William Laney

instructional Technology Specialist, ODS and Plaza MS

[William Laney @laneyITS]

Working with @CS_ODS as our Inventions & Innovations students plan and produce a candle-making assembly line in our Makerspace to fulfill third-grade holiday candle orders.

[William Laney @laneyITS]

ODS alums (now at OLHS) present at the VA middle school assn annual conference via google hangouts!

[William Laney @laneyITS]

Great job on organizing this, Trox! #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

ISTE road trip. Laney has experience as driver! #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

A4 - I need to get into curric meetings more and figure out how to marry the tech to the teaching. #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

@vabeachteach That is very cool! It's great when kids find their way around an obstacle. New tool, new skill, new confidence. #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

A3 - Examples: PAMS and ozobots, Plaza & 3D scanners, us and 3D printers. No school can afford it all. All can afford to share. #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

A3 - we need more tech sharing (ex.,360 degree cameras from Colohan). Each school has diff. tools. Would be cool to share more. #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

A3 - Can never do enough in this area! #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

Best way to capture a classroom is to tell them about a time that you fell flat on your face when trying something! #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

@Principal4GT I think we trust teachers as experts in their curric.to find what to stop... we help find what to try. #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

A2 - I think this is one of our strengths at ODS. Kids at all levels are pursuing areas of interest w/ teacher encouragement #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

A1 - Devil's advocate here... are teachers willing to abandon lesson plan if innovative opportunity strikes? #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

A1- Just by being open to trying something new, even if you aren't comfortable. We need to model being uncomfortable to our kids. #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

@lovelaceandart I'm a Twitter neophyte myself... let's flounder away at this thing together! #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

I'm here and feeling very anachronistic... Twitter is not my strong suit, but I'm game! #odschat

[William Laney @laneyITS]

...and all is right in God's world! @Principal4GT

[William Laney @laneyITS]

@principal4GT Kemps Landing alumni discussing their winning Maker Challenge project at VSBA conference in W'burg!