Blogging has helped me document collaborations that I have done to enrich my own professional development or enrich the projects of my students.
Students: A group of students that I am advising on an engineering project met with an Athens Engineer this month to look at their designs for a wind energy project they are working on for a Skills USA competition spring 2011....... we can't give any details right now as we are still in the design stages :) Our guest engineer came with the help of the folks at the Voinovich Leadership School STEM program at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. www.voinovichcenter.ohio.edu
A first for me this month was working in the exhibitor's hall at the regional NSTA convention held in Nashville, TN. Wow, that is one busy place! As a teacher I have walked through the isles going from one booth to another, kind of like teacher trick-or-treat, but it is so different on the other side.
I worked in the NOAA booth with some FABULOUS people and I learned many new things.
The folks at the NOAA education office have many great resources for teachers - check it out! www.education.noaa.gov
For me, I learned some history on weather maps, the difference between El Nino and La Nina (Thanks Dennis!), a new way to do a lab demo I have done for years, and that teachers from all over Nashville were excited to see the NOAA booth and the resources they offered.
