I am attempting to find the best resources available for you to retrieve and access information necessary for you to administer assessments in Buhler USD 313. Your feedback will certainly help guide me in this process.
Common Assessment Log In Video
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Snapz Pro: CETE Account Directions
Simply click on the movie below to see how to create your CETE Account for accessing Common Assessment and State Assessment data.
Enjoy and please let me know how I might assist you.
Enjoy and please let me know how I might assist you.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Chapter 9: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts by Richardson
Change, change, change! That is what it all means. Not only do teachers need to change, but schools and entire systems need to change to adjust to the "digital kids" who now come through our doors each day. We need to help students be consumers, collaborators, and producers of information and knowledge that goes beyond the walls of the classroom. Students can now produce information for the world.
Students need to be able to produce products that show a mastery of knowledge and demonstrates a synthesis of ideas. It seems that the change all boils down to one word: Relevance. Learning opportunities and the tools used to facilitate the learning, must be relevant to the students and engage them in authentic learning opportunities.
As we consider bringing about CHANGE, it will be important for leaders to know what brings about change and all of the elements of the change process. Knowing this, will allow them to facilitate change in a positive way, proactively addressing barriers that inevitably come up when change is introduced.
Students need to be able to produce products that show a mastery of knowledge and demonstrates a synthesis of ideas. It seems that the change all boils down to one word: Relevance. Learning opportunities and the tools used to facilitate the learning, must be relevant to the students and engage them in authentic learning opportunities.
As we consider bringing about CHANGE, it will be important for leaders to know what brings about change and all of the elements of the change process. Knowing this, will allow them to facilitate change in a positive way, proactively addressing barriers that inevitably come up when change is introduced.
Marzano 2.0 - Non-Linguistic Representation
My favorite Marzano strategy is Non-Linguistic Representation.
http://web2thatworks.com/index.php?title=Nonlinguistic_Representation
http://web2thatworks.com/index.php?title=Nonlinguistic_Representation
ISTE 2008: Why Podcast?
Andrea Keith provides an overview of safe e-mail services provided by Gaggle.net. She indicates that e-mail enhances the relationship between the teacher and the student. It provides students easier access to the teacher and allows them to ask questions they might not otherwise ask. Teachers can assign tasks to students through the e-mail and even have students submit assignments via e-mail. Her experience has shown her that when students are asked to post an assignment using their computer rather than taking out pencil and paper, they are much more engaged and more likely to want to complete the task assigned.
I can see this being a valuable tool for teachers. I believe this needs to be carefully monitored, but it certainly is a possibility for enhancing the communication between the student and the teacher. I would like to have access to this also as an administrator. I think it would be incredible to be able to send information, encouragement, and affirmations via e-mail.
I can see this being a valuable tool for teachers. I believe this needs to be carefully monitored, but it certainly is a possibility for enhancing the communication between the student and the teacher. I would like to have access to this also as an administrator. I think it would be incredible to be able to send information, encouragement, and affirmations via e-mail.
ISTE 2008: Chris Lehman: School 2.0
Chris is principal of a school in Philadelphia that is working to "walk the talk" with the Web 2.0 tools. There are several things about his presentation that "hit home" with me. His primary points started off with the fact that the school needs to be a "Caring Institution." That follows my exact thoughts in that as we look at becoming more and more digital in our presentation, we need to remember that students still respond to the one to one personal touch they can only get from a caring teacher.
The school must be student centered, focused on the work they do and the relationships formed with the students. It can't be about the adults or about the technology. Everything that is done and every decision that is made needs to be based on what is best for the students.
Technology instruction, like Science, need to be inquiry driven, and driven by asking authentic questions that we do not necessarily know the answers to. Giving students the opportunity to truly dig in and discover the answers to "real" questions.
The projects and activities students engage in have to be passionate and have to matter to the students. If it isn't important, today's students do not necessarily care to engage in it. They will be come passionate about things that are important and have significance.
Once projects are complete and learning has taken place, we need to allow students the opportunity to reflect on their learning. They need to be engaged in the meta-cognitive process of thinking about what they did, thinking about their learning, and thinking about their thinking.
And learning opportunities need to have technology infused to the point that it is ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible. That means technology needs to be available so learning does not have to be scheduled around when the technology is available. It has to be available "on demand" when it is needed.
I believe Chris explores some interesting ideas that provide a framework for developing a rich learning environment infused with technology. Keeping the focus on the students and away form the adults and technology is the key, which I believe is the key to any successful school community.
The school must be student centered, focused on the work they do and the relationships formed with the students. It can't be about the adults or about the technology. Everything that is done and every decision that is made needs to be based on what is best for the students.
Technology instruction, like Science, need to be inquiry driven, and driven by asking authentic questions that we do not necessarily know the answers to. Giving students the opportunity to truly dig in and discover the answers to "real" questions.
The projects and activities students engage in have to be passionate and have to matter to the students. If it isn't important, today's students do not necessarily care to engage in it. They will be come passionate about things that are important and have significance.
Once projects are complete and learning has taken place, we need to allow students the opportunity to reflect on their learning. They need to be engaged in the meta-cognitive process of thinking about what they did, thinking about their learning, and thinking about their thinking.
And learning opportunities need to have technology infused to the point that it is ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible. That means technology needs to be available so learning does not have to be scheduled around when the technology is available. It has to be available "on demand" when it is needed.
I believe Chris explores some interesting ideas that provide a framework for developing a rich learning environment infused with technology. Keeping the focus on the students and away form the adults and technology is the key, which I believe is the key to any successful school community.
K-12 Online Conference: Leading the Change Teaching Web 2.0 - Everything you need in one place
This presentation was tremendously helpful. Wendy Drexler not only reviewed some of the Web 2.0 tools available, but more importantly shared the Wiki where they are stored and shared her thoughts about getting people started using the tools. Her presentation outline included:
Assumptions
Why Teacher 2.0?
Tour of Teach Web 2.0 Wiki
How to Join and Contribute
How to Start Your Own Revolution
A part of each post on the Wiki includes a SWOT Analysis of the tool.
SWOT Analysis of Tool
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
As I think about applying her presentation to the Prosperity staff, I can't help but think how fortunate we are to have had some many team members already participate in Tech Cadre. Wow! What a tremendous benefit that is for our team and most importantly our students.
The Wiki was by far my most powerful learning from this presentation because I now know where I can go to learn more and explore about the 2.0 tools, but these steps to teacher integration shared during the presentation are also beneficial.
Steps Toward Teacher Integration
1. Awareness
2. Experimentation
3. Collborate with colleagues
4. Initiate unique projects, lessons, activities
As I think about this, I quite simply need to provide more opportunity for us to share with one another the things we are trying in our classrooms on a daily basis. I know that many of these tools are being used, we just need to develop the platform so our learning can be shared.
Assumptions
Why Teacher 2.0?
Tour of Teach Web 2.0 Wiki
How to Join and Contribute
How to Start Your Own Revolution
A part of each post on the Wiki includes a SWOT Analysis of the tool.
SWOT Analysis of Tool
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
As I think about applying her presentation to the Prosperity staff, I can't help but think how fortunate we are to have had some many team members already participate in Tech Cadre. Wow! What a tremendous benefit that is for our team and most importantly our students.
The Wiki was by far my most powerful learning from this presentation because I now know where I can go to learn more and explore about the 2.0 tools, but these steps to teacher integration shared during the presentation are also beneficial.
Steps Toward Teacher Integration
1. Awareness
2. Experimentation
3. Collborate with colleagues
4. Initiate unique projects, lessons, activities
As I think about this, I quite simply need to provide more opportunity for us to share with one another the things we are trying in our classrooms on a daily basis. I know that many of these tools are being used, we just need to develop the platform so our learning can be shared.
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