This is a huge library of lesson plans that incorporate the use of google tools (of course)! There are many links in the lessons that will lead to many other wonderful resources ... this is a treasure chest to dig into regularly, just like Thinkfinity! What another great resource that I need to refer to often... so I'm sprinkling it in many places... I've pinned it to Pinterest (my newest approach... first personal fun, now moving to professional boards, linked to Diigo which also links to Delicious, and of course documenting it here in my "What I Learned Today" blog of sorts. :)
Edudemic - Google Lesson Plans
Pam shares this two days after I start a massive job building a Google presentation linking to other uploaded PDFs on "Thinking Like a Historian" in an effort to share my resources and ideas on teaching history in a fun engaging and AUTHENTIC way. This work is exciting to me, but I struggle with how to share this with teachers without overwhelming them... mainly because of my enthusiasm and my approaches to teach the "big ideas" with literature, questioning, simulations, and primary sources.
About being OVERWHELMING ... if I could just get colleagues to know and understand this about me... it can be a collaborative fun ride...
Dear Teacher and Colleague,
I know I must appear crazy to you at times, but please understand that I love teaching and that I actually really miss it. It's one of my PASSIONS. And yes, I want to return to teaching and I'm scared to death of all the work and learning and experimentations... so I always want to try something again or for the first time! Remember... I admire what you do. Please don't interpret any of my excited and often random think alouds as a negative toward anything you are doing... it's just that I always start with content related conversations with the ideas that bounce into my head and from the perspective of what would I do? I know this is not a coach-like approach and I have struggled with this for the past 4 years! I can at least notice this about myself and I will eventually get to the coaching questions and conversations... but initially, I just tilt and become a teacher for your students and in your shoes. I will often ask you to let me come in and do something with you or for you... (not the typical coaching approach) but it is because I want to give you the opportunity to pause, and watch your students and think WITH me about whatever I'm trying. REFLECTING together is where the coaching comes in... it's a bit of a backwards approach to start with... but if you choose to invite me in, together we will learn, have some fun and hopefully have many great opportunities to talk about your students and their learning. Please help me, help you, help me and you, help the students become life-long learners...
Thank you for trusting and giving me a chance!
Passionately Yours,
Janelle
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