Day Ten Dominica: Another Campus

Today I spent the morning at the Teachers' College again working one-to-one with the faculty there. One particular gentleman was a little reluctant to work with me or at least that is how it seemed. On Friday when we were booking appointments, he took Wednesday morning and I teased him quite a bit about spending the whole day working together. He was sure it would only be an hour or two. However, once we started discussing the uses of technology and working at gathering materials for his courses, he was hooked. We Moodled and searched and organized for hours. He even ducked out to buy me a couple of croissants! Did I mention how generous the Dominicans I have met are? I brought a watermelon to the college as a 'Thank you' for their kindnesses, and in return I get two croissants and lunch brought to me. Every time I make an attempt to repay I am told, "Welcome to Dominica!" I concede.
The afternoon was spent at the Health and Sciences campus with the Nursing Faculty.
This is a dynamic and eager-to-learn group of professionals. After the routine discussion about digital citizenship and the elements of TPACK, we discussed how they have used technology. Most have taken courses over distance, so they were familiar with various Learning Management Systems.
However, they loved the idea of blogging with their students to reinforce the important elements of certain lessons. They are a collaborative group and so once the ball got rolling, there was little I had to do. This is great to see as I am now sure that they will use this with their students right away.
This internship is winding down; the poignancy of my last two days is hitting me.