Link to Presentation

Link to the presentation about closing the gap with online learning.


http://prezi.com/jalhf5qa4nqi/online-learning-the-next-generation/

Reflection

I have a lot of reflecting to do on this course. I found the GAME plan lesson was useful and easy to use. I think that using this plan in my classroom will make sure that I am using the most effective technology while teaching the content. I have been thinking this week as school starts how to implement technology into my classroom without the technology taking over everything. I could have technology in every lesson. I would like to find something in the middle of all technology and the content. This GAME plan has helped me do that. I can implement technology but don’t need technology in every lesson.

I also need to reflect on this class because it is a great example of having to many things going on in one’s life and not doing all of those things to 100%. This is normally not like me but in this circumstance it is. I have had too many life changing events happen in my life during this course. Just finishing it is an accomplishment for me at this point. I will later when I can focus on it re-read and re-evaluate the text. I am very interested in it. Timing was just not right.

I am teaching the content unit that I made during this course in my classroom. I will have my students solve the problem based problem as well as use online collaboration and digital storytelling within the unit. I also have implemented a parent teacher conference template for digital storytelling so students can share it with their parents during conferences.

week seven

I am excited for this year to start so I can finish up on my GAME plan. I believe that this would be a great way to teach students how to step by step finish up on some goals that they might have. When you write it all out then you have a plan and a way to finish up the plan. I teach third grade so I might need to adjust this to make it a little friendlier for them.
I have already had several teachers around me ask about what I am doing this year in terms of technology. I have a meeting set up for the second day of school so we can discuss and learn some of the things that I will be having my students do. Some of the teachers also have my former students and they are already nervous about what their new students will already know. This was exciting for me because the students are also helping me by becoming a change agent also.

week six

What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?

I have learned that I might need to rethink some of the blogging assessments that I have already thought about. I have been thinking about my third graders that I had last year and how much they could do, starting out with new third graders they might not have the skills to accomplish as much.

What goals are you still working toward?
I have been asked by a staff member to help them set up their classroom wiki and to help director her and her students into blogging world. Now I need to understand how to teach her as well as her students. I am now setting up some sample blogs to help out with that.

Based on the NETS-T, what new learning goals will you set for yourself?
New learning will be to see if I can set up social networking in my classroom. I have been very busy this week so I have not been able to research this as much as possible. I have been interviewing and setting up a classroom.

What learning approaches will you try next time to improve your learning?
I am going to try teaching the staff during staff development to work with wikis and to help set up social networking within the staff.

Continued Progress

Well honestly I am interviewing this week for another job at a different grade level. So now I am thinking that maybe I should look at the curriculum and find out how technology is going to fit into this grade level. So I have started again. I still do not know my students but I can continue to look at the new curriculum and determine where and how technology will fit. My new teammates will be much more apt to be receptive to the idea of technology in the classroom. So I am very excited about that. I have learned that it will be an exciting year putting technology into the classroom. I have followed and continue to follow my actions.
I have made the survey to go home so that is ready for when I know and who is in my class. I have also started working on the class wiki. Each subject has a page and each student has a page. So that will be fun to finish putting together.
I have continued to do research about some of the things I saw at ISTE. Does anyone use Gaggle or know anything about it?

Progress

I have been working hard on my goals. I have been going through this upcoming years curriculum and determine where and how technology will fit into that subject. I can not decide yet how in depth I can get with the technology yet because I do not know my students and I need to understand them and need to know what they understand and don't before deciding if for instance a pod cast is to much for them to handle. I have enjoyed looking at the school year in a different light... I believe that my teammates will think that I am crazy..
I have also thought about sending out my survey to parent and students and with that I believe that I am going to give some homework. I am going to ask that each student memorizes their log on information before they come to school. I believe that this will same me an incredible about of time.
I have also begun to do some research blogging vs. wiki and what that might look like. I will continue this and keep you posted. I am also researching some other sites that I heard about at ISTE.

GAME Plan More information

G: My goal will be to Model Digital-Age Work and Learning and Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.

A: I will begin to look at the curriculum for the up coming year and design digital-age learning experiences to go along with what I will be teaching. By doing this and setting up a blog for students and teachers throughout the school to talk. Other teachers as well as students will be seeing the modeling of digital age learning.

I will set up a wiki. Students will be able to post on the wiki about the literature that they are reading. One page on the wiki will be for recommendations of literature that they should read. Another page will be for parents to communicate will me and their student.

M: I will monitor the progress by watching the students in my classroom grow. I will monitor the progress of the staff by helping other teachers and watching myself become a change agent.

The wiki will also be monitoring their literature and what responses they are having to the literature through the wiki. I will also be able to see what they are learning through the readings.

E: I will see if others teachers or staff is interested in what I am doing. I will extend my services out to help them so that others are on board with what I am doing.

Needs:
I will need to set up a blog for teachers at my school to share ideas about lessons.

I also want to set up a place where they can post positive celebrations that took place during the day or week.

I will also need to set up a place for the students in my class to blog. I also need to ask permission from all parents for all the students to use the internet and to blog online. I will have the site be protected so that outside people could not get onto the site.

This site will help me communicate with parents and students.

When students use the site or wiki they will need access to the computers. I will need to check out the mobile lab.