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=Sweethome Coaching ACTION PLAN= (Please note: due to testing schedule, meetings were shortened to 20 minutes) || **Meeting 3/17/2009 **== == || LOTE rm 214 (Muck) || * Discussed needs/areas of concern  || * Share ISTE lesson as sample of tech Integration  || * Signed Up for a VoiceThread Account >  Media Specialist Library || * Discussed needs/areas of concern: digital citizenship, web 2.0 tools || * Out of the school/BOCES training  || * Wikispaces  * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Show [] ><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">  || <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Social Studies rm224 (Ehman) || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussed needs/areas of concern: resources/ideas for teaching research || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rescheduled/department meeting <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || NO MEETING - DEPARTMENT MEETING ||  * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discuss<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> teaching Research Student Services Mar. 24, 31, Apr. 7, 21, 28 || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussed needs/areas of concern: wikis
 * **<span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Meeting Details ** || **<span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Meeting 2/24/09 ** || ==<span style="display: block; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Meeting 3/2/2009 == || **<span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Meeting 3/10/2009 **
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">1st – 8:55am
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Decision: look at Web 2.0 tools to improve collaboration/ communication (Voicethread, Ning) || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Voicethread
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lesson plan – students will market a new restaurant, create a ppt (using template) to organize project, publish it to Voicethread, have other students comment on it as critics
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Provide link to [|Virtual Classroom Ning]
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sign-up for a voicethread account and began exploring
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Give link to [|Virtual Classroom Voicethread]
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Navigated voicethread
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">For next week: Explore VoiceThread more and look for alternatives to VoiceThread for online collaboration ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">2nd – 9:35am
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Looked at AniMotos
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">SS teacher decided against Wikispaces ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">3rd – 10:15am
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Provide link to [|CILC collaboration site]
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Share resources on wikis
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Not meeting next 2 weeks ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">4th – 10:55am
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created delicious accounts
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created wiki accounts and wikis || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">discussed goals and expectations as a result of EETT coaching - learn about Web 2.0 tools/ability to communicate w/ students about online tools || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">NO MEETING - Testing || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Web 2.0 Tools they should know about ||
 * |||||||| **LUNCH**

Keri Davis during 5th Period in her Room -- 251 -- about Blogs ** || Home & Careers207 (McDonald) || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussed needs/areas of concern || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wikispaces & Surveygizmo Music311 (Emmi) || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussed needs/areas of concern || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rescheduled/rehearsing for concert || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sign up for a wikispace account Art257 (Lawson) || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussed needs/areas of concern: collaboration extension tools || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Decided against Edublogs (Lawson to do wiki)
 * <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,255); text-align: right;">Remember to meet with
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">7th – 12:48pm
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">H&C will create a wikispace where students will learn how to use the equipment by watching an embedded video and answering questions in an embedded survey || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sign up for a wikispace account
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create Layout
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homepage || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Worked on wikispaces
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Next week: continue working on wikispaces ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">8th – 1:28pm
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create wiki || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rescheduled for next week ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">9th – 2:08pm
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Compares wikis, blogs, glogs, survey tools as possibilities || * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">discussed options for promoting critical thinking and reflective writing - BLOGS (decided on Edublogs) || * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sign up for an Edublog account
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create a layout and activity for students
 * <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Perhaps VoiceThread? ||

LOTE rm 214 (Muck) || Voicethread a go - if moderating comments, then other students won't hear what the others are saying. NEW PROJECT - groups of 4, assigned tasks: persuader, communicator, describer, conversationalist - students will scaffold their learning experiences by first practicing vocabulary associated with a theme (ie. Fashion - using terms to describe fashion, color, texture, size) - next they will use the vocabulary in sentences to evaluate or judge an outfit - finally they will have a conversation using the vocabulary learned and responding to various prompts/scenarios (ie. You are buying clothes and the associate is not listening to your needs) || - Learned: GCast is now a fee based service ($99/year), discussed Skype as an option - developed a teacher HOW-TO for setting up Voicethread for classroom integration - developed a student handout for using Voicethread to make comments ||  || - discussed implications for integrating technology into a LOTE classroom - identified common barriers to integration || - sent email that Shannon will be in the conference room, if they are interested in meeting || Social Studies rm224 (Ehman) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || Student Services Mar. 24, 31, Apr. 7, 21, 28 || showed them how to download, change the features of, and use Skype. - discussed the application for education from a student service aspect (i.e. communicating with other schools, community agencies, meeting notes) || - completed lesson on Skype - everyone is logged on and familiar with security/privacy features || - they want to learn about Twitter (positives and negatives - ie. cyberbullying) || Met with MATH TEAM-6th grade
 * || 3/24/09 || 3/31/09 || 4/7/09 |||| 4/21/09 |||| 5/4/09 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">1st – 8:55am
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">3rd – 10:15am
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">4th – 10:55am

Discussed how to use Web 2.0 tools for graphing unit - will use Create a Graph website []

Made student friendly How-To sheets: || - web 2.0 tool demonstration - RSS feeds for blogs (Bloglines) || Keri Davis, English rm 251 (working w/ Media Specialist) || 1) talked about blogging and uses in education 2) evaluated blogging apps - Edublog, blogger, Weebly websites/blog 3) chose Weebly to integrate blogging into classroom because the Media/Library specialist had experience (could mentor her), it was safe (no outside links), possibility of a pro account to assign a password ($30/6 months) 4) discussed blogging functions/features: tagging/categorizing, archiving, discussion threads/posts, moderating, etc. ASSIGNMENT: determine design features (look & feel), construct assignments that will translate into blog posts, ask about pro ||  ||   ||   || - check on activities and integration/respond to questions || Home & Careers207 (McDonald) || 1) created a new wiki for Home and Careers sweethomefacs.wikispaces.com 2) made everyone an organizer 3) changed the look and feel 4) started a new page || - filmed HOW-TO videos for sewing and uploaded them to the wikispace site. || demonstrated how to use MovieMaker to create and edit film || no meeting this week - observations || - sign up for voicethread - learn how to upload video - learn how to use embed code to embed video on their wiki sweethomefacs.wikispaces.com - videos uploaded and shared on Voicethread || Music311 (Emmi) || spoke with some of the music teachers and discussed implications for using wikis in education - due to time constraints, teachers were not availble to work on the project at this time - told them that if they were in need of assistance they could find us in the conference room || no meeting ||  ||   ||   || Art257 (Lawson) || - Art wiki: discussed the setup of the wikispace and how easy it will be for students to navigate. Suggested the use of icons and hidden pages for posting assignments instead of cramming everything onto one page. - Art blog: review sources of blogs for educational purposes and did not find a match that fulfilled all desired features. Edublog was not showing adds so we decided to work with it. || - reviewed resources developed for wikispace activity designed by Ms. Lawson || - discussed variou avenues for using Web 2.0 tools in class || - discussed implications for 2009-2010 school year integration of class wiki/website ||  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">5th – 11:35am
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 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">7th – 12:48pm
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">8th – 1:28pm
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">9th – 2:08pm