I have worked to create the final product of my ideas posted in Week 7. I have created a new Gmail address for class use, as well as a blog for posting the enrichment activities discussed in my screencast and GoogleDoc.
The GoogleDoc is a perpetual work in progress; I intend to make this a shared document after Friday so that my entire PLN can comment, edit, and add. Please consider this a work for all teachers to use as their own! Please look at the links I have added; this is what makes this project so important. I believe my GoogleDoc is an example of a 2.0 syllabus. It is interactive, transcends the classroom, and is self-guided in many ways. I hope to continue to improve on the document's effectiveness as parents and administration are brought on board with this document.
I have discussed my Twitter idea with my PLN on Twitter and have been given feedback. Although I have not created these specific questions, I think this task will be easy to implement in the course of the school day. As I get online to post homework on TeacherWeb (a requirement from the administration) I will also post a critical thinking question on Twitter. Many of these questions will come from my previous work, perhaps my previous year study guides, or board questions, or even some old textbooks laying around. I have not decided yet if I should use my professional account @MrsPendergest or create a new one. I do not want to hinder students from finding the question I posted if I happen to get into a conversation with Professionals in the same evening.
Finally the most important one to my daily classroom activities is the interactive notebook. This is the most in depth project, and as yet I have not delved in. However, I did attend a webinar by @Twilliamson15 and he has provided large amounts of resources. I had something similar in the past, and am currently working through my notes/student notebooks from last year to get ready. I think this will be another 'do as you go' project that will be very fluid to see how students adapt to the new philosophy.
Unfortunately school starts on Thursday so I am a bit flooded right now. I hope to post things on this blog as I get some evidence of my ideas in the classroom. Please email me at mrs.pendergest@gmail.com if you find me slacking! Best wishes to my peers as we buckle down for another unpredictable ride!
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Wow! Your materials look great. I particularly like the first day screencast as well as the Google Docs. It makes me really want to explore Google Docs which I've been meaning to all summer. Good luck with the start of school and I'm sure we "see" other in the virtual world soon.
ReplyDeleteKelly, I like your thinking about education melding with life. Especially with young people. Do you think they would use a "Wiki" as an everyday thing like "twitter?". They certainly love the cell phones. And even if they forget calculators, pencils, textbooks, they will have their phones! I like the notebook idea too.
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ps-good luck this year!
I love your GoogleDoc 2.0 Syllabus! It offers choices, fits to student interests, yet challenges them to critically think about various scientific concepts and/or practices! Thank you for sharing it with your PLN... it's a great resource!
ReplyDeleteAwesome work on the GoogleDoc syllabus. I'm really enjoying learning how to use Google Docs as well (just started). I wish we had had more time to explore it during the course!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I dream of achieving the level of expertise with Twitter that you have... I never understand half of the lingo you use in your tweets :)
Best of luck with the beginning of the school year.