July's World

EdCamp by July Miranda     As educators we all attend various professional development events throughout the school year and even in the summer. As educators how many of said events can we also say are fun and educational? I am guessing that many will answer that not many of those PD conferences are that exciting and even educational because in most cases the PD conferences involve educators sittin down for most if not all of the event. PD conferences are there to teach and inspire educators but many times we are left in boredom and fatigue.  When we are in regular PD conferences if we are placed in groups, we must remain in those groups. Wouldn't it be better if we can have PD conferences in which we can walk around and "converse" and be able to walk away with no consequences if a conversation about a certain subject does not interest us? I personally enjoy and learn more from things that I have more interest in, for example if I'm in a PD that is referring to things

  Image Source: Personal Photo  As mentioned before I am a special education teacher from grades Pre-K through 12th grade in every subject. I have taught science, English, reading, math, history, etc. in order to be able to teach a variety of subjects in various grades I have had to used different technology methods in different ways. Since the way I used technology changes with each grade level and subject I take it even a step further because each one of my diverse students learns differently therefore, I have to use technology resource to the way they learn.      I have worked with students with severe developmental delays and they are able to use tablets for communication. I can take those same tablets and use them for Kindergartners to practice writing their letters and again take those same tablets to high school students and help them develop a google slide presentation.        By giving all these various examples I believe that best technology that I am using is the TPACK which