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One Teacher’s Learning Journey with 2.0

Technology, Passion and Learning: That was the title of Shirley Rinaldi’s Prezi at Friday’s Embracing Innovation Conference ( Twitter hashtag: #eic11).

Shirley teaches 6th grade humanities and she’s worked at PDS since 1993. She writes a blog Talking the Tech Walk with another middle school teacher and you can follow their story there.

This year she has been on a teaching and learning exploration using 2.0 internet tools to enhance her humanities work and empower her students.

The journey began at a conference two years ago. And was propelled by a tweet from the past.

But let the Prezi tell the story of that journey.

Technology, Passion and Learning on Prezi

When I dropped by her workshop Shirley had her students – educators who came from four states to be with us on Friday, as well as our own colleagues – buzzing. “Just like my classroom,” she said. “This is what it is like when students are excited, engaged and learning.”

Here’s a link to her students’ class blog and below is a short video of four of those students describing their favorite tool (up to now, of course).

Josie Holford