Monday, June 4, 2007

NK12 Approval

I received the initial approval for my club next year. In the MS each teach is to supervise a club that relates in some way to the curriculum. I'm looking at a club based on a newsletter that I put out for my students. The idea is to have students find the weird, latest and greatest in the science world and collaborate to make the newsletter. Meeting face to face once a month would not work to get the latest news out to the students, so the use of blogs only makes sense. I'll still have things to work out with the tech department, but I'm under the impression that all looks good. If all goes well with this small group there's talk of implementing the idea for my entire team and then all 8th grade...and from there the entire school. So, what I do now must be well thought out and demonstrate the possibilities while keeping guard for the possible misuses. I'm the "guinea pig" for this idea...maybe I'll get an official promotion to "certified test monkey" if all goes well? One can only hope :)

1 comment:

Ms. B said...

I love you idea for a new club! It's also nice to see a fellow teacher who STILL loves what they are doing at the end of the year. I LOVE teaching 8th grade and I never would have known, always thought I would be a high school teacher. Good luck!