Nanwalek is an Apple school so we have all kinds of technology and toys. Every student has an ipad, every staff member (included aides) has an ipad, and teachers have macbooks that somehow have to learn how to share a classroom with their inferior cousins, the regular, non-apple computers. We also have a couple regular Mac desktop computers (or whatever Apple calls them) and a few super cool little gadgets called spheros or something that look like a ton of fun. Every year we have a chunk of funding provided to purchase apps and also get on-site visits several times a year from Apple staff to help with any issues and provide training on how to use all our great toys for learning. Our kids have done some pretty amazing things with this stuff. It's pretty nice!
When I think of Arizona, I don't usually think of apples, though. I don't usually think of any vegetation when I think of Arizona, actually. I'm sure this is a bit unfair to Arizona, but it is a desert. Apple, the computer company, though, doesn't seem to mind the desert thing, so that's where they decided to have their education conference. Mike and a couple other teachers got to attend since we're an Apple school and had a ton of fun, so I hear. I was not invited to the party. Mike got to go through another Apple school and discuss some of the things their doing with the technology and then attend the conference where they had all kinds of fabulous PD for everyone. He also spent a large part of his time sending me way too many pictures the resort and conference and their fantastic meals - grrr! So while I'm looking at just how fabulous everything in Arizona was, I'm left behind as teacher in charge to deal with any snags that came along. Bigger GRRR! That adventure, however, is another blog entry all in it's own. When I get a chance to get the pictures off of my phone, I will post all of the pictures my little stink bug sent me so that you just how onery he was. GRRR!
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