I started today by meeting with S. Ray Lowder's new lab teacher assistant Kathy Walker. She will be working in the lab on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. The plan seems to be that teachers will ususally send their kids into the lab with their assistant and Kathy.
Kathy has already created a form that asks teachers what they want the kids to work on. This is a great idea so that lab time doesn't turn into play time or drill time. We worked on using the Smartboard and creating notebook files for it. We also discussed bookmarking. I am going to set her and the other lab assistants up on delicious so they can share bookmarks.
I also showed her a number of programs that Lowder has. They seem to be using Education City as well as GCompris. I need to find out if they are using the data collection of education city and then do some staff development on that and classcape.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
I got an e-mail shortly after 8 a.m. from Battleground. Seems they had another Palm go belly-up. I spent some time creating a how-to so that teachers could reset Palms that lose the info. I forwarded it to Lee and Diana Carpenter at Battleground.
I also spent some time researching the Dibels program in general so I can offer better support.
After lunch I went to Pumpkin Intermediate and spoke with the media coordinator about several tech issues, including moving a few computers and plans for the Smart Board that is presently underutilized.
I also spoke with Lee about getting quotes on USB cables and other parts for several Smartboards around the county.
I also spent some time researching the Dibels program in general so I can offer better support.
After lunch I went to Pumpkin Intermediate and spoke with the media coordinator about several tech issues, including moving a few computers and plans for the Smart Board that is presently underutilized.
I also spoke with Lee about getting quotes on USB cables and other parts for several Smartboards around the county.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 27, 2008
Finshed up my PGP this morning. It just needs a once-over before I send it to Glenda. I met with Linda Yoder for about an hour this morning. We worked on her wiki and discussed plans for integrating science and tech this year. I showed her Delicious bookmarking and she was impressed. We are going to try setting up a few select science teachers and making grade level groups to share web sites.
After Lunch I went to Battleground to work on their Smart Board. Unfortunately, the computer they have that works with the old Smartboard cable is too slow to run Smart Software effectively. I will double check with Lee. She was going to price out a Smart USB connector so they can use a new comp. We need one at Rock Springs as well.
After Lunch I went to Battleground to work on their Smart Board. Unfortunately, the computer they have that works with the old Smartboard cable is too slow to run Smart Software effectively. I will double check with Lee. She was going to price out a Smart USB connector so they can use a new comp. We need one at Rock Springs as well.
Tuesday, August 26
Today started with a breakfast and meeting of the Instructional Services Center team. We got an update for our handbook.
Afterwards I returned to the mobile and worked on my PGP for a while, completing the first two goals.
Mid morning I got a call from Lee O'Neal and we went to Battleground to work on a Diblels Palm that was malfunctioning. Turns out it had reset over the summer and lost the teacher's login information. We also met with the new librarian Karen Dellinger and discussed ways to utlilize some of the unused tech and AV equipment there, including a small rolling Smartboard.
At 2:45 I met with the new media specialist at Rock Springs, Rebekah Stanton. We got her broadcast equimpent working and I suggested having ITS put in a connection to her computer so she can show ppts on the broadcast system. and disucssed future activities including a lesson unit on elections that she will do with classes. She wants to be able to show campaign ads and is having some problems getting them to show on her computer. We also discussed plans for staff development, with the first workshop probably being on e-mail.
Afterwards I returned to the mobile and worked on my PGP for a while, completing the first two goals.
Mid morning I got a call from Lee O'Neal and we went to Battleground to work on a Diblels Palm that was malfunctioning. Turns out it had reset over the summer and lost the teacher's login information. We also met with the new librarian Karen Dellinger and discussed ways to utlilize some of the unused tech and AV equipment there, including a small rolling Smartboard.
At 2:45 I met with the new media specialist at Rock Springs, Rebekah Stanton. We got her broadcast equimpent working and I suggested having ITS put in a connection to her computer so she can show ppts on the broadcast system. and disucssed future activities including a lesson unit on elections that she will do with classes. She wants to be able to show campaign ads and is having some problems getting them to show on her computer. We also discussed plans for staff development, with the first workshop probably being on e-mail.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday, 8-25. First day of school
Today I started by working on updating my wiki page. I also corresponded via e-mail with media specialists at Pumpkin primary, and Rock Springs. I will meet with Ms. Stanton at Rock Springs tomorrow to talk about a unit on Elections. At Pumpkin we discussed a grant application and staff development.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
First two weeks
Back to school. This post is a bit of a roundup of the first week back. I started with new teacher induction on Aug. 13-15. I assisted with setup and shot some movie clips of the activities. On the first day I did a quick 15-minute introduction to e-mail and L-core with all new elementary teachers. Dr. Martin approached me with the idea of creating a video with student pictures zooming out of a globe. He wanted to use this at convocation. I started working on a demo of it that night
On the second day I mainly took some video and helped Lee O'Neal with setup. Thursday night I edited together the footage shot on the first two days to show to the new teachers. After the workshop was over I went to see Belinda Branson to discuss the photo story and movie.
On Friday I did an hour presentation on ed-tech, my job, L-Core, e-mail and web sites with the "new new" teachers. They seem to be pretty tech-savvy and interested in integrating tech. The do seem to be a bit overwhelmed though, which is only natural.
On Monday I worked with Belinda and got the pictures, sound and ppt for the presentation. I began working on the video and powerpoint. I also stopped by Pumpkin Primary and helped set up the library projector and doc cam.
On Tuesday I took the finished ppt to North Lincoln where we tested everything. Steven and his crew at ITS have done a great job of getting this ready.
On Wednesday we did convocation and it went off well. Dr. Martin did a "David Letterman" style format with really funny interviews of kids. After convocation I help Glenda Walker set up for elementary staff development. I was going to bring some flyers by but there were not enough left. I will instead print more later and take them directly to the schools. I may try and get a few minutes at each school's first regular faculty meeting.
Thursday I assisted Lee by proctoring make-up English EOCs. Afterwards I went to the office and cleared up files and mail from the summer. Internet was down at the office and I contacted Chip.
On Friday morning I did some planning for the first few weeks. I set up the scanner and tested a donated microscope. Chip came early afternoon and fixed the Internet access. I spent the rest of the afternoon planning this blog, going through e-mails and thinking about my PGP.
On the second day I mainly took some video and helped Lee O'Neal with setup. Thursday night I edited together the footage shot on the first two days to show to the new teachers. After the workshop was over I went to see Belinda Branson to discuss the photo story and movie.
On Friday I did an hour presentation on ed-tech, my job, L-Core, e-mail and web sites with the "new new" teachers. They seem to be pretty tech-savvy and interested in integrating tech. The do seem to be a bit overwhelmed though, which is only natural.
On Monday I worked with Belinda and got the pictures, sound and ppt for the presentation. I began working on the video and powerpoint. I also stopped by Pumpkin Primary and helped set up the library projector and doc cam.
On Tuesday I took the finished ppt to North Lincoln where we tested everything. Steven and his crew at ITS have done a great job of getting this ready.
On Wednesday we did convocation and it went off well. Dr. Martin did a "David Letterman" style format with really funny interviews of kids. After convocation I help Glenda Walker set up for elementary staff development. I was going to bring some flyers by but there were not enough left. I will instead print more later and take them directly to the schools. I may try and get a few minutes at each school's first regular faculty meeting.
Thursday I assisted Lee by proctoring make-up English EOCs. Afterwards I went to the office and cleared up files and mail from the summer. Internet was down at the office and I contacted Chip.
On Friday morning I did some planning for the first few weeks. I set up the scanner and tested a donated microscope. Chip came early afternoon and fixed the Internet access. I spent the rest of the afternoon planning this blog, going through e-mails and thinking about my PGP.
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Welcome. This year I plan to use this blog to track and reflect on my daily work as an Instructional Technology facilitator in Lincoln County Schools. Feel free to comment and tell me how well I am doing or what I need to work on!
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