Microsoft Redmond Day 3 Reflection

Microsoft Redmond Day 3 Reflection

Woke up very early, or should I say did not really sleep…  

Jetlag …

Upon arrival we were treated to a drumming session.  

I must admit that I am not really a great drummer…, 

but this was awesome.  What was really amazing was 

that the Drum Cafe had created songs about Microsoft 

and education and we sang along with our theme.  

This was really amazing.

 

This was followed by Anthony Salcito, who is the 

Vice President for Microsoft Worldwide Education.  

He really is an awesome speaker!

Then I had to present my first talk all about TPACK 

(Technology, Pedagogy and Content Creation) with the 

incredible Angela Schaerer from Microsoft South Africa.  

Awesome workshop with teachers been able to create lessons 

based on this model.

We then had our Teachmeet where we were able to see what 

other teachers had been doing.  I thought that what teachers are 

doing around the world is really awesome.  After looking at the 

various projects, I was also able to come home and tell the other 

teachers in my school about these projects so that they can adapt

 them and use them in their classrooms.

Mette and Josh then introduced our Educator challenge.  

We were divided into groups of five teachers from various countries.  

My group, group 1, was made up of people from South Africa, 

Canada, China, Croatia and Singapore.  

My AWESOME TEAM

We made an awesome 

project, project courage and our pitch can be seen below.

We were then taken to a technology showcase hosted by Kent School 

District were various schools and students use technology to learn new 

skills to prepare for their futures every day.  WOW, there is such 

remarkable and amazing things that schools, teachers and students are doing!