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HI Charlie! Instant impressions...there are so many! Kids working hard, teachers REALLY teaching, lots of group work, students on task, lots of professional development and release time...we have lots to write!!! Just need time and internet access!!! We have lots of documentation, photos, interviews...pricipals, deputy principals, teachers, support staff....just like all Kiwis...incredibly welcoming and friendly!!

Lots more later!

Lynn

Lynn and Donna - Didn't realize internet access was quite the challenge it is.  Glad to know you are doing bundles of documentation across very different levels of schooling.  I look forward to learning about it all when you return.  Maybe I can visit you in Cabot and you won't have to truck your stuff to UVM.  Enjoy... Charlie (Saturday 8-2-08)

Hi Travelers...

I'm curious about your initial/instant impressions of a classroom where things are happening that make you want to look more closely.  Write it without much editing.  What's going on, who's doing what, how, with what?  What are those shared spaces of teacher and student, and student and student looking like?  Some rich, detailed moments.  I'm not necessarily asking that it be done here on the wiki.  Just make sure you have some of these moments recorded somewhere. I don't want you to lose the fine detail in your drive to take it "all"  in.  

Charlie

Hi there...just checking in.  Excited to be able to join you, virtually of course.

Charlie