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September 30, 2005 05:13 PM
No T9
Posted by jena on September 30, 2005 at 05:13 PM in Photo Gallery | Comments (0)
Verizon Group
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Sharing
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Report Out
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T9 Texting
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September 28, 2005 03:29 PM
Melissa Garner - Salem-Ke3/27/
Taking a picture with my web cam that I wish I had for the meeting. :)
Melissa Garner
Technology Development Coordinator (the support side of the Instructional Technology equasion)
I work in the Technology and Information Services department of
Salem-Keizer Public Schools
1340 State St
Salem, OR 97301
503-399-3031
garner_melissa@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Yahoo IM id: moseylissa@yahoo.com
MSN IM id: moseylissa@hotmail.com
AIM IM id: moseylisa
Had a great time learning!! Looking forward to learning from you all even more in the future.
Posted by rebeccabrouillard on September 28, 2005 at 03:29 PM in Cadre (Who we are, What we are about) | Comments (0)
Michael Williams - IT Dir3/27/
Here I am at my desk.
I work at the Wallowa County ESD office,
107 SW 1st ST
Suite 105
Enterprise, OR 97828
541-426-4997
541-426-3732 FAX
maw@wallowaesd.k12.or.us
Had a great time at the meeting. Can't wait to participate more.
maw
Posted by maw@wallowaesd.k12.or.us on September 28, 2005 at 11:53 AM in Cadre (Who we are, What we are about) | Comments (0)
September 27, 2005 12:08 PM
September Cadre Evaluatio3/27/
Thank you for your time, energy, expertise and networking. Please take a moment to complete the Evaluation. Your feedback is valuable to us.
Posted by jena on September 27, 2005 at 12:08 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Getting To Know You
We are creating a cadre directory on the blog.
Please post your:
1. picture,
2. name,
3. email,
4. where you work,
5. be sure to categorize your entry as "cadre"
Extra Credit Challenge. When you upload your picture, create a thumbnail size of it. Download a step by step How To with screen shots.
Posted by jena on September 27, 2005 at 11:26 AM in Cadre (Who we are, What we are about) , Top Story | Comments (1)
Learned
I am coming away with numerous resources. It is so great to talk with people about what they are doing, learn ideas and strategies. I need another day just to digest all of this great information!
Posted by tricia on September 27, 2005 at 11:26 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Reflection
Please comment to the following:
1. What did you learn?
I learned about T9, Microsoft Learning Essentials, and staff development tools.
3. What will you take back and use?
I will download and explore the Learning Essentials for MS Office for possible use at the secondary level.
Posted by nnguyen on September 27, 2005 at 11:25 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Communication Strategies
Tools
IM; Cell; Email; Web; Blog/moodle/blackboard; Forums; Video/audio conferencing; Paper based medium; Student information on web; RSS/PodCasting; Phone; Multimedia; Digital media archives; Prepackaged software solutions
Needs:
Administrative support
Teacher comfort
Policy and procedure
Incentive (those who use get the new tools)
Agreement of all parties involved on the tools and the expectations
Support
Consistency/unified direction
Exponential communication:
There is a one to many communication relationship between the following stakeholders:
District
parent
School
student
ESD
ODE
Staff
Community
How do we train?
Not just a list of ?you could do this?
Practice and time to analyze
Pick two or three and discuss them in depth
Finding a common communication medium that everyone with which everyone is comfortable.
Learning the questions to ask (that?s the important part) to get at what the communication needs are. Then becoming aware of what tools are available to meet the needs (or at least where to look for them).
How do you determine the proper communication channel or source based on your need?
Some solutions:
Drew Hinds - A paragraph a week from each teacher.
Joe Buglione for Moodle
Melissa Garner for Share Point
Some ideas from the recorder about the kind of session:
Communication is critical. I would love to see the strategy questions answered in the large group. The solutions I could see being snippets or smaller groups.
Posted by rebeccabrouillard on September 27, 2005 at 11:01 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Reflection
Please comment to the following:
1. What did you learn?
2. What did you feel?
3. What will you take back and use?
Posted by jena on September 27, 2005 at 10:45 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (36)
Funding and Planning
We've begun to identify what we think are critical issues. We now will give some thought on how the cadre should be trained on these. Some of these issues are standard opperating proceedure for SD/ESDs. Since we are all at different levels, we need feedback from the cadre on what issues are critical for the community in which you work.
Finding funding sources
Access to hardware/software
Share funding sources
Competitive grants don't encourage sharing
Time for staffs/school districts to plan
technology integration
District/school policy for tech use and development
K-12 Tech Skills Articulation with
Standards/Curriculum alignment
Dan Wells and Alana Croyle
Posted by alanac on September 27, 2005 at 10:38 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Staff Development
The following topics would be of interest to this group when dealing with Future staff development offerings:
Models of Staff Development (small group vs. whole group, time and intensity, reflection time, exploration time, move to diff. groups)
Tech coaching
(peer coaching/ group by skill level/content area
Remember to put in Diversity/Differentiation/Choices
Availability of Equipment = Relevance
How to deal with Reluctant Learners, Admin., High School Teachers(relevance to each group)
How to incorporate best practices into staff development presentations
Cadre Staff Development might include "speed sharing" where several members give simultaneous 10 minute presentations of something they are excited about.
Have picture and bio iin block to encourage networking
Verbal group closure
Time for social networking/same hotel?
Model and identify why we do what we do at the cadre. ie why we got up and moved around.
Posted by cindydix on September 27, 2005 at 09:51 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (1)
Assessment of Student Ach3/27/
Questions:
?How can we conduct studies that "clinically" measure the impact of technology on student achievement - more difficult in smaller schools/districts.
?Skills versus Student Achievement
?question about handhelds and how students achievement is measured.
?How can you isolate factors that affect student achievement?
?measuring the whole of "technology" is difficult - too broad - can we break it down to different aspects of technology
?What aspects of technology integration affect student achievement
?For the CIP - data about student achievement is required. Skills set is required and it has an effect on achievement. smaller districts don't have as much access.
?What about lateral statistics - behavior reports, attendance, attitudes - can this be used? Can we look at past tendenceis and compare them to the current "intervention" year.
Suggestions:
?tie to instructional strategies, particular applications of technologies
?Technologies are new, research is not deep. Setting up atmosphere of control group and comparison data important
?host sessions of pullouts for assessment and ones for practice.
? Be sure to define your parameters, and adhere to them, the report on them.
Professional Development:
? Gather and share research that currently exists
? Gather and share what the PDC Ed Tech members are doing
?TOSAs help with integraton in the classroom. Track time and what is implemented.
? baseline data important talked about what baseline data people are collecting.
?Looking at school scores and comparing them with "similar" schools - information can be found for previous years at ODE
Posted by tricia on September 27, 2005 at 09:48 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Emerging Technologies Gro3/27/
Plan for identification and dissemination of emerging technologies.
1. Intrudution to technologies - Provide a time and space to introduce all type of technologies to administrators and staff developers. Provide breakout sessions to emphasize specific technologies to small groups.
2. Integration of technologies - Develop individual plans that teachers can use for spedific lessons and/or subjects and/or classes. Develop staff development based on teacher input.
3. Staff development using other district examples of implementation of technology.
How is emerging technology defined and/or identified?
Lots of discusion on personal technology vs. instructional technology. More and more audio books are coming in electronic format that can be played on personal MP3 players. Also, teachers can then stream lessons and provide them to absent students or as a part of the ongoing curriculum.
Concerns about maturity of technology so that delivery (of audio, for example) is of good quality.
On-line flash player dictionaries for ELL/ESL students.
So - how to identify emerging technology?
Watch the gaming industry,
Watch the hobby web sites,
Subscriptions to industry peridicals or list serves.
Lots of dicussion about neat technologies that we've seen that have never been adopted in wide scale installations. For example, student creation of interactive games to teach them storyboarding and problem solving.
What kind of generic 'emerging technology' definitions are there. There is technology that is new - Bluetooth devices, and technology that is new to teachers - iDVD, for example.
Portland is enhancing professional development by making videos of teachers using the new technology and then showing the video to teachers learning about the technology.
Potential framework would include multiple technology offerings, rather than similar to the iMovie class that the Cadre attended. If there was iMovie, Blogging, and PowerPoint classes available all at the same time it might be better time spent.
List of emerging technologies - (maturing technologies)
Voice Recognition
PDA uses
GIS / GPS
Movie Making
Media Production - DVD burning, CD authoring,
Pod Casting
eLearning - enhancing classroom experience with other teachers. College credit for high school classes.
Web Based - Moodle, Video Conferencing, Blogging, Essay Grading, Collaboration tools, File Sharing, etc.
Programming
Systems Modeling - Stella
Peripherals that focus or improve delivery of lessons.
Framework also includes potential uses for the technology that is being taught. Many teachers want specific information about what curriculum is helped by each technology.
Possible breakouts also include industry professionals teaching the technology rather than having to learn the technology ourselves and then take it to the teacher's professional development time.
Posted by maw@wallowaesd.k12.or.us on September 27, 2005 at 09:48 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
STP: Targets
How do we provide and receive effective staff development around technology integration, and instructional strategies?
How can technology be used to effectively increase, and measure student achievement?
How do we identifying, and become familiar with emerging technologies (hardware, software)?
How do we fund and plan for technology integration?
How can we assess the impact of technology integration on student achievement?
How can we use communication tools and strategies to enhance stakeholder communication?
Best practice
Differentiation
Research
Posted by jena on September 27, 2005 at 09:37 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
STP Activity
GOAL: Relevant, personal learning
PURPOSE: To create individual and collective meaning (why am I here?)
HOW: Categorize our interests, study, share, network to learn more
- In table groups,
- Categorize what the cadre wants to learn more about (5 to 6 categories)
- Using any medium of your choice (categories paper, scissors, computer, download categories in word doc, etc.)
Posted by jena on September 27, 2005 at 09:00 AM in Meeting Activity , Resources & Gadgets | Comments (1)
Effective Professional De3/27/
Teaching something that can be taken back and used immediately makes prof. dev. fun and useful. Interactiion in smaller groups helps keep people engaged. Good sound, good visuals and good food help too! Cindy
Posted by cindydix on September 27, 2005 at 08:49 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Elements of Staff Develop3/27/
-Group interaction
-Movement ? ?When the bum is numb, the brain is _______.? ?by Paul Weill
Posted by nnguyen on September 27, 2005 at 08:47 AM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Cadre
Posted by jena on September 27, 2005 at 08:45 AM in Photo Gallery | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
Physical movement can enhance learning by improving circulation and stimulating the release of hormones as well as neurotransmitters. How might movement be incorporated into staff development? Pose a question with several possible answers, then have participants indicate their answers by moving to certain areas of the room that correspond to their choices. Or, have participants get up and find a partner on the other side of the room to respond or formulate questions about the topic. Or just have people get up to view a projection or map at closer range.
Posted by llary on September 27, 2005 at 08:38 AM in | Comments (0)
Effective Professional De3/27/
* incorporates sufficient time for groups to work together on presented material while "experts" circulate to mentor and advise
* is constantly interactive
* has a follow-up session some months later after experimentation and implementation of new learnings
* ensures that participants can re-tell key learnings and take-aways
* allows for individualization of key learnings into measurable outcomes by the participants over time
* is self-paced during the follow-up expectations
Posted by robertsiegel on September 27, 2005 at 08:38 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Good Staff Development
I think that there are two aspects that need to be present for meaningful staff development:
1. Information/tasks that pertain to what the staff are doing or need to be doing. If staff don't have a need to know what is trying to be developed, they will be thinking about the other things that are more important and pressing in their job responsibilities.
2. The information/tasks that the staff need to perform need to be comprehensible and/or attainable by the attendees. If the staff can't leave the development meetings being able to remember or perform the tasks on their own, it has been a waste of everyone's time and energy.
Posted by mrkbroadhurst on September 27, 2005 at 08:38 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
(1)The staff development needs to be meaningful to the attendants. We have had some of our best staff development meetings when we are teaching the staff things they need to know and will use!!!!
(2) There needs to be time built into the training to allow the staff to explore and utilize what they have been shown. The sooner this happens, the more likely the staff will remember and use the instruction.
(3) Food is usually a good thing to have at the staff development.
Posted by conniebenham on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
Making the information comprehensible and aplicable to the participants is a must. If possible, follow-up support for classroom use along with an accountability componant helps to encourage actual classroom implementation of the new information.
Posted by alanac on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developem3/27/
Time, intensity, perceived need, relevance, hands on, differentiation, follow up.
Time- give staff time to use/play with/create during the meeting time.
Intensity- short meetings spread over a long period of time don?t work as well as longer meetings over a short period.
Posted by david on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
good staff development
1. Good staff development is well organized. There is a clear outline of the goals and objectives that are to be accomplished.
2. Good staff development should also be presented in a manner that engages the learners. Informative, yet interactive.
Posted by jennsroufe on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
On the average, adults are only able to pay attention for about fifteen minutes (and kids less!) at a time. Provide time to periodically process information that has been presented. This can be done in a variety of ways, including talking with a partner (e.g. "Turn to the person sitting next to you and share the 2 most important points we've covered."), small group discussions, reading, or editing notes independently.
Posted by llary on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
Hands on and interactive. Don't overwhelm, let people go at their own pace.
Posted by natalie on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Effective Approaches to S3/27/
Effective staff development should smack with relevancy and balance. Participants should leave feeling they learned new ideas/approaches, tooled with resources, and backed by good research. The staff development experience can offer a chance to network with other professionals and to build relationships. The balance should include effective presentations and interactions; practical and theoretical; ready-to-use and the challenge to create. Participants should leave feeling energized by new ideas and connected to other professionals who are involved in the work.
Posted by tomsouter on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Professional Development
Hands-on activities, time for adults to experiment and "play" with whatever you are showing/teaching them to do helps cement the learning of new skills. Somewhere I read it takes 24 opportunities to practice a skill before someone masters it....people become more skilled at new things when they have lots of trial and error practice.
Posted by debbreck on September 27, 2005 at 08:37 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
I think staff development is effective when it is relevant to the participant, when hands-on activities are encouranged, and when staff is given time to explore and practice what they are learning.
Posted by stacybuglione on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
T9 Dictionary
Here is a pdf of the T9 language that students are using to text message on their cell phones.
Download file
Posted by rebeccabrouillard on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Resources & Gadgets | Comments (0)
Staff Development
Staff development is effective when all the staff is present and an agenda has been posted. The leader needs to be prepared and have activities that involve everyone. It also helps when food and a stipend are involved.
Posted by eujeanahampton on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Staff Development
Staff development needs to be useful and timely. It also needs to be ongoing and supportive of teacher's efforts to implement skills in the classroom.
Posted by pattyfaw on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
Staff development that works needs several things.
First, the topic needs to be something that the staff sees as being worthy of their time.
Second, the material needs to be presented at a level accessible to the staff. T
There needs to be a lot of time for people to talk about and try out the new materials.
There should be plenty of follow up. New methods and/or materials without enough follow up and support is worse than useless. It is frustrating!
Don't forget to use humor, too.
Posted by karenlawrence on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Staff Development
I've found that staff development is most effective when it addresses the current needs of the teachers and students, is executed in a timely manner, and gives on going support to staff as they implement the new skills. If teachers walk away with something they can immediately try in their classrooms tomorrow, they are more likely to incorporate the learning.
Posted by joyce on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Professional De3/27/
Sessions that are interactive and sustained over time are the most effective. Engage participants using multiple modalities.
Posted by dawnehuckaby on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Professional De3/27/
A characteristic that makes staff development effective is relevance. There has to be a purpose or connection to what the teacher is actually doing in the classroom. Learning a technology for technology's sake just doesn't get the job done.
Posted by rodhumphrey on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Professional Development 3/27/
Two of the things I think make staff development effective are 1) an understanding of the audience and their needs and 2) the ability to modify and adjust on the fly. A couple of other things that make staff development activities go well are 1) a good sense of humor and 2) chocolate!
Posted by lelandpa on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Effective PD
- Engaging
- Ongoing
Posted by Todd on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (1)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
I think it is most important, whenever working with teachers, to lead with empathy. Teachers have so much on their plate, we need to be understanding. A little humor helps too. At least some of the information you are giving should be practical, easy to put in practice, broken down into simple steps. If half of the people you are training are lost, or feel overwhelmed, this sentiment starts spreading through the room. The people who get it, start helping those who don't and you end up losing the whole group. I see this happen a lot when the training is too technical for the avaerage teacher. Teachers always appreciate my handouts. I know a lot of conferences and workshops pride themselves on being paperless, but I find the average teacher finds comfort in written instruction and a pencil to jot down more info.
Posted by jgingerich on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Professional Development
Teams of teachers
Exposure to new technologies
Teacher choice as to which technologies to explore and use
Use of sound principles of curriculum development
Examples of work of other teachers
Time to surf educational websites
Time to practice setting up and using equipment
Simple troubleshooting strategies
Qualified tech support
Compensation for work (pay, credit)
Reliable equipment in the classroom
Posted by carrie on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Professional Development
Teams of teachers
Exposure to new technologies
Teacher choice as to which technologies to explore and use
Use of sound principles of curriculum development
Examples of work of other teachers
Time to surf educational websites
Time to practice setting up and using equipment
Simple troubleshooting strategies
Qualified tech support
Compensation for work (pay, credit)
Reliable equipment in the classroom
Posted by carrie on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
successful staff dev stra3/27/
1) variety of hands on activities
2) applicable
3) discussion amoung participants
4) challenging
5) debrief activity
Posted by on September 27, 2005 at 08:36 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
An effective staff developer connects with the participants in such a way as to make them feel at ease; feel comfortable taking risks; and take what they know to a higher level of understanding. It doesn't stop after a particular training but continues over time and enables participants to continue to utilize strategies and share experiences.
Effective staff development allows participants to learn in a variety of ways, attempts to reach different learning styles, and leaves participants slighlty more effective and motivated.
Posted by tricia on September 27, 2005 at 08:35 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
There are two main components of effective staff development. The first is good delivery of content, however that is acheived. The other is willingness of the staff to be developed.
Most other factors fall by the wayside. If both of these factors are met, there will be good learning going on.
Posted by maw@wallowaesd.k12.or.us on September 27, 2005 at 08:35 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staftt Developm3/27/
Frequent opportunity for collaboration and processing of the new learning is critical. Following the 10-2 rule is a good guideline. It is also important to mix-up the activities to keep the session fresh. Movement up and out of the chairs participants are sitting is expecially important for a half-day or full-day workshop.
Use of clear signals is also important. Teach the signals right up front, or use something that is easy for participants to understand such as playing music as Jennifer has done in this meeting. I like to play music produced by the Lind Institute when I want music to stimulate thinking during participant work time. http://www.relaxwiththeclassics.com/pages/about.htm
Posted by linda on September 27, 2005 at 08:35 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Effective Staff Developme3/27/
Having the participants actively engaged and participating. You know, the same rule of 7's we follow with kids in the classroom. Why shouldn't we follow the same protocol with staff development sessions as we do with classroom lessons and students?
Posted by joe on September 27, 2005 at 08:35 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Inservice Activity-effect3/27/
Most effective information/ activity is something my teachers can see using right away. They need to have time to practice and talk about using in their classes-processing time. It needs to be easy to use and to work. If it doesn't work right away, they tend to give up-especially the ones not comfortable with technology.
It always helps to have food.
Posted by dianepeters on September 27, 2005 at 08:35 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Characteristics of Good S3/27/
Targeted to the needs of the school/staff and ongoing.
Posted by rebeccabrouillard on September 27, 2005 at 08:35 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
A Favorite Site
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ Illuminations site at marcopolo is a cool resource to get teachers excited about integrating technology.
Posted by linda on September 27, 2005 at 07:57 AM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
September 26, 2005 06:00 PM
Give One Get One
1. Think of your favorite interactive or educational website that you would like to share.
2. Record those on your Give One Get One sheet (download electronic version)
2. When the music plays, move and find a partner
3. Share your resource, and get one from whom you are sharing.
4. Repeat
5. Record one of your resources on the blog.
Posted by jena on September 26, 2005 at 06:00 PM in Meeting Activity , Resources & Gadgets | Comments (32)
San Fernando Education T3/27/
This story hightlights the school where the student created the "Sweatshop" video.
Posted by llary on September 26, 2005 at 05:29 PM in General | Comments (0)
ESD discussion group
Question? Who is doing staff development? Not everyboby. IT departments have grown. Curriculum departments have shrunk. Technology staff development is in demand by teachers but unless administrators are motivated to make it happen it doesn't happen. Esd may not be asked to do technology staff development. Are we using our leverage or do we have any leverage to recommend more tech staff development. Some proactive districts see value of tech staff development and have taken over providing TOSA's.
Smaller groups, more inlividualized staff development, finding next step. Sustained smaller interventions (for an hour 3 fridays in a row) works at lower grade levels. HS one on one, to, one on three. Grade level groups or curriculum groups more effective.
Staff development: is it changing? More requests for early morning and after school rather than full day or half day.
Posted by psalmon on September 26, 2005 at 04:59 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
10 by 10 dot org
Check tenbyten.org for current events
Posted by joe on September 26, 2005 at 04:17 PM in Resources & Gadgets | Comments (0)
What Can You Learn From A3/27/
Check out this article (PDF file). This of course is dependent on your cell phone actually working. ;-) Note that this is an essay, not a research-based article on the instructional use of cell phones.
Posted by llary on September 26, 2005 at 03:37 PM in Resources & Gadgets | Comments (0)
Emerging technologies in 3/27/
Our table group talked about three ways technology has changed the classroom:
1. More visual content in the classroom example of visual class notes
2. More accountability and ease of access to information
3. Increased collaboration (in our case, one person had the web site, one person captured the image from the web, one person created the post)
Posted by jena on September 26, 2005 at 03:33 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Videoblogging
Rather than writing, I can share my thoughts, learnings, or tell a joke using my auditory and visual skills. This could be valuable for me the learner. What do you think? Ok so my what you hear doesn't match what you see...
Posted by jena on September 26, 2005 at 02:23 PM in Resources & Gadgets | Comments (0)
Audioblogging
I wonder how kids could use this technology to showcase their learning? Is it just a cool tool, or does it have educational value?
Posted by jena on September 26, 2005 at 02:00 PM in Resources & Gadgets | Comments (0)
Moblogging
What else can I say but this is so cool! I can talk right into my phone and post it for all to hear. Hmmm the possibilities.
Posted by jena on September 26, 2005 at 02:00 PM in Resources & Gadgets | Comments (1)
Microsoft
If you have a license for Microsoft Office, you can download Learning Essentials for free.
Students can now purchase through OETC at Techheads. Microsoft products, Texas Instruments calculators, and soon LG products are available for personal purchase.
Posted by jena on September 26, 2005 at 01:47 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
What works database
What a tool this has been when we are trying to convince that a technology enhances tool is effective.
Posted by drew on September 26, 2005 at 12:53 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
This database is very useful when looking at interventions for students who have difficulty reading. Having one site that provides current research along with its relevance is very unique and useful. I've shared this with curriculum directors in my ESD region, although I'm not sure to what extent they have accessed the research as some of them continue to use Accelerated Reader even though other interventions are more relevant, especially to the student populations we work with in our county (economically disadvantaged is a high percentage of students in the county).
Posted by dawnehuckaby on September 26, 2005 at 12:45 PM in General | Comments (0)
Choosing how to BLOG
Blogging is something I am scheduled to present to our local EdTech community in Bend, and it is important to me to try various options. Particularly important is to find a blog that will weigh least heavily on my own district's tech support--already overworked and with little capacity to set up more elements on the district server.
This is movable type, which looks like an application that has to be loaded onto a server, while the chat option we used earlier, Tagboard, seems to be something I could set up on my website without district Tech help.
~Tim
Posted by timchase on September 26, 2005 at 12:44 PM in General | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
This data base should be a free resource! A great idea that needs further development to include more software to consider at affordable pricing. Administrators could take advantage of this data to help drive curriculum decisions.
Posted by on September 26, 2005 at 12:37 PM in Effective Staff Development | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
The Metiri Database concept seems useful but I would have liked to see more on it. The one software that looked like it might be affordable and useful in the classroom is no longer being published. Would like to spend more time on it though. Always new things to learn..
Posted by cindydix on September 26, 2005 at 12:37 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
I would the Read Naturally information with our Reading Specialist.
Posted by nnguyen on September 26, 2005 at 12:35 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metri Group
Interesting stuff. Wish we had this before we invested in some good and bad programs. In Eagle Point we can use Metri to help make informed desicions about future purchases and maybe to get rid of AR. I wonder if any AR principals would give it up?
Posted by david on September 26, 2005 at 12:35 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Testing
Checking for Dawne. This is just a test!
Posted by on September 26, 2005 at 12:35 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Website
This website could be useful for schools or districts who are looking for technology resourses to help improve student reading. The programs are rated from "What Works" to "Can't Recommend". I would think that this could be a first step in choosing a program. It would be important to talk to educational professionals who are using the program before purchasing.
Posted by alanac on September 26, 2005 at 12:34 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
METIRI Reflection
I find that the METIRI database is a useful tool in analyzing the effectiveness of software programs the district may want to purchase. I think that this is a helpful resource in spending money wisely and looking for a program that will best meet the needs of the district. I think having a resource like this along with a more defined purchasing procedure in place will allow district funds to be spent more wisely.
Posted by mrkbroadhurst on September 26, 2005 at 12:33 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri
The Metiri website is a helpful site for finding some quick and well done research about many applications and solutions that are available for schools. It will be especially helpful when looking for supportive research during the process of grant writing. I would like to see something similar for free or 'shareware" solutions as well
Posted by on September 26, 2005 at 12:33 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
I think the Metiri database and more will be quite useful to schools and districts as they make purchasing decisions. I'd love to see them evaluate software that is not curriculum specific such as Kidspiration/Inspiration, Kid Pix, iMovie, Powerpoint/Keynote. Have appropriate use of these applications proven to increase students learing? Which begs the question, what is appropriate and meaningful use? Maybe I'll find some answers at the NETC Focus on Effectiveness web site. It looks very promising...
Posted by jgingerich on September 26, 2005 at 12:32 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
How Metiri can be useful 3/27/
Looking through the Metiri website, several possible uses immediately came to mind. In our district there is no real policy for purchasing software. If someone wants it and there are monies, we buy it. This website provides a resource for teachers and administrators to find and research software that would be a wise purchase.
This website also provides a starting block for possible options of research based software that would positively effect our ELL students. We, as an elementary building but also as an entire district, are continously looking for ways to help our students meet "No Child Left Behind" standards and AYP. We are actively striving to use technology as another tool to help us do this. The Metiri group is a great resource for helping with this goal.
Posted by jennsroufe on September 26, 2005 at 12:29 PM in General | Comments (0)
Cindy
I heard someone say kidbits and so did a search and went there. Looks good just need time. Kidbits
Posted by cindydix on September 26, 2005 at 12:26 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Thoughts on evaluations o3/27/
Perhaps now more than ever, this type of tool needs to be available to the decision makers and curriculum planners at school districts.
When we evaluate infrstructure technology (wiring vs. wireless, PC vs. MAC) we look at things like TCO (total cost of ownership) and ROI (return on investment). Why not evaluate instructional software the same way?
If you want to purchase a printer, there are hundreds of reviews and studies about the style of printer you want. Why not the same resource for instructional technology?
I think one requirement of using the database should be involvement in the development of ongoing study. Just as there are 'user reviews' when you purchase a printer, there should be 'teacher reviews' that the teachers can post on the site as additional resources for review when you log into the database.
Posted by maw@wallowaesd.k12.or.us on September 26, 2005 at 12:25 PM in General | Comments (0)
Research Basis for Grant 3/27/
I am interested in helping districts develop their Ed Tech applications. One of the problems in applying for a grant, is that sometimes the applicant doesn't know what the possibilities are.
The Metiri Database will provide a good foundation for districts that are targeting literacy in their Ed Tech grants. By having them read about "solutions that work" they will be able to craft a proposal that is based in research. Additionally, the database will also help them to design the grant implementation. How great is that?!
Posted by llary on September 26, 2005 at 12:25 PM in Ed Tech Grants | Comments (0)
Metiri
I could share this website with our district tech director. She often evaluates software prior to recommending it to teachers. This would be helpful. It will be more helpful when it includes more than just literacy programs, but for now it fills a niche.
Posted by carrie on September 26, 2005 at 12:25 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
I would share the Metiri database with our curriculum peoplee, principals, site councils, and teachers. I think that it would be a great resource for any teacher as they design instruction that is research based. I look forward to seeing more in subject areas covered. I would also like to see a database that covers open source free ware and shareware.
Posted by tricia on September 26, 2005 at 12:24 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri
This is a great resource adminstrators whom not know much about "what" they are purchasing can have access to in order to make sound decisions when spending the almighty dollar upon recommendations from several sales rep's. It definitely provides a non-biased opinion, conclusively gathered by educators and those with experiences.
Posted by joe on September 26, 2005 at 12:24 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri
Assessment of educational software is certainly a great idea and needed tool. However, software needs to be evaluated within the context of an educational program to be valuable and useful. Perhaps a "Best Practices" section would be a useful addition.
Posted by rodhumphrey on September 26, 2005 at 12:24 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
METIRI
I found the research information interesting to read. With any research the reader needs to bring their experience to the page to understand and interpret the data. My school uses an accelerated program as a tool in our reading program. It is not the entire program in reading instruction.
Posted by eujeanahampton on September 26, 2005 at 12:24 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
The Metiri Database could be a very useful tool for educators looking for software that will be effective. I will be sharing this with my principal and fellow teachers.
With money so tight to non-existant, money decisions should be made as carefully as possible. Even though so many of the really great programs are sooo expensive, it could help you weed out the programsthat cannot be recommended.
Posted by karenlawrence on September 26, 2005 at 12:24 PM in General | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
I found this very useful. I intend to share it with my Superintendent/Technology Supervisor and my principal as we look at software purchases.
Posted by joyce on September 26, 2005 at 12:23 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
I find the Metiri Database quite useful, especially in responding to the "scientifically researched programs" requirements of the NCLB law. It is a reliable and user friendly resource that can be used to present in responding to grant RFP's and proposing programs to the school administration and stakeholders.
Posted by robertsiegel on September 26, 2005 at 12:23 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri
This seems to be a resource that I could recommend to districts wanting research about various reading programs. I need more time to explore the site, but some of the information seems limited.
Posted by linda on September 26, 2005 at 12:23 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri
I will share the Metiri database with the curriculum directors and administrators of the districts that I work with. I think they will find it helpful as they search for literacy programs supported by Title IA funds.
Posted by on September 26, 2005 at 12:23 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Choosing the right Blog
This is something I am scheduled to present to our local EdTech community in Bend, and it is important to me to try various options. Particularly important is to find a blog that will weigh least heavily on my own district's tech support--already overworked and with little capacity to set up more elements on the district server.
This is movable type, which looks like an application that has to be loaded onto a server, while the one we used earlier, Tagboard, seems to be something I could set up on my website without district Tech help.
~Tim
Posted by timchase on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in General | Comments (0)
Meteri Usage
After hearing Cheryl Lemke speak at conferences, we have used the Technology Solutions That Work database several times to help us to make decisions about technology purchases. In some cases, it was useful for us to support the decisions that were being made. In other cases, I believe it helped to keep us from making mistakes.
When we apply for grants, we use the information because grantors are always looking for quantifiable research on the products that are being suggested.
Posted by lelandpa on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri database disappoin3/27/
I would recommend the database to districts who have been talked into buying software or those districts writing grants, but I'm disappointed on the limited number of items reviewed. This would give the impression that the only effective technology integration is expensive software implementation. I would not like to have this illusion brought to administrators. The database needs to be expanded to include more general technolgy categories and technology integrations like word processing or mulitmedia or robotics.
Posted by psalmon on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Using Metiri information 3/27/
I've already emailed the information to a staff member from an elementary school who asked me for the information about a week ago. I've also got a standing invitation to the Curriculum department meeting where I can share this with the District reading folk. (I think they already heard about it from Boo, but it bears repeating!)
Boo already shared it with the elementary STC's (School Technology Coordinators) at a meeting last spring. I'll have another meeting with them before February so I can remind them about this most excellent resource.
I hope that by showing the reading section to Curriculum that our district might subscribe to the Math and Science forums as well, though reading is taking the focus in many cases. We have a new math adoption and virtually no software to back it up; it would be interesting to know if there is software that meets the needs of differentiated instruction and follows the new philosophy....
Posted by on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
I hope that this will be available to school districts when we look at the Language Arts adoption in two years. As we all know, all students do not learn the same way, and it is good to have some research based alternatives.
Posted by dianepeters on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri database
I will be sharing Metiri with my building principals. They are now in the process of finding research based programs for reading and math.
Posted by pattyfaw on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Engaging kids with techno3/27/
I appreciate being able to be here. I am learning so much! We had a handheld grant last year, and focused our grant on improving middle school academic performance, as two of our middle schools were not doing well at all. While we worked also on aligning curriculum to the state content standards and a few other "tweaks" to the system, we also implemented handheld technology in five classrooms, spanning all subject areas and grade levels, in two of our three middle schools. This last year, our state assessment scores at the 8th grade level were the highest they have ever been, and we were second in Southern Oregon, right below Ashland, in terms of performance. Very exciting impact this "technology stuff" has on student learning.
Posted by debbreck on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in General | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
This is an excellent resource for reviewing instructional software prior to purchasing anything. Rather than rely on vendor pitches or word of mouth, this database provides objective information about products. It is REALLY useful for those of us who are grant writers. I hope this database becomes an ongoing State service to local school districts. I hope, too, all components of the database will be available to us.
Posted by vickivanburen on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Accelerated Reader
The lack of conclusive research reported by Metiri about Accelerated Reader is interesting. I'm anxious to share this with elementary principals in my district who are so committed to using it.
Posted by waynegoates on September 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Technology Soluti3/27/
The TSW database provides district decision makers with another tool to inform software decisions. What I see in Portland is a fairly unstructured approach to the review and implementation of software and web-based applications. I like that Metiri provides endusers with content that seems to be current and with enough clarity to inform.
Posted by jaykeuter on September 26, 2005 at 12:21 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri thoughts and more
Remember looking at this last May. Really like the idea. Certainly it ties in with the push for best practices(research bsed decisions). As instructional edtech folks who are often exploring new technologies and new ways to use technologies it is often true that there is very little research to support delving in; for instance is there research that supports the practice of blogging, vlogging, the use of IM or the use of digital cameras or cells phones in the classroom? Budget constraints make it increasingly hard to justify exploration for districts- and the bleeding edge scabs up :-)
Joel
Posted by on September 26, 2005 at 12:21 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Metiri Database
Access to this database will be very useful when evaluating software for educators in our districts. I think administrators and technology coordinators would love information like this when making decisions for technology use in their districts.
I was surprised to see heavily used programs such as AR and Plato listed in the Ineffective Category. Those programs are very embedded in the curriculum in many schools and it will be interesting to read more of the Metiri Group's research.
Posted by stacybuglione on September 26, 2005 at 12:20 PM in Meeting Activity | Comments (0)
Chat In The Blog!
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Posted by jena on September 26, 2005 at 10:22 AM in General | Comments (1)
September 25, 2005 12:12 PM
About the Cadre
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September 15, 2005 02:13 PM
Cadre Resources
Resources the cadre has reviewed, visted or learned are linked here alphabetically. Please add your resources too.
- Audioblog ~Audio, video, and moblogging resource
- Blog authors ~If you are an author and want to post
- Classroom of 2013 ~In 2003 we brainstormed the classroom of 2013
- EdTech Common Curriculum Goals
~Oregon's CCGs
- Digital Library for Earth Science Education (DLESE) ~Digital earth science resources
- The Differentiated Classroom
- Focus on Effectiveness ~Apply key research, using technology to engage learners and improve achievement
- Geocaching ~Lynn Lary's resources on our favorite past time
- Handheld How To's ~The Northwest Handheld Integration Project resources and website
- INTEL "Seeing Reason" ~One of the online free Intel tools
- ITSC ~OETCs Instructional Technology Strategies Conference
- Kingdomality A fun personality activity
- The Life Game ~A project designed by Carrie Carpenter
- Metiri Tech Solutions ~A tool evaluate technology and curriulum
- Moodle ~How to get to our cadre moodle page
- Student Skills for the 21st Century
- Tag-Board ~Inputting instant messaging into a website, or blog
- Tapped In ~Online community of educators
- Toolkit for NCLB
Posted by jena on September 15, 2005 at 02:13 PM in Resources & Gadgets | Comments (0)
