Reflections by Estillette

Wow!  I started in Castleberry ISD fourteen days ago.  I came to the district feeling confident because I used a lot of the same curricular resources and data management programs.  I still feel pretty good about that.  What I feel inadequate about is where I am technology wise. I guess I've been hiding in a rock somewhere.  I've heard of people using social media and a variety of technology to communicate and learn, but I hadn't explored any of that at all.  Well, guess what?  I have no choice now.  Right away, I joined my colleagues in a Digital Leadership academy.  At the end of my first day there, I had Tweeted, blogged, and build a Weebly (webpage) for the first time! I'm thankful that I have the chance to learn how to do all of this in context so that it is meaningful for my role and my content area.  The teachers of the group have been great in modeling a program or strategy, then giving us time to practice immediately with people all around the room wh

I just joined the Castleberry ISD team as ELA Director a week and a few days ago, so I’m a little behind in the Digital Leadership game.  I’m going to dive right in and absorb everything I can.  Unfortunately, in my last positions and districts all things technology were mostly buzz words with no real training about how to use it best.  That being said, I am thankful to start learning how to really be involved in digital leadership and am excited about the opportunity to learn with my colleagues. My first task is to read chapter 11 of Digital Leadership by Eric Sheninger and blog about it.   This is my first blog, so be kind to me!   The title of the chapter is “Discovering Opportunity” and the first thing I did was flip through to see what the subtitles.   I found things like, “strategic partnerships”, “university partnerships”, “intraschool partnerships”, and “corporate/community partnerships”. Immediately I made a connection to the community relationships I had to buil