Final reflection for EDUC-6715I-2 New and Emerging Technologies

This was another eye opening course for me. I liked hearing about the horizon report on new technologies. It is something I will be reading regularly. The new technology that I plan to use in my classroom in the future are learning modules. The assignments for weeks six and seven made me think about how difficult it could be to be able to use the new technologies in the classroom. With budgets the way they are I can not see my school district paying for gaming software even though it would be a great way for get the student's attention. I feel this class will help me work towards getting technologies approved in my school district and also apply for different sorts of funding and grants. In all this class and my other classes have made me aware of many different technologies that I had not know before or not thought of using them in an educational setting. I can't wait to try and use them in the classroom

Rcampus Project

Attached is a Jing presentation on Rcampus and it's us in learning communities

Reflection

In this class we created a game plan. As a coach I know how important a good game plan is to the success of a team. I did not realize how important it was for a teacher to create. The game plans I created dealt with enhancing communication between the parents, students and myself and creating assessments that would help me to better analyze the progress of my students and possibly make the assessments more meaningful to the students. What I liked most about using the game plan is that it gave a step by step framework for me to use when trying to improve myself. I had to think up what I wanted to work on. Not just some vague idea but actually set a goal in concrete terms. I found that very helpful for me. I know that I have a problem following through with what I start. Now that I had set a goal I also have to plan out specific actions to obtain that goal. Once again the game plan forces me to arrange my thoughts and actions. You also have to sit back and monitor how you are doing. Looking at how well you are doing can be difficult but very worthwhile. I plan on using this technique more often in not just my school work but at home. I also feel it can be very worthwhile for students too.
I plan to start using digital story telling immediately in my class. I look forward to using it in class and have asked my children if they would enjoy using it in the class room and they said they would. Right now we are doing standardized testing but after that I will have a month to teach and I am planning on having my students create a video story on something they have learned this year and they I plan on putting the stories on my classes website.

Game plan for students

I think the idea of making a game plan for students is a great idea. It will help some students think past the moment they are in. Most kids do not think about the future and if we can get them to start thinking they might make better decisions. The game plan will also allow the students to look critically at what they are doing. I know that looking at ones self is difficult and it might be made easier for the students if they use it as part of a plan. I think I will start small with the student have have them make a plan on how they will get an A on a quiz or how they will get their homework assignment in on time. Then work up to bigger goals once the student are used to setting goals and trying to reach them.

lesson plan

Daily Lesson GAME Plan Template
Lesson Title: Sun boiled egg
Related Lessons: Renewable resources,
Unit: renewable and nonrenewable resources

GOALS
Content Standards:

S6E6. Students will describe various sources of energy and with their uses and conservation.

a. Explain the role of the sun as the major source of energy and its relationship to wind and water energy.

b. Identify renewable and nonrenewable resources.



ISTE NETS-S

 Creativity and innovation
x Communication and collaboration
x Research and information fluency

x Critical thinking, problem-solving, & decision-making
 Digital citizenship
x Technology operations and concepts
Instructional objective(s): Students will be able to identify the difference between a renewable and nonrenewable resourse
Students will be able to use a renewable resource to hard boil an egg



ACTION

Before-class preparation:
1) Research a list of websites that describe how to create a solar cooker for students use.
2) create a wiki for the students to use to discuss their projects
3) Assign students to group according to learning styles.




During class

Time Instructional Activities Materials & Resources
55 minutes( Day 1)



3 class periods




3 class periods




1 Class Period Video and lecture on renewable and nonrenewable resources

Students will investigates designs for creating a solar powered oven


Students will build their solar ovens



Each group will boil an egg Graphic organizer , Worksheet


Use of computer lab


Materials for solar oven. Most materials will be supplied by students.

Finished solar cookers
Notes: Student groupings, environmental modifications needed, etc.
Day 1 Lecture will be whole group. Then students will break up in pairs to complete an identification worksheet on renewable and not renewable resources
Day2-4 Students will be broken up into groups. Groups will decide on job list.
Day 5 Students will be given printouts of a solar cooker if they cannot decide on design
MONITOR
Ongoing assessment(s):
1) Quiz on identification of renewable/nonrenewable resources.
2) Rubric for solar cooker project.
3) Participation grade on how well students worked together.
4) Informal observation of students performance by questions during the project
Accommodations and extensions:
Student will be given plans for a solar cooker for those who cannot find them.
Students will be given a choice of doing an alternative project to be discussed and approved in head of time.



Backup plan: students will create a power point or other presentation on a resource of their choice and why people should use that resource.
EVALUATE AND EXTEND
Lesson reflections and notes:

Week 6 Game Plan

I have to admit I did not do a thing this week for my game plan. Still waiting on feedback from my instructional coach. My daughter also had surgery this week on her knee, reconstruct her acl and cartiledge in her knee. It hasn't been a fun week. She is doing fine now and I hope things get back to normal this week.

week 5 game plan

This last week was a rough one but I have worked on creating assessments that would be valuable and have turned them in for my instructional coach to look at. Other than that I am still creating the blogs and webpages that I will use to communicate with my students and parents. One thing I am going to do is Text the students and parents messages once a week. I will remind parents of homeworks and project or just give updates on what is going on in the classroom. Right now I am seeing if there are any legal issues for this and getting permission slips to parents to sign. The slips explain why I am texting their children and that the parents are getting the exact same text as their children.