Capital Area BOCES Albany, NY S.P.E.C. Archeological Dig June 2011 A fun and light celebration of the teachers preparation for a presentation about the Critical Skills/Education By Design/ S.P.E.C. Classroom to fellow teachers and administrators

He thinks he knows what he’s doing but I doubt it.

Oh my goodness. He might get this to work after all.

We did it with time to spare!

We wasted 20 minutes building a newspaper TOWER?

Nice Shirt!

I think I have a zit right here!

Shall we begin chunking? We’ve already circled up! let’s look back to “Winds of Change” and “Essence of the model” to help answer the focus questions.

Yeah, Right!

C is for Critical Skills

“What specific work do we have to use as resources?”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” Colin Powell Participants adjourn for the day at 2:42 (42 minutes later than instructors had planned.)

“Where are the rest of our time travelers?” BOCES time – a different time zone

Monday 8:20 AM

Anybody remember what SPEC stands for?

its not what you’ve got, its what you sell.

I saw Rocky this weekend!

“Can we move all your posters around?

My finest hour in ruins!

Here’s the Rubric! I bet they wish THEY could create such a fine rubric.

Can I put the graphic on the Elmo so everyone can see it?

Here’s what I think of that!

“Can we throw a budget in there?, What have they to spend? This is going to be my finest hour

Here comes the panel !

What have I gotten myself into!

Congratulations! Excellent process moving from large to small group and back as needed Comprehensive presentation Played to individual strengths Recognized the connections of their earlier work to dig challenge Creative use of humor in role play Excellent coordination of the presentation Excellent use of the available resources

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