Journel Entry #4

I also had another meeting last night with my CPCP group where we continued to discuss our vision for education in the 21st century. The main topic was how to integrate technology into all school subjects. It was easy to come up with ways for math, science, and social studies. But it was difficult to come up with ways for english, art, music, and etc. these classes are not traditionally technology heavy. being one of the only non-teachers in a group of teachers can be frustrating at times because I have no classroom experience. It seems most of my ideas would not work in a real world setting but are more hypthesis like. It is hard to discuss in depth over the chat sessions because technical difficulties. A lot of what was said last night I missed because of people not having microphones installed properly or volumes were incorrect. I guess it is just hard to get everyone on the same page. Next time I am going to insist we use text chat instead of voice chat that way everyone is heard and ideas are properly discussed. I do like that Kecia has stepped up and taken the intititive to create outlines for the meetings. This helps us all stay on track and avoids tangents. We are all falling into our roles well and each of us is participating regularly. I know a couple of our group members have yet to join a meeting and I know they are having difficulties with the virtual world. We are keeping them informed of what was discussed so when they are finally able to join us they can step right into the conversation. Our next meeting is next Wednesday the 1st and I like that we found a time we can all meet on a regular basis. It really helps keep us organized.