I don’t use this space to share information other than about what I am learning. However, as I am moving to a new school with many learning opportunities for me and possibly for my readers, here is the signing-off note that I just posted to the school blog of my current school.

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Dear Readers,

The school year and my time at Alexandria Country Day School (ACDS) has ended. I started this blog a year and a half ago to communicate examples of effective instructional strategies to our parents. Over time, it became evident through Google Analytics that the readers were not just our parents. We began to have hits to the blog from across the US and worldwide. The greater learning community of educators began to hear about the practices of our teachers through blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

ACDS will have a new website this summer with the option to host blogs. As I move on to Washington International School (WIS), I hope my replacement will start a blog at the new site, as this will be the last post for the Innovative Practices at ACDS blog.

My transition to Washington International School means new learning opportunities for myself and the readers of Innovative Practices at ACDS if you choose to follow me. The educators at Washington International School are known for their leadership in many areas of teaching and curriculum.

Here are a few:

I will soon share these topics via my Lessons Learned professional blog and the EdTech Co-Op podcast I co-host with Dr. Mark Hofer of the College of William & Mary. Another topic I often write and podcast about is the Information and Communications Literacies (ICL) combined library and instructional technology approach to “skilling” our students for an information-rich world. Fortunately, the instructional technologists and librarians of Washington International School have a strong ICL curriculum in place. It will be an excellent opportunity for my professional growth to learn from my new teammates and then share via my blog and podcast.

I thank the ACDS teachers who shared their lessons with me and the readers for following this blog. I am very excited, starting in September, to be in the position to continue to share with you how fantastic teachers adapt and innovate their lessons to reach all their learners. Please look to join me as we continue this learning journey together.

-David Carpenter

Instructional Technologist
Twitter: davidcarp