What we gained from the Showcase - #1

There were a lot of good projects and tons of info that could be  of benefit to teachers.  I am more concerned with my topic and have lots to do to get it as far as I want it to be so I will focus on that more in the future. 

I liked the positive classroom management piece and the technology is invaluable.  I hope to incorporate more as we progress by using youtube video to teach swimming strokes, certain sports skills, etc.  or for skills that can be used in say a cooking class.  

I have already started using the drop box with chrome so I can have it "open all files of this type" and that cuts down on wait time to see docs from students and they can not see others info to copy and paste so easily.  (Tried discuss but too many just copied some discussion from above.)

What we gained from PLC work.

2.  Several things that I learned about during our PLC work all revolved around persistence and
     consistency.  It is very easy to get frustrated and give up when trying any new technique, especially  
     when we don't get the results that we want or expect.  Giving up is always something that runs
     through our mind.  The key to being successful is being persistent and giving the technique time to    
     work.  Just because we have our heads wrapped around a concept doesn't mean that the students do.

Also, if we as teachers are continually changing our teaching format, and classroom structure, then our students are never able to get comfortable in the classroom.  They are continually struggling to find a foothold within our structure.  I think that it is very important that we maintain a certain degree of normalcy so that our students always have a point of reference, a place they can come back to and be successful.