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Matt Granger's Blog – August 2011 Archive (2)
Two Job Possibilities Lost and Completely Humbled
I was awakened this morning at 8:37 by a call from my former assistant principal who left to be the principal of a K-8 district with two schools. She asked if I had time to stop by and talk to her and the superintendent about a technology job. Their person just quit out of the blue. I said I'd be there in an hour. The superintendent and the part time district finance person were looking at the budget trying to find how they would pay me. Unfortunately for me, I've taught for 21 years so I…
ContinueAdded by Matt Granger on August 16, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments
Elevate the Problem
I attended the SMART Exemplary Educator Summit this July at the SMART HQ in Calgary. It was a great time of learning about what's coming from the company to giving them feedback on many of the products they now offer. One of the SMART Employees, Chris Klein, talked about "Elevating the problem." In other words, ramp up the problem and look for that solution instead of focusing on small problems and solutions. He discussed district…
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Added by Matt Granger on August 11, 2011 at 10:52pm — No Comments
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SPACE IS LIMITED. SIGN UP SOON. SMART Notebook Camp When: Monday July 8 and Tuesday July 9, 2013 Where: Naperville Central High School in Naperville, IL (Just west of Chicago) 440 W. Aurora Ave, Naperville IL Times: Thursday Noon-9pm, Friday 8am-5pm Who: Novice SMARTBoard Users, Any Subject, Any Grade Included: 2 meals and a bunch of books and software Cost: $330 Do you want [...]Teaching With SMARTBoard Episode 90
We finally got to episode 90. This podcast describes the Activity Builder and how you can incorporate that into your daily lessons. There are some really cool things in it. Also, we discuss how to make a theme for your lesson. Go to www.teachingwithsmartboard.com to see more episodes. We finally got to episode 90. This podcast describes [...]© 2013 Created by Matt Granger.
