research on Hispanic parent involvement. I actually shared this with some fellow band directors to get them to think that perhaps it wasn't apathy that was keeping their Hispanic parents away, but culture. After this class, I'm wishing I had picked the parent involvement idea I had for my action research. But, I'm not ready to throw in the towel on my original plan just yet. I am going to make a huge effort to push for more parent involvement from now on though. I'm sure I will be blogging again for my next class - school law. So, until next week ... Take Care!