Internship+Reflection+April+2010

Field-based Activities Monthly Report: Kim Icenhower ET 8007
TF-III. A.3 Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of research tools. TF-III. A.4 Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of problem-solving/decision-making tools. TF-III.E.2 Use major and research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support integration throughout the curriculum.
 * ** Date: April, 2010 Total Internship hours at the start of the month: ** || 54 ||
 * ** Week ** || **Functions** ||  || **Hrs** ||
 * **1** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Met with Candy Milburn in the computer lab at Spring Lake Park to model and provide solutions for researching methods with student power points relating to the science curriculum. Projects had to be saved on the G drive for teacher to view and grade.

Videotaped Nichole Smith at Dunbar Elementary while teaching a math lesson in 2nd grade. Video will be placed in a community folder for the entire campus to view, as needed, for best teaching practices while incorporating technology. TF-III.C.1 Use methods and strategies for teaching problem solving skills using technology resources. TF-V.C.7 Use examples of emerging programming, authoring, or problem-solving environments that support personal and professional development. || 2 || TF-III.C.1 Use methods and strategies for teaching problem solving skills using technology resources. TF-V.C.7 Use examples of emerging programming, authoring, or problem-solving environments that support personal and professional development. || 1 || TF-V Educational Technology Facilitators apply technology to enhance and improve personal productivity and professional practice. TF-V.A.1 Identify resources and participate in professional development activities and professional technology organizations to support ongoing professional growth related to technology. TF-V.C.4 Use a variety of distance learning systems and use at least one to support personal and professional growth.
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Ronnie Thompson ||^   ||
 * **2** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Videotaped Heather Huckabee at Dunbar Elementary while teaching a math lesson in 4th grade. Video will be placed in a community folder for the entire campus to view, as needed, for best teaching practices while incorporating technology.
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Ronnie Thompson ||^   ||
 * **3** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Mimio Certified Trainer Program (mCT) in Houston, Texas. Training for the Mimio Interactive White Board provides participants with the information, skills, access to materials and support to lead effective, meaningful training sessions for colleagues. This culminates a three week distance learning course for certification.

Video tape Kiaundra Walker, 3rd grade teacher at Dunbar Elementary, while she uses technology enhanced instruction. This video will be part of several videos that will be used for best practice examples for colleagues to use. TF-III.C.1 Use methods and strategies for teaching problem solving skills using technology resources. TF-V.C.7 Use examples of emerging programming, authoring, or problem-solving environments that support personal and professional development.

Assisted Susan Culberson (SLP Computer Lab Teacher) with converting video file format over to a file that will be compatible with district software for creating morning video announcements for the school. TF-VII.A.6 Use and apply strategies for troubleshooting and maintaining various hardware/software configurations found in school settings. TF-VII.A.7 Use network software packages to operate a computer network system.

Modeled/Helped Nicole Smith and Maria Primm upload information into Knomi, our district goal setting curriculum. They added blogs, links, images and subscriptions for students to have access to. TF-V.D.1 Model the use of telecommunications tools and resources for information sharing, remote information access, and multimedia/hypermedia publishing in order to nurture student learning. TF-V.D.4 Design, develop, and maintain Web pages and sites that support communication between school and community. || 20 || TF-V.B.1 Continually evaluate and reflect on practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning. TF-VII.A.1 Use plans to configure software/computer/technology systems and related peripherals in laboratory, classroom cluster, and other appropriate instructional arrangements. || 2 || TF-VII.B.1 Identify instructional software to support and enhance the school curriculum and develop recommendations for purchase. TF-VII.B.7 Describe and identify recommended specifications for purchasing technology systems in school settings. || 1 ||
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Ronnie Thompson ||^   ||
 * **4** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Met with Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade teachers at Spring Lake Park to discuss the Knomi Journey that has been added to the goal setting curriculum.
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Ronnie Thompson ||^   ||
 * **5** || ** Week’s Activities ** || Set up a trial version of Rainforest Math for principals to preview and try out. Discussed with principles prices, benefits and ease of use. Also, discussed with Mrs. Roberts the purchasing of additional Mimio Interactive devices and Classroom Response Systems.
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** || Ronnie Thompson ||^   ||
 * ** Hours worked this month: ** || 26 ||
 * ** Total internship hours to date including this month: ** || 80 ||

__Reflection__
Reflection for Month of April:

During the month of April, I was able to plan a few field experience activities and cover 26 more of my internship hours. The first week, I found several opportunities to participate in helping, guiding, and assisting those on my campuses. I assisted Candy Milburn, a fifth grade teacher at Spring Lake Park Elementary, with modeling and providing solutions for researching methods with student power points relating to the science curriculum. Projects had to be saved on the G drive for teacher to view and grade. Web based tools add the ability to communicate and collaborate with the world outside the classroom easily and at no cost beyond the technology. Thus, Web 2.0 tools are part of a paradigm shift in learning. Rather than delivering information from textbooks and teachers’ resources, the new approach harnesses the technologies that students use outside of school to engage them in finding and analyzing resources themselves (Solomon & Schrum, 2007). These are the standards that we were able to cover: TF-III.A.3 Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of research tools, TF-III.A.4 Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of problem-solving/decision-making tools, and TF-III.E.2 Use major and research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support integration throughout the curriculum. I also videotaped three teachers at Dunbar Elementary teaching for best practice modeling for the Learning Community file I created for other teachers to view on the G drive of the district server. These standards were covered: TF-III.C.1 Use methods and strategies for teaching problem solving skills using technology resources, and TF-V.C.7 Use examples of emerging programming, authoring, or problem-solving environments that support personal and professional development. To gain trainer hours, I attended the Mimio Certified Train the Trainer Event in Houston with colleagues. These standards were covered to complete 20 hours of Internship: TF-V Educational Technology Facilitators apply technology to enhance and improve personal productivity and professional practice, TF-V.A.1 Identify resources and participate in professional development activities and professional technology organizations to support ongoing professional growth related to technology, and TF-V.C.4 Use a variety of distance learning systems and use at least one to support personal and professional growth.

I assisted the computer lab teacher convert files for the morning announcements using a video converter and helped her compile these for a completed video and covered these standards: TF-VII.A.6 Use and apply strategies for troubleshooting and maintaining various hardware/software configurations found in school settings, and TF-VII.A.7 Use network software packages to operate a computer network system. Assisted two teachers at Dunbar Elementary upload blogs, images, links, and subscriptions into Knomi, our goal setting curriculum. Both teachers were looking for ways to incorporate technology into their classrooms with 2.0 technologies. Communication software, such as blogs and email applications, provide another way for you and your students to set and communicate goals and objectives (Pitler, 2007). These standards were covered: TF-V.D.1 Model the use of telecommunications tools and resources for information sharing, remote information access, and multimedia/hypermedia publishing in order to nurture student learning, and TF-V.D.4 Design, develop, and maintain Web pages and sites that support communication between school and community. Also discussed with these teachers and other teachers at my campuses how to incorporate the goal setting part of Knomi into the curriculum and include the My Journey part. Teachers used this part of Knomi to help students set goals for their future and included these standards: TF-V.B.1 Continually evaluate and reflect on practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning, and TF-VII.A.1 Use plans to configure software/computer/technology systems and related peripherals in laboratory, classroom cluster, and other appropriate instructional arrangements. Towards the last of the month, I set up a trial version of Rainforest Math for both my principals to preview and practice with a different pay site for math for their teachers. We also discussed the pros and cons of using this site instead of the one they were already using. This version was for a five day plan and I was able to cover more standards: TF-VII.B.1 Identify instructional software to support and enhance the school curriculum and develop recommendations for purchase, and TF-VII.B.7 Describe and identify recommended specifications for purchasing technology systems in school settings.

References

Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). //Using technology with classroom instruction that works.// Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

//Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools //Solomon, G.,&Schrum, L. (2007).//Web 2.0: Newtools, new schools.//Eugene, OR:InternationalSociety forTechnology in Education.

Williamson, J. & Redish, T. (2009). //Technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every K-12 leader should know and be able to do//. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.