Lee+Zimmer

 **Lee Zimmer's Technology PDP Notes** __My goal__: I hope to be able to concentrate on one or two topics and become really good at those. I would like to work more with Onenote and try to develop a way the middle school teacher can utilize it as an organizational tool for all of our projects. I'm thinking it will be a place for us to house information on school improvement, core meetings, kid concerns, upcoming events, IEP dates, etc. My second focus is learning how to blog and utilize that in my classrooms. I agree with Brett, blogging can be a way for students to write about math/reading and learn technology. I'm thinking after watching Renee, I will create a delicious site.


 * __February 12 ~ Group 4:00-5:30

February 20 ~ Group 4:00-5:30__**

__**March 6 ~ Group meeting from 8-1:00 at Lee's house**__ We spent time checking out the difference between a blog and wiki. We were also able to discover some 'new' components of onenote. . . live sharing. The group spent a considerable amount of time discussing how this could be used, not only in class, but as a teacher communication tool, as well. Next meeting. . . March 20, 8:00-11:00 to overlap with the other group.

After meeting with Cheryl, Jody, and Marcia, I spent time setting up my wikki and responding/posting discussion questions.
 * __March 6 ~ 2 Hours__**

I went out to school to get some papers graded. Afterwards, I spent an hour looking through the New York Times website trying to find something that I could use with my 8th grade reading class. I decided to use the '2008 In Pictures' activity. I implemented the activity on March 10-11. The activity went well except for the uploading of pictures took a really long time, so the students seemed to loose interest.
 * __March 9 ~ 2 Hour (1 hour research/1 hour implementation on March 10-11)__**

Spent time reading wiki pages and discussions.
 * __March 18 ~ 1 Hour__**

Cheryl, Lee, Jody & met from 8:00 - 12:00. The first hour was spent discussing the internet and findings that were discovered during the week by each. We then met together with the entire group starting at 9:00. Kathy S. shared her wiki experience so far from using in geometry & trig. Renee showed us her wiki space and delicious site which is, http://delicious.com/doodledog/Trip  **__Class Implementations:__ ** 
 * __March 20 ~ 4 Hours (Group Meeting)__**
 * April 8 ~ I created a vocabulary worksheet on onenote and allowed students to view it from the smartboard. Students were able to click and drag the terms around to the right definitions. I then sent out from sycroneyes, a similar version that students were able to complete on their own. I was able to observe and correct from viewing the screens on my laptop. I broadcast one student's computer to all the other's for everyone to observe.
 * April 9 ~ I implemented the wikispace (http://zimmer8reading.wikispaces.com) into the 8th grade reading class. Students spent some time setting up their homepage and navigating through the tabs to observe where assignments and discussions would take place. Students answered discussion questions. I spent time going through the responses. I noticed the students' writing was more like a text message, than a response directed toward a teacher.
 * I implemented the sycroneyes quiz tool to deliver the 7th grade math quiz. Students were sent a multiple choice quiz and were able to answer the questions electronically. The program sends me the results immediately, but the students don't get to see their results unless I transfer that file back to them. I would like to know if there is a setting that would allow students to recieve their results too.
 *  April 14 ~ Students read my responses from the previous days' assignment. Most students were asked to rewrite their responses after some revisions were made. Students were given the assignment for the day on the homepage.
 *  April 15 ~ On April 14, I made the observation that many of the students won't read the directions/assignment that is typed out for them on the homepage. They would much rather just ask me and have me walk them through each piece of the assignment. I posted the assignment on the homepage for this day and also added that part of their grade would be how well they could read and follow directions on their own. I had also gone through responses to the students and asked them to correct errors and rewrite any of those responses. I asked for student input as to whether or not they liked the wiki. The overwhelming response was that they did not like it. I was curious as to why and the response was that they had to do a lot of reading and when they wrote, they had to do it correctly. The response told me that they were having to do a lot of work and learn, exactly my expectations!
 * April 16 ~ I responded to all of the students discussions that were posted from the previous day. Again, I requested that they fix any errors and repost. I was able to leave directions for the class on the wiki, instead of with the sub, so therefore the students were responsible for following directions and completing assignments.
 *  April 17 ~ Students, again, were able to access the wiki for the day's lesson because they had a sub.
 *  April 20 ~ I spent some time over the weekend going through the responses and trying to correlate that to grades. It was a little more difficult to do than I imagined. Some kids had to post more frequently than others do to corrections and others didn't have time to complete all the tasks. I gave students time in class to finish any of the postings so that I could go through and assign grades. The benefit of having all of the assignments posted was that students who were absent could find the assignment on their own!
 * Group Meetings ||  || Class Implementation ||   ||
 * February 12 - 1.5 hours ||  || March 9 - .75 hour ||   ||
 * February 20 - 1.5 hours ||  || April 9 - 2.75 hour ||   ||
 * March 6 - 5 hours ||  || April 14 - .75 hour ||   ||
 * March 6 - 2 hours ||  || April 15 - .75 hour ||   ||
 * March 9 - 1 hour ||  || April 16-17 - 1 hour ||   ||
 * March 18 - 1 hour ||  || April 20 - .75 hour ||   ||
 * March 20 - 4 hour ||  || April 8 - 4 hour ||