So I just lost all of my notes from the first half of class.  They were fabulous, insightful, and very thorough.  Goes to show me.  Think I will learn my lesson this time??  I hope so!!  To recap though....I hope to do more reflection on my notes this time.  I wasn't sure what Web 2.0 was, and now I know it has to do with collaborative learning and creating.  I remember when the WWW was introduced when I was in 3rd grade.  That's all I can remember.  Sorry.

How social networking can hurt educators?  Just be aware that everything that is posted will be available to everyone else.  Think before you act.  Post only what you want the world to see.  Never discuss students, colleagues, or administrators.  Monitor your sight regularly and remove any inappropriate content.  All communications with students should be school related. 

            The lines when it comes to what is ethically ok in relation to social networking and teaching is so blurry to me.  I feel like I can’t have my own life because I am a teacher.  I feel like my personal facebook is my personal facebook.  If someone sees something on it, (without my having added students or parents as friends), I shouldn’t be disciplined for it.  It’s my personal life, and people should understand that.  I wouldn’t be inviting parents or students to see my facebook.  But if they somehow saw it, they should know that it’s my personal life and shouldn’t affect my professional life. 

Personal Learning Network (PLN)  Reciprocal (sharing)  Learn, Create. 

Still unclear as to what it actually is…..

Benefits:

Overcoming isolation, connect and share, get answers to question, always there.   Ok, so twitter/facebook.  Is that what we are talking about here? 

Issues:

Takes time to build a network!!  (so we are starting from scratch with both of these?  I don’t have twitter, but I have a big facebook personal network right now) 

Building trust.

Tips:

Become active, Use #(hashtags),  Retweets, participate in chats, Share Share Share!

I am confused by the hashtag thing.  Guess I’m not as “up” on technology and social networking as I thought!  It is cool that you can communicate with teachers all over though. 

Creative Commons:

My Definition:

Save the world from failed sharing.  Simple way for creators to safely share things.  Copyright-get credit for what you have created.   Share creative wealth and have a way to keep the credit but still let you share and use without always asking you.  Refine the rules of your copyright.

“Creative Commons provides resources that you and students can legally copy, modify, and reuse.”  “Provides a tool for managing your own copyright to allow you to collaborate and share material with other students…, can help you teach students about copyright.”

Here is my own cited photo!

  Cuellar, Jose. Spring Signs. 2006. cuellar's photostream, Madrid Spain. flickrstorm. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.

Katy Jo Roberts--
    Pacing!!  Always an issue for me too :)    Loves SMART Board.  Clickers.  Cooperative Learning-they teach each other. 
Dustin Worm-- Constitution 8th Grade
    Business in the front, party in the back!  hahaha.  Smart Songs.
Jodee Steffensen-Sound/Eastmont Middle
    ADDIE is very thorough.  Too much paper!  Uses a lot of the techniques that teachers already use.  Lots of technology in the classroom! 
David Selin- Declaration of Independence
Lots of Analysis.  Very thorough! USed a lot of group work and let them use Google Docs to coordinate.  Pacing and time was a big component. 
Heather Weiler- March Menu Madness
   The pre-reqs are crazy!  I can't even imagine trying to teach in this type of classroom. 
Karen Lisonbee-- Make electronic book using adobe
    -Had a difficult with the design document, so then revised for the development document. 
    -No Go Boolean search.  Very much enjoyed the wordle project. 
Jason Hunter-- 7th Grade literary, informational texts
   Perserverance!  I like that he used some of the specific techniques from Teach Like a Champion
Cassandra Steiner-- 3rd Grade at Bellview, only 1/2 day
    Comparing Benchmark Fractions.  Realized that it started out too advanced and had to reevaluate.  Looking for the Real Life connection.  What does a fraction represent?  End Goal- Fraction Journal w/digital camera around the school.  Self-Assessments for constant feedback. 

   

Don’t Worry…I was taking notes on the teach like a champion presentation.  But then Weebly kicked me out.  Guess I learned my lesson.  Time to start taking notes on Word and copy/paste. 

Peer Presentations

Debbie Owens-  Unit Topic: Area

    Creating a floor-plan for the students “pet rocks.” 

   -Integrate this with budgeting, and literacy/writing.

   -I found the analysis was interesting when looking at the affect of the Chinese immersion program on the make-up of the class.

- I loved all the surveys she took from her kids.  I think she learned the most from what her kids were feeling about. 

Jennifer Griffin

-       Not a normal classroom teacher.  Works with adults that work with special ed students. 

-       Took on too much information all at one time.  Need the help of colleagues. 

-       WHY? 

Libby- 5th/6th Half Day Each

            -Analysis---assumed that they come not knowing much.  Was surprised with the results of the analysis. 

            -Writing everything down made all the difference!  Forced to really think about it.  

            -Balloons were used to “expand” one sentence into four sentences.

Wendy- 3rd Grade  Civic Responsibility

            -Surveyed and found out that they don’t like to work independently. 

            -Surveyed “what is a great American?”

            -Students enjoyed Brain Pop…technology piece.

            -Simplify it more for next time

Mary Wilde- 6th Grade Salta, Renaissance in Italy

            -Podcast.  Each student given one character to make the podcast for.    Make a story board

Jorgen Hollnagel- Mount Jordan Middle.  “Clusters”

            Goal was to create a brochure or Cartoon using the State Core. 

            -Worked more closely with the general ed teachers.

John Christensen--  CTEC

-       Lots of confusion about energy and it’s costs and consumption. 

-       Students like the practical standpoint to learning as opposed to the theoretical. 

-       Did practice project to show what the process should look like.

            **I am amazed at how different this process is for each grade level and the different teachers that are using it.  What other people did for this project is so different than what I did.