Blogging to document my professional learning...

I have wanted to blog about what I am learning, teaching, and doing during the school year as a French Immersion teacher-librarian and part-time French Immersion grade 4 teacher for a couple of years. I am now finally taking the plunge. This past spring, we decided as a staff to embark on a year of personal professional development. Blogging about my learning will help me in my journey.

One of the blog posts that was a real impetus for this direction in professional development for our staff was written by Patrick Larkin, Assistant Superintendent for Learning in Burlington Public Schools, Burlington, MA. In his blog post, We're Going Google Today - Can This Work In Schools?, he writes that if teachers choose what they get to explore for professional development, great things can happen. We can be certain that if teachers choose their own topics then there is a good chance they will be passionate about their Pro-D.

I am excited to see how this unfolds. We will be recording our projects on a Google Doc that everyone will have access to. The thinking behind this was that having our projects in one spot, easily accessible to all, we can be inspired by and help each other on this journey.

My chosen topic is Guided Inquiry in the French Immersion library. This will be my main topic, but as you can see by my blog name, I know that I will have other projects and goals around books, literacy and technology.