Higher Level Thinking Skills
My journey to voice Higher Standards for our students
Mrs. Heather Gauck
Special Education Resource Teacher K-3 since 1995
Grand Rapids Public Schools.
Pushing Higher Level Thinking Skills through creating with technology.
Email: gauckh@grps.org
Website: www.gauck.weebly.com
Location: 1440 Davis Avenue Northwest, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Phone: 616-819-5741
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrsgaucksclassroom
Twitter: @heathergauck
Aiming for the Top of Bloom's Taxonomy by Creating with Technology
Gathered here are a few of the ways I have implemented technology to push my students towards success~
Monthly iPad Professional Development for District
This year we offered monthly 1 hour sessions on how to integrate iPads in the classroom for all levels and staff roles. It was a bit tricky to target such a wide range but we did so by keeping this running Google Document. It was strictly optional so numbers were low at the beginning but picked up towards the end when educators had to fill in their required hours. We are continuing to work on how to improve these sessions.
Boston Teach to Lead Idea
Taking all the knowledge I have gained of using technology for higher level thinking skills and making it accessible to other educators.
Finished Logic Model
After 2 long days of processing through the idea... there is a 30 day, 60 day and 90 day plan.
America Achieves Fellows
An amazing weekend of Professional Development with the US Department of Education and critical friends.
Teach to Lead Boston Summit
Attending the Boston Summit allowed me to work on the idea of creating a Professional Development Web Site to share what has taken me 4 years to gather. It is still a work in progress and will continue to change and improve as it is created.
Future Michigan Summit
After attending the Boston Summit we felt that this would be a great thing to replicate back in our state of Michigan. We pitched our idea at an Idea Slam which had educators voting and won. We now have $1,000 of seed money provided to begin our state Summit. This has helped us be more motivated to work at creating partnerships and create this incredible professional development weekend for educators through out the state.
Here is the link to show what the ShiftMich Idea Slam was like....
Michigan Voice Educator Fellowship
By becoming one of the 50 Michigan Educators to be picked as a Fellow I gained many opportunities~ The following links show many resources that support educators and parents alike.
PLN
This year I have joined and created discussion groups on Voxer with educators around the Nation. Great for Professional Learning Networks near and far!
The Game Changer for Me!
I have even done a book study on Digital Leadership written by Eric Sheninger who also joined the Voxer discussion group.
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Download this free app on your phone or iPad, find me and I can get you started and connected! I can add you to the Digital Leadership group.
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