Simon Says

Last school year I took what I learned from the K12 Online Conference and put it into action.  I sought out a teacher who would be willing to join me in an online collaborative project and we used a wiki and a blog with our two classes.  The students were very excited to be working with a group of students on the other side of the ocean and one of my students remarked that she was motivated to work hard on this project because of the global audience who would be watching via the web.  I recently bumped into one of my students from that class who has now graduated and she asked me if I was doing another “wiki project” because she thought it was “so cool.”  As a teacher you wonder what they will remember once they have left you.  I am confident that the students who engaged in this project will remember this learning experience they had in my class.

 But to get to my former student’s question about whether or not I am doing another “wiki project” the answer is I sure hope so!  To that end, I had been thinking about a way to connect with teachers who would be willing to join me and my students in a collaborative adventure.  So to try and establish some connections with Catholic teachers who would be interested in giving their students a learning opportunity like the one my students had I have set up a place for developing a community of Catholic Teachers Online.  It is a wiki that I have set up to allow you to let the Catholic education community who you are, your grade/level, subject area, and to start conversations with other Catholic educators that would be interested in making a connection.  I hope we can build a community of educators who are brave enough to step outside the box and start something new and exciting for their students.

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