Taking a Leap

For the past 3 months I have been working with educators from various Jersey City Public Schools, on a Leap 21 Technology Initiative.

It has pretty much been a boot camp on web 2.0 and various applications including but not limited to blogging, glogging, podcasting, video production, voicethread, rss feeds, Google tools, etc. I even convinced some participants to get on Twitter. We have one class left on 5/1 and here are some of the resources from the past 6 courses:
http://sites.google.com/site/leap21classroom/
I am amazed at the ideas that have come out of these courses and cannot wait to see the final presentations at the showcase.

Google Docs at NJEA Headquarters

This weekend I spent my Saturday with some NJ educators in Trenton. I revamped some of my google docs presentation:http://sites.google.com/site/njeagdocs2010/
With Lisa Thumann's help I finally wrapped my brain around creating a self - grading quiz! The directions can be found at the site above.
Besides meeting some great teachers, it was a special day because my brother, Jim Dray, was drafted to the Arizona Cardinals!!!!