May 2011 Blog Posts (22)

When we have students collaborate in class, they use web 2.0 tools to do it (i.e. wiki, ning, google tools, etc.)  Such an approach, versus traditional in-class group work, allows for a more relevant  21st century experience.  It estblishes the understanding that collaboration can and will occur with anyone at any time.  I have also included a rubric of a final project our students will be working on in a integrated 21st century technologies and world studies course.  We would love your…

After jumping out to a great start in this class, I have found myself falling behind which makes me quite stressed. Today I had time during my prep to get some work done.

Here is my latest entry covering Challenge 11

Challenge #11: Standards:…

For Challenge #9, I used the Wiki Grading Rubric to assess three students that participated in the Net Gen Ed project that I conducted research on. To accomplish this, I first reviewed the wiki history and discussion tabs to determine if the students contributed proportionately. Just like the rubric states, if a minimal number of contributions are made by the students, I adjusted the grade accordingly. Also, I used the following three criteria descriptions to assess the students: (A) Finding…

One of the exciting things about working with collaboration and online is when one of those magical opportunities comes out of a simple email.  That has just happened in the past two weeks.

At Yarmouth High School we have a set of core values that are the basis for our community of learners. We designed a Digital Citizenship day to focus on six of those core values as they relate to the online lives of our students. In collaboration with the high school integrator and librarian this is our third year that we have spent a day with all of the 9th graders on this…

I am in the process of creating a small global collaborative project with a colleague of mine. Currently we have created the wiki, cmp, ning, and google group. On the wiki we set up the questions the students would like answered. The students want to know different information about other cultures.  They submitted questions that we then put on the wiki.  Once the students collaborate through the wiki and possibly skype and get answers to their questions, then they will have a project (they…

This was a challenge for me.  There were parts of the rubric I had problems assessing.  This in part because this was completed before I had my CMP set up.  Furthermore, I need to continue learning about wikis and tags. Overall, our comparisons were about the same when we compared our evaluations of the wikis.  We were actually evaluating different parts of the projects.  It is much easier to see content, one can see who contributed through the history.  Is there another…

I am currently involved in a project with Vicki and Julie called a Week in the Life.  It is a project that pairs up different students looking at a variety of interesting things that are different in different parts of the world.  For example: School Time, Leisure time, Languages and Clothing etc. . .…

For Challenge #8, I participated in the Net Gen Ed project wiki. When comparing and contrasting a collaborative wiki editing project with a traditional in-class group work project, the difference is the students in the collaborative working environment are more independent. When they make corrections and/or revisions, they are in a different location in most cases. A traditonal in-class environment allows the students to be in the same location and converse with each other. Therefore, to…

I finally created a CMP for my district TPACK wiki of teacher projects. 

TPACK wiki CMP. 

I look forward to sharing the use of CMP with my teachers that use wikis, Diigo etc with their students while developing projects.   I believe the use of a CMP will make it easier for the teacher to organize and follow the students work. Until this tool, I had numerous emails filling up my mailbox!   Thank…

My district has a technology initiative that is providing each teacher with a laptop and each classroom with a presentation station including a projector and a document camera (ELmo).  As part of the initiative, the teachers receive 2 - 3 days of professional development with their teacher based teams.  We completed the Middle School teachers' training in the Fall and we are currently training the High School teachers.  We refer to the training as…

While I haven't participated in a Flat Classroom Project in this regard this year, I can share my experiences as a virtual teacher participant in the 2010 FC Conference in Mumbai. My fresh thoughts are on my blog here and here. As you can read from those posts, the…

Just looking ahead for once and realized that we are supposed to be joining a teacher meeting on one of the upcoming Flat Classroom projects.

Is there a list of dates for these teacher meetings? I may have overlooked the obvious, but I did not see this until now. Sorry, a huge Showcase Night last week for my program and a baby tomorrow has caused my life to spin around and around and around.

Are we expected to join one of these projects? I am just trying to…