August+2010

Monthly Activity Reflection
August 2010 Standards VI-A, VI-D, VIII-E I met with the principal at the beginning of this month to discuss and plan my field-based activities for the next school year. We laid out what I considered to be a good plan. I will be the facilitator for two workshops during the teachers’ In-service, will help a sixth grade Social Studies teacher plan lessons for the students to use technology for the purpose of creating a product. I will facilitate more afternoon mini-sessions for the teachers, attend the TCEA convention, report to the faculty, and again work with the Technology Task Force on the district Technology Plan. I thing together we worked out a list of activities that will cover the rest of the Technology Facilitator Standards I have not already covered. At the end of the month I was the facilitator for two In-service workshops. One half of one day was devoted to teaching on Internet safety including the Acceptable Use Policy both for the teachers and students. We discussed ethical practices and legal issues concerning Internet use. The second half-day was used for the teachers to work on their web pages provided through the Student Information software. This was a hands-on workshop for the teachers. Today was a good day for discussing the ethical and legal issued because the teachers will know what can and cannot go on their web pages. All in all it was a good day, the teachers were concerned about copyright issues and I was able to show them where to find all of the information they needed before finishing their pages. I like the way the ethical and legal issued flowed right into the web page creation. I will be able to use the format of today’s agenda for future workshops.