Project

REQUIRED PROJECT
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1. Plan for Integration

• Self-assessment
• What new skills you learned
• How you plan to use these in the classroom - use some of our brainstorm ideas
• What materials you will need
• What skills you still need

2. Professsional Portfolio

• Philosophy of Education
• Plan for Integration (see above)
• Artifacts - sample handouts, sample projects, sample lessons, sample presentations
• Links to sites you have created
  
• Any reflections or thoughts to add
  

3. Class website

• It must be something that you will actually use in school
• Skills - It must have at least one visual, some writing and at least one link
• Needs to link to the class blog
  

4. Class blog

• Needs to link to the class website
  
• Have at least one posting
• At some point some student needs to post a response to it
  

Basic Schedule for Professional Development

Week 1

Introduction

Week 2

Blogs

Measurable Outcome: The creation of a class blog

Week 3

Google Documents

Measurable Outcome: Pros and cons of Google Docs, a collaborative document

Week 4

Website

Measurable Outcome: The creation of a class website

Week 5

Google Presentations

Measurable Outcome: Upload and share a presentation

Week 6

FINAL - Put together the portfolio, etc.

students creating websites

What is an authentic way for students to design websites in class? How could students design websites that would relate to your content area?

our vision

We exist because we want to think outside the box. Wait . . . that phrase is so cliche that it is thinking inside the box. So, we exist, because we want to break free from the factory-direct, student-as-data, factory model, pre-fab standardized system so that teachers can use the best methods for student learning.

This site works in conjunction with teachercommons.com as a place for us to share. By this, I mean, it is a place where we can share our questions, our experiences, our expertise, our opinions, our resources, our lessons. In other words, it is an online extension of the physical community.

thoughts on blogging

Potential Uses:
-Students write blogs
-Journal – interested in
-Private – reflections
-Team Newsletter
-Community Service Reflections
-Scavenger Hunt
-Personal Advantage
-Alternative homework
-Post a picture, question, etc.
-Student Help Desk / Tutoring
-E-mail me a question
-Topic – Reply
-Importance of writing
-Problem of the week
-Magazine
-Letters to future students
-Embed videos
-Ongoing

Potential Problems
-Text message language
-Slow Typers
-Signing up
-Slow with technology – reluctant to change
-It’s not always best – subject area
-Availability