April 22
This afternoon, I went back to SAA to go over the results of the research project with Keith. He was pleased with the end product. The students had done well with their research and choices of sites. The media specialist said that she noticed an increase in the use of the media center from his students and most asked for the handouts that I had told them about.
1 hour
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
April 18
I spent this weekend with my daughter and her family. I know that seems to have very little to do with media (and truly it was 95% pure grandmother time), but both my daughter and her husband are teachers and that is where the other 5% comes in. Amanda teaches at the Medical University of SC; Ryan is a middle school history teacher. Both were interested in wikis so I got another shot at teaching the art of the wiki. Amanda liked the idea of using these for a sort of "web 2.0 evaluation chart for the students to use" - the students now carry clipboards and often have to work in groups for this excercise. The idea of a central location for information may work well for them. Ryan wants to use his wiki for the expected - homework charts, class updates and group projects, but he also wants to use it as a way for his students to get some well deserved recognition. His homeroom is collecting clothing, shoes, toiletries, etc. for an organization that works with the homeless. He would like to create a page that would be a place for students to note a general list of the things they had collected. I also showed him Animoto and suggested he create a digital story to go along with the list. He believes this will give them a much better sense of accomplishment than simply turning in a box of clothing, etc. - plus it would be used as an introductory lesson on how to use the wiki.
I spent this weekend with my daughter and her family. I know that seems to have very little to do with media (and truly it was 95% pure grandmother time), but both my daughter and her husband are teachers and that is where the other 5% comes in. Amanda teaches at the Medical University of SC; Ryan is a middle school history teacher. Both were interested in wikis so I got another shot at teaching the art of the wiki. Amanda liked the idea of using these for a sort of "web 2.0 evaluation chart for the students to use" - the students now carry clipboards and often have to work in groups for this excercise. The idea of a central location for information may work well for them. Ryan wants to use his wiki for the expected - homework charts, class updates and group projects, but he also wants to use it as a way for his students to get some well deserved recognition. His homeroom is collecting clothing, shoes, toiletries, etc. for an organization that works with the homeless. He would like to create a page that would be a place for students to note a general list of the things they had collected. I also showed him Animoto and suggested he create a digital story to go along with the list. He believes this will give them a much better sense of accomplishment than simply turning in a box of clothing, etc. - plus it would be used as an introductory lesson on how to use the wiki.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
April 14
Today was busy. At 1:30 I went back to SAA to do a follow up lesson with the psychology class. They did pretty well on the site review - only a few sites surprised them. I went over the rubric and the pre-test and test that would accompany the research with Keith and then sat in on the rest of his class...they watched Teletubbies and had to explain it based on one of six psychologists: giving the age and stage of development that it was aimed at, pointing out any "hidden messages" and discussing whether it was age appropriate or of no substance. This was the pre-test evaluation. It was a lively class!
At 3:00 I went back to Ellis to set up for the wiki lesson. This went really well even though attendance was a little disappointing. (Rebecca sent out an e-mail to everyone last week and made a reminder announcement this afternoon, but I think CRCT's had a lot of teachers preoccupied. ) Still those who came were very interested and stayed for almost an hour. They seemed to really like the idea of being able to back-up notes to parents and homework assignments with the internet. I was also glad to see that they understood the advantage of an outlet for the reluctant or shy students who seldom speak up in class. A couple of them asked if I would be willing to come back and help them set up their wiki...Dr. Repman, you would have been amazed. I was talking about hyperlinks and plugins like a pro. I am going to help Rebecca set up her wiki for the media center. She wants to set up a "news from the media center" page and book review wiki that could be linked to the school's web site. While we were talking I noticed a poster that featured Mrs. Skorupski from The Great Dewey Hunt. I told Rebecca about the book and promised to bring it along when I came back. We may work end up creating a Dewey Hunt for her Media Center.
3.5 hrs
Today was busy. At 1:30 I went back to SAA to do a follow up lesson with the psychology class. They did pretty well on the site review - only a few sites surprised them. I went over the rubric and the pre-test and test that would accompany the research with Keith and then sat in on the rest of his class...they watched Teletubbies and had to explain it based on one of six psychologists: giving the age and stage of development that it was aimed at, pointing out any "hidden messages" and discussing whether it was age appropriate or of no substance. This was the pre-test evaluation. It was a lively class!
At 3:00 I went back to Ellis to set up for the wiki lesson. This went really well even though attendance was a little disappointing. (Rebecca sent out an e-mail to everyone last week and made a reminder announcement this afternoon, but I think CRCT's had a lot of teachers preoccupied. ) Still those who came were very interested and stayed for almost an hour. They seemed to really like the idea of being able to back-up notes to parents and homework assignments with the internet. I was also glad to see that they understood the advantage of an outlet for the reluctant or shy students who seldom speak up in class. A couple of them asked if I would be willing to come back and help them set up their wiki...Dr. Repman, you would have been amazed. I was talking about hyperlinks and plugins like a pro. I am going to help Rebecca set up her wiki for the media center. She wants to set up a "news from the media center" page and book review wiki that could be linked to the school's web site. While we were talking I noticed a poster that featured Mrs. Skorupski from The Great Dewey Hunt. I told Rebecca about the book and promised to bring it along when I came back. We may work end up creating a Dewey Hunt for her Media Center.
3.5 hrs
April 13
This afternoon I went to Ellis to do a practice run of the Wiki Lesson. I met with the MS to set up the promethian board and download the PowerPoint. I also wanted to double check that I could still pull up pbwiki. After I did the run though, Rebecca and I ended up talking about wikis for some time. She was very interested in creating a wiki for the media center that could be connected to the school's website. We also went over her monthly report and discussed how to find it on the school systems site. Her report is basically a fill in the blank form, but it was interesting to pull up past months and compare the numbers.
1.5 hrs
This afternoon I went to Ellis to do a practice run of the Wiki Lesson. I met with the MS to set up the promethian board and download the PowerPoint. I also wanted to double check that I could still pull up pbwiki. After I did the run though, Rebecca and I ended up talking about wikis for some time. She was very interested in creating a wiki for the media center that could be connected to the school's website. We also went over her monthly report and discussed how to find it on the school systems site. Her report is basically a fill in the blank form, but it was interesting to pull up past months and compare the numbers.
1.5 hrs
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
April 7
This was a good day. This morning "Lizzie" reappeared in the media center. Lizzie is any lizard that young students find in the media center and oddly enough, there are a few around. (Last year a 2nd grade student ran screaming to tell me there was a lizard in the MS. I told her that it was Lizzie and that she had my permission to come in and look at the books as long as she didn't hurt the pages. It spread that I had a pet lizard, so now anytime one is spotted I just say it is Lizzie. The young students love the idea.)
This afternoon I had lunch with Dr. Repman before we headed to Savannah Arts Academy. Dr. R. was observing my lesson on choosing internet sites. Lunch was a lot of fun and I think the lesson was a success. The students at SAA are really good and the teacher is an out of the box kind of guy - great to collaborate with. I gave the students the website list to evaluate. Their responses are due on next Thursday. I will be going back to go over these with Mr. Pyn and the students before I go on to Elllis to present the Wiki Lesson.
Tonight after work, I worked on my portfolio for awhile and now I am finally going to bed.
2.5
This was a good day. This morning "Lizzie" reappeared in the media center. Lizzie is any lizard that young students find in the media center and oddly enough, there are a few around. (Last year a 2nd grade student ran screaming to tell me there was a lizard in the MS. I told her that it was Lizzie and that she had my permission to come in and look at the books as long as she didn't hurt the pages. It spread that I had a pet lizard, so now anytime one is spotted I just say it is Lizzie. The young students love the idea.)
This afternoon I had lunch with Dr. Repman before we headed to Savannah Arts Academy. Dr. R. was observing my lesson on choosing internet sites. Lunch was a lot of fun and I think the lesson was a success. The students at SAA are really good and the teacher is an out of the box kind of guy - great to collaborate with. I gave the students the website list to evaluate. Their responses are due on next Thursday. I will be going back to go over these with Mr. Pyn and the students before I go on to Elllis to present the Wiki Lesson.
Tonight after work, I worked on my portfolio for awhile and now I am finally going to bed.
2.5
April 6
Today I went over to SAA to do a dry run of the "Choose Wisely" presentation with Keith. It went pretty well. The computer is at the back of the room so I realize I am going to have to walk back and forth a bit, but it can be timed to work.
When I got back home, I created an outline of the presentation to hand out to the students. I also went on line and pulled up 8 or 9 databases and websites that represent good and bad sites. These will be given to the students with instructions to visit each site and rate it as a usable or inappropriate site for research.
4 hours
Today I went over to SAA to do a dry run of the "Choose Wisely" presentation with Keith. It went pretty well. The computer is at the back of the room so I realize I am going to have to walk back and forth a bit, but it can be timed to work.
When I got back home, I created an outline of the presentation to hand out to the students. I also went on line and pulled up 8 or 9 databases and websites that represent good and bad sites. These will be given to the students with instructions to visit each site and rate it as a usable or inappropriate site for research.
4 hours
April 4th
I realize I have not posted in a few days. I spent the first part of spring break with a stomach virus and the last part catching up with prep for my lesssons on the 7th and 14th as well as a project for my other class which will eventually make its way to the portfolio. I have produced a movie that is intended to promote reading and completed a power point that will be used to explain wikis and suggest ways that teachers can use a wiki in their classroom. To go along with this I have created a Teaching wiki to use as a demo for the class.
The movie was created with Microsoft Movie and was harder/more fun than I thought it would be. Ray (a friend who had just performed in Pirates of Penzance at a theater here) agreed to don his costume and play a pirate in my movie. Two students from my school also appear. We spent a Saturday morning filming at the media center and I spent the better part of another morning editing it. I think David and Emma had a lot of fun - though their favorite part seemed to be when I let them try on the hoop skirt and try to walk around and sit down....wish I had filmed that!
12 hours
I realize I have not posted in a few days. I spent the first part of spring break with a stomach virus and the last part catching up with prep for my lesssons on the 7th and 14th as well as a project for my other class which will eventually make its way to the portfolio. I have produced a movie that is intended to promote reading and completed a power point that will be used to explain wikis and suggest ways that teachers can use a wiki in their classroom. To go along with this I have created a Teaching wiki to use as a demo for the class.
The movie was created with Microsoft Movie and was harder/more fun than I thought it would be. Ray (a friend who had just performed in Pirates of Penzance at a theater here) agreed to don his costume and play a pirate in my movie. Two students from my school also appear. We spent a Saturday morning filming at the media center and I spent the better part of another morning editing it. I think David and Emma had a lot of fun - though their favorite part seemed to be when I let them try on the hoop skirt and try to walk around and sit down....wish I had filmed that!
12 hours
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