Leaps and Bounds - MIT in hindsight

In my classroom, the largest impact from MIT and MIT2 has been the increased amount of student participation and sharing. This has come from the culture of sharing work via the document camera/projector and the use of the digital cameras to capture work (which is later uploaded.) Information is making its way into student’s long term memory because clickers are used for warm up activities to review previous material. This also helps with the high truancy rate at my school because I have an opportunity to re-teach, or teach, as needed. I was computer literate before I began MIT, but now I am a professionally literate educator that uses technology seamlessly in my classroom. The opportunity to network and work with others in SLSD has been a synergistic event. In addition to the leaps in pedagogy, the social connections make it more fun to work in the district. I find I am a more effective teacher because I have more resources to draw on, especially when I am in the scary place of doing new and creative things in the classroom. I will continue to share with the other teachers in my building and mentor and encourage where it is appropriate.