I am currently working on all projects now due for the practicum. I have decided to teach Mail Chimp to some community members and medic center specialists for the face-to-face portion of the practicum. I am also working on the online version of the course and have created a screen-cast of how to get started and use MailChimp. I will house this on a weebly site. I have also collaborated with the teacher I will be teamed up with for the digital citizenship project. We will be creating a unit on plagiarism for the teacher's English Language Arts' students. I feel like now I have a good handle and understand all the projects, but I am really pushing myself to finish them now. My priority for next week is to finish at least one of the projects.
This week I spent several hours in the media center observing and interviewing the specialist. I have also spent the majority of my time trying to figure out exactly what I want to teach for the professional development unit. I was so excited to find out that the community I live in can use my help with technology. I was really worried that I would not have something exciting to teach that folks would enjoy, but that all changes when I spoke to the director at my son's daycare. The daycare is having trouble reaching parents during closed hours. This was very true during the recent snow and ice storms we have experienced. We discussed them possibly using weebly to set up a website but since then they have decided to use MailChimp to send parents emails and newsletters. I use MailChimp in the classroom and very excited to teach this to our community members. Not only will I have the daycare as learners on tool, but also the farmers market would like to send a few volunteers to learn the technology as well. I am super excited to teach this!
10 hours This week I am beginning to organe all iformation fo rthe Technology Program Administrator project. I used bubbl.us for the organizational chart, observed students in media center during planning.
Technology Program Administrator 2 hours Islands High School This week I have spent more hours observing and interviewing Islands HS Media Specialist. I am gathering information for the Technology Program Administrator project. Technology Prgram Administrator 5 Hours Islands High School I also began organizing and collecting information for the Staff Development Worshop. After speaking with my site supevisor, Gillian Riley, I have decided to teach the lesson on using Google Drive to teachers and any staff that would to learn. Gillian and I are working together on exactly what the district woul dlike the teachers to know about their google drive account. I am still in the process of gathering information.
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AuthorHi there, I'm Jennifer Turner and I am keeping a weekly blog for my Instructional Technology Practicum. Archives
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