I was unable to attend the My Classroom to Yours Conference at Stockton College on Wednesday May 14^th . However, Kevin Jarrett, Northfield Community School’s technology facilitator K-4, presented a Google Applications Case Study with our very own Kathy Fields.

Kevin writes, “My co-presenter, Mrs. Cathy Fields, arrived soon thereafter with her own gear, including a tablet PC, actual “sludge” samples, test tubes, finished “Sludge Test” reports, and a variety of other lab tools. All this was crammed on a podium that had about 2′ x 2′ of open space to begin with. Like I said, if only I’d take a picture.”

He also presented Please Me: Creating a Personal Professional Development Learning Environment. Kevin said that overall, the conference was professional and well organized. There were a variety of presentations, which differed in quality. Kevin concluded that the morning sessions seemed more dynamic than the afternoon sessions. He was disappointed that he was unable to attend some of the morning workshops because he was presenting at that time When learning  about new “best practices”  technology applications, Kevin prefers  to have the “big picture” presented rather than a step –by –step “how to” demonstration. We discussed how as a technology facilitator this was understandable, but for a teacher, the “how to” might be a better option. Overall, it sounds that the conference offered something for a very diverse everyone. Generalizing, Kevin observed that the educators from North Jersey seemed more informed than our South Jersey counterparts. I guess we have some catching up to do!