If you show it, they will come... Right?

When I began my career as a CIT I thought "If I show these neat tools and lessons to the teachers they will bring their class." I mean it worked on me when I was in the classroom. All I had to do was see it at a collab meeting or at a staff development and I was there the next day doing it with my kids. Well it is not that easy. Teachers are A WHOLE LOT more busy than I ever was and some are just too intimidated. So if they can't come to me I could go to them. There is a kindergarten teacher who told me this year "Yes, please come to my class whenever you can." She's a dream!  So a couple of weeks ago I brought the iPod cart to her room during centers time. And she made me a center! There were 4 reluctant kindergartners selected to visit me. (It's hard to be up against housekeeping or play dough center. They are tough competition when it comes to kindergartners) But as soon as I rolled up the door to the cart, their eyes widen. They were so attentive and excited. By the time I left they were asking "When do you come back?" And when they see me in the hall I'm greeted with "Hi Mrs Polk! Are you coming today?"  All I did was use the app AR Flashcards (click the link to see it) but it was a good introductory lesson on how to use the devices and it got some learning in, letter/sound recognition. If you're on the fence about mobile devices almost anything with Augmented Reality is a sure winner.