February+2011

Monthly Activity Reflection
February 2011 Standards I-B, III-C, IV-C, VIII-B, VII-C I did not go to TCEA this year since the Superintendent made a decision to change the Student Information Software. The High School Counselor and I attended workshops on the new software. We will train the teachers after we are finished with our training. It feels like just yesterday we were doing this very thing on the previous software. We only used that program for two years so I guess you could say it was like yesterday. This software has fewer features so the transition to the new should not be hard although is not as user friendly as the other program. I will work with the administration, the counselor and teachers to make the change a smooth one. One thing I would like to make note of is how learning the new program made me realize the team that worked together to pick the previous software made an excellent choice. Back to the sixth grade Social Studies. The students have finished their projects and are ready to present them. I went to the lab and we started up the projector. The students sat down at the computer, accessed their finished product from the network, and presented their stories. Many of them created excellent stories. Those who scanned drawings had products that were as good as those who took staged photographs. While working with the students on this project I learned to let the students work at their own pace, asking those who finished first to do a little peer tutoring. I will use that knowledge when planning future assignments especially collaboration projects.