•What resources will you need to carry out your plan (video, reading, experts or colleagues, etc)?
I will need access to the SmartBoard or Activboard at least once a week. Right now we just moved into a new building and all the technology hasn’t been set up yet. When it starts being available I will add to my lesson plans a large group technology time. I will need interactive websites or lessons ready and available. To let the students access the computer during center time I will need time to show each child how the computer works. I will need at least one computer available during center time. I will need spread sheets started to monitor progress.
•What additional information do you need?
I will need some interactive websites or preplanned lessons.
•What steps have you been able to take so far?
Sign my name on the technology calendar for times to use the IWB. Start showing the students how to use the computer responsibly. Started to create a spreadsheet.
Step 1: By Wednesday: Post a description of the resources and information you will need to carry out your action plan as well as your intended learning strategy. In your post, address the questions listed above. Reach out to your colleagues in this learning community for assistance if needed.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
GAME PLAN
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
-I think this is the standard that I feel most proficient with. I feel I do many things daily to promote creativity. In Pre-K the main motto is for the children to be creative and for the teachers to make the environment the most creative fostering area.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
- I feel this standard is an area of weakness for me. I need to design and develop more lessons that include technology and digital media. The two indicators that stick out for me that I would need some more expertise in are b and c. Making lessons that are diverse and let all students be engaged are a challenge. Attacking the different learning styles through technology makes it a little easier.
-Goals: I will include technology weekly in my lesson plans. I will make lessons that touch on all the different learning styles and include digital media.
-Actions: During small group each week there will be a technology group that each child will rotate through. During that group the children will be grouped by learning style to maximize learning. During center time students will get the choice to use the computer to participate in learning software.
-Monitoring progress: Teacher will use matrices or spread sheets to collect data and construct data graphs of student progress using technology. Teacher will monitor center time computer use and take antidotal notes on the student learning.
-Evaluate: Teacher will give a pre and posttest survey to each student participating in the groups.
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
-I think this is the standard that I feel most proficient with. I feel I do many things daily to promote creativity. In Pre-K the main motto is for the children to be creative and for the teachers to make the environment the most creative fostering area.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
- I feel this standard is an area of weakness for me. I need to design and develop more lessons that include technology and digital media. The two indicators that stick out for me that I would need some more expertise in are b and c. Making lessons that are diverse and let all students be engaged are a challenge. Attacking the different learning styles through technology makes it a little easier.
-Goals: I will include technology weekly in my lesson plans. I will make lessons that touch on all the different learning styles and include digital media.
-Actions: During small group each week there will be a technology group that each child will rotate through. During that group the children will be grouped by learning style to maximize learning. During center time students will get the choice to use the computer to participate in learning software.
-Monitoring progress: Teacher will use matrices or spread sheets to collect data and construct data graphs of student progress using technology. Teacher will monitor center time computer use and take antidotal notes on the student learning.
-Evaluate: Teacher will give a pre and posttest survey to each student participating in the groups.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Reflection Again
Reflection
This class has been interesting in that I thought that there was no way I could do an inquiry based project with my students because of their age. Boy was I wrong. There are ways to scale it down for younger students the teacher just has to be a little more hands on. The teacher needs to give more prompts and make the subject matter interesting and relevant to their interests. I feel that it is important to continue to learn and grow with the inquiry based learning model because this is what the future holds. We are asking students to become more independent learners and thinkers. This will prepare them for the outside real world where they will have to apply these skills. This school year I am going to try to have more inquiry based lessons. I want to also set a goal of at least one lesson that is technology based per month. I am hoping that we will have the facilities to accomplish this goal. I am going to take the information that I have learned though out this course and set up a work shop during one of our planning times to give the information about inquiry based lessons to my group. I feel that it is important for my team to learn and be able to use this information in the classroom. It can only benefit our students in the long run. More exposure to technology and different ways of using it in the classroom will make our students better learners.
This class has been interesting in that I thought that there was no way I could do an inquiry based project with my students because of their age. Boy was I wrong. There are ways to scale it down for younger students the teacher just has to be a little more hands on. The teacher needs to give more prompts and make the subject matter interesting and relevant to their interests. I feel that it is important to continue to learn and grow with the inquiry based learning model because this is what the future holds. We are asking students to become more independent learners and thinkers. This will prepare them for the outside real world where they will have to apply these skills. This school year I am going to try to have more inquiry based lessons. I want to also set a goal of at least one lesson that is technology based per month. I am hoping that we will have the facilities to accomplish this goal. I am going to take the information that I have learned though out this course and set up a work shop during one of our planning times to give the information about inquiry based lessons to my group. I feel that it is important for my team to learn and be able to use this information in the classroom. It can only benefit our students in the long run. More exposure to technology and different ways of using it in the classroom will make our students better learners.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Reflection Final Blog Posting for 6711
Personal theory of learning-While reflecting on my personal theory of learning I believe most of what I was observing or doing was along the lines of our class. A few of the theorists that I included were Papert, Gardner, and Skinner. Their practices aligned with many of our learning applications. I think it is important to understand what strategies work well for you and your children. These might even change from year to year depending on the students. I found that making things memorable is more important than anything. I will make the students remember more and put it in their long term memory banks. These activities can also incorporate technology as well. Make things a learning activity rather than a teaching activity. Make the students involved and responsible for their own learning.
Immediate changes to implement technology- I am going to try to use more learning tools. Let the students explore technology more on their own rather than me always using teacher centered activities.
Two technology tools- I am going to use Voice Stream to present at the end of the year for each child. I am going to take pictures of some of their work and record their voices to narrate their Voice Stream. I am also going to take more virtual field trips and have many follow up activities to extend the subject while using group work.
Long term goals and plans-Now that I have 2 computers in my class I am going to make a computer center that the children can use during center time. I plan to have interactive web sites for them to use and explore. Let them use power point to make slide shows of the units we are learning. I am going to implement a technology small group weekly in my lesson plans that will include virtual field trips, Voice Streaming, and other on going projects that the parents can access at home as well with the students.
Brandy Rainey
Immediate changes to implement technology- I am going to try to use more learning tools. Let the students explore technology more on their own rather than me always using teacher centered activities.
Two technology tools- I am going to use Voice Stream to present at the end of the year for each child. I am going to take pictures of some of their work and record their voices to narrate their Voice Stream. I am also going to take more virtual field trips and have many follow up activities to extend the subject while using group work.
Long term goals and plans-Now that I have 2 computers in my class I am going to make a computer center that the children can use during center time. I plan to have interactive web sites for them to use and explore. Let them use power point to make slide shows of the units we are learning. I am going to implement a technology small group weekly in my lesson plans that will include virtual field trips, Voice Streaming, and other on going projects that the parents can access at home as well with the students.
Brandy Rainey
Sunday, April 4, 2010
VoiceThread
Here is the link to my voicethread account. I am doing it on school and classroom security. We don't have an office staff and our doors are just locked all day with a phone to access the classrooms. It can be frustrating for the parents and teachers. With budgets tight an office staff doesn't seem likely anytime soon.
http://voicethread.com/#q+school+and+classroom+security.b1041843.i5554078
http://voicethread.com/#q+school+and+classroom+security.b1041843.i5554078
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Cooperative Learning in a Social Learning Theory Environment
Applying the social learning theory in a classroom is present in most classrooms today. The classroom is a melting pot of many different aspects of different theories. One theory in a whole is not relevant to a 21st century classroom. We as teachers are asking our students to do more and more social learning. We have expected behaviors and outcomes when giving a task, and we rely on the students to adapt and learn socially to complete these tasks. We ask them to model appropriate behaviors in their groups to show their peers what is desired.
Cooperative learning has an important place in today's classrooms. As stated by Hubbell, Kuhn, Malenoski, & Pitler students need, "To be prepared for the fast-paced, virtual workplace that they will inherit, today's students need to be able to learn and produce cooperatively" (p.139). There are many generalizations about cooperative learning. The recommendations would be to use different criteria for grouping, use formal, informal and base groups, keep group size down, and combine cooperative learning with other styles as well (p. 140). There are many components to cooperative learning that relate to social learning. Students have to have interaction with their peers. They will foster their interpersonal and group skills such as communication, leadership, and conflict resolution. They will be required to reflect as a group on their task when finished. These are life skills that they will be able to transfer over into the work force.
Technology can play a part in cooperative and social learning. Technology tasks are usually a group task. It is a vital role of cooperative learning. Studies have proven that technology collaboration gives the students a increase in effect size (p. 141).
Using multimedia and web enhanced tools are a positive way to use technology in cooperative learning. ePals is an excellent way for students to interact with other students. It is the Internet's largest community of collaborative classrooms. They share many projects, cultural experiences, and language learning. Using a webquest or producing a website are cooperative and social tasks. Students can work together to gather the information to use these sites.
When a teacher is planning for a technology project the first thing that should come to mind is how can I group my children for this project. Lay out social goals along with the learning goals for each group. The groups can assign roles for each students as to work cooperatively together in a flowing manner. It is important to "model" appropriate behaviors for the students before the project starts. A rubric is a great tool to let students know the expectations
Brandy Rainey
Cooperative learning has an important place in today's classrooms. As stated by Hubbell, Kuhn, Malenoski, & Pitler students need, "To be prepared for the fast-paced, virtual workplace that they will inherit, today's students need to be able to learn and produce cooperatively" (p.139). There are many generalizations about cooperative learning. The recommendations would be to use different criteria for grouping, use formal, informal and base groups, keep group size down, and combine cooperative learning with other styles as well (p. 140). There are many components to cooperative learning that relate to social learning. Students have to have interaction with their peers. They will foster their interpersonal and group skills such as communication, leadership, and conflict resolution. They will be required to reflect as a group on their task when finished. These are life skills that they will be able to transfer over into the work force.
Technology can play a part in cooperative and social learning. Technology tasks are usually a group task. It is a vital role of cooperative learning. Studies have proven that technology collaboration gives the students a increase in effect size (p. 141).
Using multimedia and web enhanced tools are a positive way to use technology in cooperative learning. ePals is an excellent way for students to interact with other students. It is the Internet's largest community of collaborative classrooms. They share many projects, cultural experiences, and language learning. Using a webquest or producing a website are cooperative and social tasks. Students can work together to gather the information to use these sites.
When a teacher is planning for a technology project the first thing that should come to mind is how can I group my children for this project. Lay out social goals along with the learning goals for each group. The groups can assign roles for each students as to work cooperatively together in a flowing manner. It is important to "model" appropriate behaviors for the students before the project starts. A rubric is a great tool to let students know the expectations
Brandy Rainey
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