Over the last week I have been trying to cross the first bridge towards completing my final project. This consists of contacting individuals who may be interested in joining a group of middle school U.S. history teachers to share resources/planning/ideas/students. I've been able to make a few face to face contacts over the last month, but since then I have been relegated to looking for groups on Diigo or history groups online or on twitter and contact people this way. This has feels a lot like cold calling people which I don't really like and makes me somewhat uncomfortable. I've been able to reconcile this is my mind by saying they have put their names out there on these lists and in their groups, so they must be interested in expanding their connections. It still feels like I'm telemarketing though. I'm hopeful that I'll get a response to some of my initial feelers in the next couple of days.
In the meantime if any of you through your school districts or other connections know of a progressive minded U.S. History teacher who might be interested please send their info my way. I would very much appreciate it. Thanks.
Time to go, I've got more "calls" to make.
I think your final assignment sounds awesome Jason. I think it is awesome that you are willing to put yourself out there like that and I'm sure that your students will benefit greatly from your collaborative efforts. Wish I could help you out with the progressive teachers but if it doesn't happen in a video I'm not sure that it gets taught in our Social Studies department.
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