Tri-Lambs in Training

Founding brothers of the Tri-Lambda

During the past several January's, 8-9 local school districts have come together on a common inservice day to share staff presentations and network with other teachers. We have titled the inservice "A Gathering of Great Minds", and it has been a great venue for learning new skills, meeting other teachers, and satisfying those pesky continuing education requirements for re-licensure. I have been part of the planning committee for three years, representing my school.

This year I, along with a good friend an excellent teacher Cullen Franek, were lucky enough to give a presentation on various Web 2.0 sites that would benefit the classroom. We choose the title "Tri-Lambs in Training" to represent our session for several reasons. First and foremost, we saw ourselves as the "nerds" of our districts and wanted to share. Secondly, we found these awesome Revenge of the Nerd's cardigan sweaters on 80tees.

Two studs in sweet sweaters

Using Google Docs, we collaborated on a list of our favorite Web 2.0 sites that we felt were worthy of sharing. This list topped 170 sites, which we knew was too many to share in a 50 minutes. So we picked the ones we felt would benefit teachers the most. The list was now narrowed down to 50 sites, which we felt was an appropriate amount for the time allowed.

The presentations went very well, and we received a lot of good feedback from our peers. I am sure that the sweaters helped, but I am also guessing that our charming personalities, good looks and the awesome Web 2.0 sites also contributed. That being said, I wanted to share our presentation links with my readers. Feel free to distribute, share, use as needed. This was created for the betterment of any and all. Enjoy!

Tri-Lambs in Training