Karen Beacham's Thoughts on TSI-1

I am including the opening paragraph of a document that Karen sent the Primary Department after her return from the first session of her Region 10 TSI training:

"Dear friends,
I attended the first session of the Technology Specialist Institute yesterday. I think it would be easier to share the information and sites via letter than go over everything in the department meeting. I am going to try to be as brief as possible while still giving you all the information. If you need one on one help accessing sites (most are simple to register and maneuver through.) All the sites I am going to give you are free. Let me/Sherrie know if there is something we all want to learn in more depth then we can let Sherrie set up a time for us to work together, possibly at a department meeting.
Overview- We all need to agree that technology is important. It is a focus this year and we as a department need to make it a focus to start preparing our children to be students in the “21 century “.
If you need the point proven or just are interested here are some interesting background sites;
Downloadable video or PowerPoint that emphases why we need to teach “21st Century skills” http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/page12.html
Blooms taxonomy rewritten:
http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.php?articleID=196605124
A key point I thought was made was – We don’t want to make more work but work smarter- in other words integrate."

Needless to say I think she got a lot out it!