November 30, 2010

ARRA EETT School Year PD

SCHOOL YEAR PD REFLECTION

Throughout the school year all ARRA EETT participants are required to complete 30 hours of educational technology professional development. Please use the survey at the link above to record your hours and reflect on your learning and its impact on your pedagogy.

October 29, 2010

Next Gen Now @ Delaware, Blodgett & Seymour

Thank you for participating in our Web 2.0 overview session. Please provide us feedback on the session. Click on this link: Feedback Survey. If you would like to schedule planning and instructional integration sessions with us, please talk to, email or call us. Happy Halloween!

Learning Poll by Poll Daddy


October 25, 2010

Next Gen Now @ SLS

Thank you for participating in NEXT GEN NOW! @ the 2010 SLS Fall Conference. Please complete our FEEDBACK SURVEY to offer input for our future NEXT GEN NOW! ventures. Here is the transcript from the Today's Meet back channel at SLS. Thanks for the great thoughts.

October 20, 2010

Next Gen Now @ MS ELA

At the end of today's session, please complete this SURVEY to provide us with your feedback. Thank you! Then, if you'd like to schedule an appointment for us to come plan with you see Laurie or Manami today.

October 12, 2010

Next Gen Now @ Fowler

Once we have completed our professional development session, please click on this PD Feedback Survey Link to offer your reflections on the session. Thank you.

September 29, 2010

Peruse the SCSD Library Links with your PD time!

The School Library System of the SCSD offers a variety of reliable and relevant resources that have great tools and information to use in your classroom. Spend some of your virtual PD time perusing the links to find those that would work best in your classroom. From home, you will need a user name and/or password. It is syrsls for both. Here is the link to the page: Library Links. Then, remember to complete a Virtual PD Survey to reflect and clock your time!

August 25, 2010

Eportfolio Resources

Here's a link for a great resource for setting up a Google Site:

Google Site How To

For your professional portfolio you might want to include:
Pictures (you/students)
Introduction/personal statement
Resume
Syllabus
Assignments/Projects
Expectations
Student Samples
Calendar
Links/pages, like:
  • blog (this could be your reflection piece)
  • wiki - a place where you might want to collaborate with kids
  • school homepage
  • scsd homepage
  • regents review sites
  • web sites you want to share
  • each grade level or subject you teach
  • LiveBinder (with all your great Web 2.0 products)
  • Text Book Link

Student ePortfolio pages might include
Main Page:
  • district/school header
  • personal statement
  • picture
  • links to sub-pages
Sub Pages:
  • academic samples
  • sports and activities
  • awards
  • community service

August 23, 2010

ARRA EETT PD Survey

At the end of each on-site workshop session (September 14 & 16 and office hours you attend), complete our feedback survey.

Let us know what you need to effectively integrate technology in your classroom! Thanks for your time!

-Laurie and Manami

August 17, 2010

ARRA Grant Virtual PD

Here is a list of links to virtual training that may be useful to you as you discover the Web 2.0 tools that will be most effective for you. This is what you need to do to complete this portion of your professional development:

-Choose 15 hours worth of Web 2.0 tutorials to complete.
-Keep track of how long you spend on each tutorial/tool practice & product creation.
-After finishing each tutorial, complete survey linked at the bottom to give us feedback.
-If the tutorial involves setting up an account and playing with it, share your account link by emailing us at scsdedtech@gmail.com so we can view your work.
-If you have questions, or need additional support, please email us at scsdedtech@gmail.com.

Tutorials:
Googledocs
Blogs
Wikis
Basic Web Page Design
Intermediate Web Page Design
Images
Photostory 1
Photostory 2 (do both of these for credit)
Glogster
Glogster In Depth
Animoto
Classmarker
Livebinder
Prezi
Facebook
Edmodo Tour and Guide
Museum Box

If you are in need of basic software tutorials please complete the following:

Word 2003
Word 2007
Excel 2003
Excel 2007
Powerpoint 2003
Powerpoint 2007

Reflect on your learning by taking this survey after EACH tutorial you complete. Remember to record your hours next to your name on the first survey question.

-Laurie and Manami