It is entirely possible that my brain cannot hold any more information today. The State Teachers of the Year spent an intense day learning about the SMART technology that we all received for our schools. There are many instructional techniques to learn; we just barely scratched the surface. But still, we learned so much, and we're eager to get back to our schools and practice!
Our instructor, Kimberleigh, shows us how to use our SMARTboards.
Dissecting a frog on the SMARTboard - amazing!
Kim, the Washington, D.C Teacher of the Year, practices her skills.
This afternoon our Teacher of the Year Coordinators arrived in town, and we had a festive Texas style dinner (including beef ribs and peach cobbler) to welcome them to Dallas. National Teacher of the Year Chauncey Veatch (2002) spoke to us about leadership. I'll always remember him telling us to take our Teacher of the Year roles and go after the opportunity to lead - to "pursue it like a missile seeks out heat." We left moved and inspired and ready to embrace the task he set before us.
Chauncey Veatch motivates the audience.
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