Internship+Reflection+March+2010

Technology Standard II- Identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability. Technology Standard III- Facilitate technology enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards. || 1 || Set up Wiki for rest of year for use of lesson plans. Technology Standard I- Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to technology. Technology Standard V- Apply technology to increase productivity. || 3 || Technolgoy Standard V - Continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning. Technology Standard VI - Facilitate equitable access to technology resources for all students. || 5 || Social Studies training Technology Standard V - Use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning. Technology Standard I- Demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies. || 5 || Riverdeep-Double Digit Addition Another great educational online resource! Riverdeep has become my newfound wonderful friend. All I had to do this time was go in, find the lesson I wanted and assign it to my class. It was as simple as 1,2,3! Students once again enjoyed the interaction and visual representation of adding with 2 digits. It had great pictures and examples of what exactly was happening. I appreciated its explanation for carrying the digits over to the 10's place. My husband watched as I was reviewing the site for my students and I was surprized to find out that he had never really known why you do that. He was just always told to carry the 10 over. He never knew why. I hope my students understand after this lesson exactly why they are to carry over the 1 to the 10's place. If this lesson did not teach them that, it was wasn't for the lack of trying! Kids really respond well to technology. Creating lessons that integrate technology is quite simple and great for reinforcing ideas you are teaching in the classroom.
 * ** Date: March 2010 Total Internship hours at the start of the month: ** || 34 ||
 * ** Week ** || **Functions** ||  || **Hrs** ||
 * **1** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Riverdeep-double digit addition
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Supervisor did not have input in this assignment. However, Riverdeep is purchased by district and followed content standards. ||^   ||
 * **2** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Shared/taught team how to use WIKI for sharing lesson plans.
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Supervisor was very pleased with the new implementation of technology for more efficiently producing lesson plans. He thinks it is a great collaboration tool. ||^   ||
 * **3** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Wrote Mini-grant for Smart board; created rubrics and example lessons.
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Supervisor gave me suggestions for paper. He wanted me to be more specific and include rubrics. ||^   ||
 * **4** || ** Week’s Activities ** || C-Scope Training on Blackboard; TAKS online training
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || This professional development was mandatory and was required by my supervisor. It was actually a district wide opportunity. We could go to the workshops or take them online on our own time. ||^   ||
 * **5** || ** Week’s Activities ** ||  ||   ||
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** ||   ||^   ||
 * ** Hours worked this month: ** || 14 ||
 * ** Total internship hours to date including this month: ** || 48 ||

Wiki for 2nd grade team Well, I finally talked my 2nd grade team into letting me create a Wiki and getting them rolling on using it for lesson plans. I have talked several times about Wikispaces and Google docs. We chose to start out with the Wiki site since I felt it was more user friendly. Today, we all met in the computer lab and had a Wiki 101 class. My team members were very positive and hopeful for the new system of turning lesson plans it. I spend some time before the meeting and created our site, set up the rest of the year for lesson plans, and invited them to join. We even invited our Curriculum coordinator to join so she would have access to our lesson plans wherever she is. I am hoping that my co-teachers will enjoy the time saved and efficiency of the Wiki. I think it will be a great experience for all of us.

Mini-Grant 2010 I have decided to write a mini-grant for my school district to consider issuing me a Smart board. I spent countless hours explaining in detail why, where, what, how and when it will be utilitzed. I have spent countless hours doing research about the benefits and lessons that can be taught. I have created rubrics to measure the effectiveness of the Smart board in the classroom. I am just written out this month. I am hoping that since I have put in many hours earning my competencies and earning my Masters Degree in Technology, that my technology leader finds me a probably candidate for the mini-grant so that I may use the skills I have aquired throughout the past few years.

Online TAKS, Social Studies and CScope trainings Who would have thought training online? My district and campus has started having us do our professional development hours online for CPE credit. I have attended a TAKS training trying to prepare us for the upcoming TAKS test. I just attended also a CScope training which will be our new curriculum and scope and sequence next year. We also were required to take a social studies update online that taught us new ideas for the classroom during Social Studies time. It is amazing that we can actually attend professional development at home, during our own time, in our pajamas. I really have enjoyed using technology and would be completely lost without it. I have no qualms with doing my professional development online!