This week is off to a wonderful start. Today I participated in my first collaborative planning discussion with Mr. Siegmund (Clarke County Instructional Technology Specialist) and Mr. Weaver (4th-grade teacher). This meeting took place at Barrow Elementary here in Athens. Mr. Weaver had reached out to Mr. Siegmund requesting assistance with adding technology into his social studies lessons. Together we discussed the curriculum, analyzed the overall goals for the unit on Western Expansion, and shared ideas that could be incorporated. The team settled on using a hyperdoc template that will be completed in the coming weeks. The team also discussed how to incorporate Flipgrid as a means of students sharing their work. The team will be getting together in the near future to continue the planning. Once the doc is completed and Mr. Weaver is ready to start the unit, the document will be pushed out through Google Classroom.
January 30, 2019 - 3 hrs.
Today I was fortunate to have been given a gift. The gift was a field trip by all fourth grade and fifth-grade students and this equated into the precious gift of TIME. This freed me and my site supervisor up for 3 hours to discuss the needs analysis for my professional development. We used this time to discuss the best approach to collect the necessary data. We settled on creating a Google Form that targets a variety of elements. The form was created and it will be sent out in the coming days.
February 1, 2019 - 2 hrs.
Ms. Hudson and I met up after school to complete the interview requirement of this practicum semester. We had a great discussion which began with the given questions but quickly encompassed a variety of other topics, concerns, and wishes. She shared her personal desires for our school and county. One such desire is the need for Clarke County to provide each school an Instructional Technology Specialist. She feels that the time for an increase in personnel is now. What's the purpose of having a one-to-one initiative when teachers are left on their own to implement strategies. This was a well-spent couple of hours.
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