Course Management System
Moodle
Moodle is a great opportunity for our school to go green (PAPERLESS!!)
Can be used to create a discussion board
Used as a teacher website so parents can be informed on in class work
Moodle can be used as a site for students to upload assignments for the teacher to grade
It is a site that schools can utilize and implement in all classrooms
Use as a wiki to create discussion boards for students to respond to writing prompts.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
6713 Final Reflection
My GAME plan is going to be a work in progress all school year. Since we have not begun the year yet, I have not been able to reflect and work on making my students more creative learners. However, I have begun to think of ways to incorporate new ideas into each lesson to make my classroom more inquiry based learning to spark their creativity. We have our first staff meeting in two weeks and I am going to take the time to share my GAME plan with the other teachers in my department and see if maybe they would like to work on the same plan as me. Having a colleague work on the GAME plan as well would be a great way to see where the adjustments need to be.
In regards to the professional development GAME plan I have done about as much as I can do until our first staff meeting. By coming up with an email database of the entire math teachers it has simplified the amount of time it would normally take to locate each and every math teacher in the school. I hope that the other departments in my school will like this idea and maybe do the same. I would love to get an email database of all of my students in my own classrooms this year as well so that I can send grades home electronically and reduce the amount of phone calls that are usually made before the marking period ends.
In regards to the professional development GAME plan I have done about as much as I can do until our first staff meeting. By coming up with an email database of the entire math teachers it has simplified the amount of time it would normally take to locate each and every math teacher in the school. I hope that the other departments in my school will like this idea and maybe do the same. I would love to get an email database of all of my students in my own classrooms this year as well so that I can send grades home electronically and reduce the amount of phone calls that are usually made before the marking period ends.
6712 Final Reflection
The most striking revelation that I have had while taking this course is that I need to take a step back sometimes and let my students develop questions to ask me instead of always giving them questions to answer. By having my students develop questions they are digging deeper into their minds and having to think a little harder about the subject. This also allows them to learn more about the subject and in a much deeper way. By creating their own questions they are setting themselves up for success and understanding the bigger picture of what is being taught to them.
I have taken a lot away from this course. By creating the unit plan for Quadrilaterals I have now given myself three new projects to try to fit in during the unit. I am very excited to pass these ideas on to my fellow Geometry teachers and to see what they think of them.
One professional development goal that I would like to pursue is to open the lines of communication with the other teachers in my department so we can talk about different assessment ideas. One way that I could do this is to bring up this topic at our next math staff meeting. I also could take it one step further and open this discussion up to the entire school at our next entire staff meeting. I always find it interesting to see how other teachers are accessing their students in comparison to me. I think that this is something that all teachers could benefit from.
Darcey Kondel
I have taken a lot away from this course. By creating the unit plan for Quadrilaterals I have now given myself three new projects to try to fit in during the unit. I am very excited to pass these ideas on to my fellow Geometry teachers and to see what they think of them.
One professional development goal that I would like to pursue is to open the lines of communication with the other teachers in my department so we can talk about different assessment ideas. One way that I could do this is to bring up this topic at our next math staff meeting. I also could take it one step further and open this discussion up to the entire school at our next entire staff meeting. I always find it interesting to see how other teachers are accessing their students in comparison to me. I think that this is something that all teachers could benefit from.
Darcey Kondel
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
GAME Plan Review
After reviewing my GAME plans this week, I have realized that I never included the ISTE NETS-S yet in them! The Digital Storytelling of this week has reenergized my ideas for the upcoming school year, but it still is hard to get into that school mode!
For my GAME plan to Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity I cover the following ISTE NETS-S: 1. Creativity and innovation, 2. Communication and collaboration, and 3. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. I want my students to communicate with each other to solve problems instead of always asking me, the teacher. I feel that students need to struggle a bit in order to learn. I want them to use their imagination and creativity to inspire themselves instead of myself always having to be the cheerleader for the subject.
For my GAME plan to Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership I cover the following ISTE NETS-S: 1. Communication and collaboration, 2. Critical Thinking, problem solving, and decision making, and 3. Technology operations and concepts. I would love for all of the teachers in my school to communicate on a regular basis and make big decisions in the school together. We really need to communicate through some sort of technology because it is too hard to get together on a regular basis. This is why I believe a blog/wiki would be the best option. I really hope to get this working the first week of school to better our schools atmosphere professionally.
Darcey Kondel
For my GAME plan to Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity I cover the following ISTE NETS-S: 1. Creativity and innovation, 2. Communication and collaboration, and 3. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. I want my students to communicate with each other to solve problems instead of always asking me, the teacher. I feel that students need to struggle a bit in order to learn. I want them to use their imagination and creativity to inspire themselves instead of myself always having to be the cheerleader for the subject.
For my GAME plan to Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership I cover the following ISTE NETS-S: 1. Communication and collaboration, 2. Critical Thinking, problem solving, and decision making, and 3. Technology operations and concepts. I would love for all of the teachers in my school to communicate on a regular basis and make big decisions in the school together. We really need to communicate through some sort of technology because it is too hard to get together on a regular basis. This is why I believe a blog/wiki would be the best option. I really hope to get this working the first week of school to better our schools atmosphere professionally.
Darcey Kondel
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
GAME Plan Evaluation Part 2
GAME Plan Evaluation
It has been very hard to put my GAME plan into play or even start on Facilitating and Inspiring Student Learning and Creativity since school doesn’t start for over a month. I have set up the blog but am worried now about creating log ins for all of my students and having them create passwords that they will memorize.
Engaging in Professional Growth and Leadership has not gone well this week either.
Last week I set up the email database and have not discussed this with the other Geometry teachers yet, it seems that they all took their vacations this week. I hope to be able to share this idea with them and see how they feel about it.
Darcey Kondel
It has been very hard to put my GAME plan into play or even start on Facilitating and Inspiring Student Learning and Creativity since school doesn’t start for over a month. I have set up the blog but am worried now about creating log ins for all of my students and having them create passwords that they will memorize.
Engaging in Professional Growth and Leadership has not gone well this week either.
Last week I set up the email database and have not discussed this with the other Geometry teachers yet, it seems that they all took their vacations this week. I hope to be able to share this idea with them and see how they feel about it.
Darcey Kondel
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
GAME Plan Evaluation
GAME Plan Progress Evaluation
For my GAME plan to Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity I really have not had any progress since we are in the summer months and there is no school right now. However, I have found myself thinking of lessons that I use in class to change in order to have them use a class blog or wiki page. I have also talked to other teachers in my department and they seem very excited about using a wiki or blog in their classes as well.
For my GAME plan to Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership I think that I have done a great job getting a hold of my coworkers and discussing ideas with them on how we can use the wiki or blog page together in our classes. I have also set up an email database of the teachers in my department so instead of typing each email address out I can just click on “Geometry Teachers” and an email is sent to all Geometry teachers.
I’m very excited about my GAME plan and to see how it plays out this upcoming school year!
Darcey Kondel
For my GAME plan to Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity I really have not had any progress since we are in the summer months and there is no school right now. However, I have found myself thinking of lessons that I use in class to change in order to have them use a class blog or wiki page. I have also talked to other teachers in my department and they seem very excited about using a wiki or blog in their classes as well.
For my GAME plan to Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership I think that I have done a great job getting a hold of my coworkers and discussing ideas with them on how we can use the wiki or blog page together in our classes. I have also set up an email database of the teachers in my department so instead of typing each email address out I can just click on “Geometry Teachers” and an email is sent to all Geometry teachers.
I’m very excited about my GAME plan and to see how it plays out this upcoming school year!
Darcey Kondel
Thursday, July 15, 2010
GAME Plan Progress-Week 4 Post
For my first GAME plan to Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity I am finding a lot of great information. I have talked to other math teachers and have found many ways for my students to find the information that they will need to complete the project. I wonder if my students will be able to use Google Docs outside of school since we will not have that much time to work on their journaling in class. I hope that it will not take much time to teach them about it and set up the account. I do not feel that I need to change this GAME plan yet, but it may need to be tweaked down the road after I talk to more of my colleagues.
For my second GAME plan to Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership I have heard of a few different ways to set up the network of discussion. We may use a blog or wiki, but we are not sure at this time which will work the best. The only problem I am having at this time is not having the teachers around right now to really see their faces when talking to them about this network. Although through email they seem excited, but I do not know if this is just an email or if they are truly excited about the idea. I hope that the beginning of the school year will give me more insight.
For my second GAME plan to Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership I have heard of a few different ways to set up the network of discussion. We may use a blog or wiki, but we are not sure at this time which will work the best. The only problem I am having at this time is not having the teachers around right now to really see their faces when talking to them about this network. Although through email they seem excited, but I do not know if this is just an email or if they are truly excited about the idea. I hope that the beginning of the school year will give me more insight.
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