Web Portfolio Presentations; GAETI Recap GAETI Blog Review

     The WebPortfolio Presentations was done by GAETI Participants.  This morning we all presented our Web Portfolio  that consisted of Technology, Lesson Plan, Presentations, Work Samples, and Blog. 
This went really well as some presented extra well.  Dr. Bracey guided us to connect to each other on google+.  This was interesting and enjoyable.  I have learned a lot more about technology through this workshop and am grateful for having it. We were taught as lot and given valuable handouts for preparing for the Common Core 21st century.

















                      

WedPortfolio Presentatiions;

Lesson Plan Presentations

Our Gaeti Team presented our lesson plans today and it was enjoyable. We used our technology skills in our presentation, with our lessons. I look forward to improving my skills in technology

Differentiation/Students with Disabilities Technology Plan Finalization

In this morning's session, Dr. Bracey discussed Differentiation/ Students with Disabilities Technology Plan Finalization with us and then took our class for a tour of T K Martin Center for Technology and Disabilities We viewed the technology of computers, language machines, chairs, and driving simulators for disabled individuals to use, to learn with and communicate and with. This tour was interesting and educational. In Exploring Culture Through Art Presentations, with Mrs. Latham, we presented and displayed our finished art project to our class, this experience was enjoyable and educational.

Copyright or Copywrong

The information and websites from the Show-and-Tell session are useful teaching resources. Ms. Rachel Cannady's Copyright or Copywrong session on copyrighting contained pertinent information thats important for educators to be aware of. Published materials before 1923 is in the public domain. Published material should be used for educational purposes only and not for profit. There are copyright friendly images and sounds available for teachers to use. We were advised to go for the older published materials.

Copyright or Copywrong

Setting up a Canvas Corner

The GAETI Team presented Show-and-Tell. Dr. Lee's session, Setting up a Canvas course showed the many uses of Canvas Instructure in the classroom. Dr. Beriswill taught us Presentation Tips and Powerpoint. I learned a lot through the interesting practice she provided to us, it was very helpful. Ms. Latham's Art classes are interesting and meaningful. We worked on emphasizing our subject area (mine's is Social Studies) through art, using a variety of medias provided to us. We worked with watercolors, chalk, acrylic paints, colored markers and presently glass cutting. Ms. Latham demonstrated to us in small groups on how to cut glass, we all wore goggles during the process. We selected colorful glass pieces to cut in a shape that are then fused (heated to melt,) these are cooled and arranged on our projects to decorate and enhance them.

iPad for Classrooms and Prezi 101

During the iPad for Classroom sessions, Dr. Lee showed it to be a valuable teaching tool. the teacher can hilite the passages for students to read and consider during the lessons and it is used for grade level reading of selected books. Mrs. Agnew continued our session on Prezi 101, explaining and demonstrating the uses of Prezi to make shapes, templates, images, and anything that can be uploaded to the computer, also music.

Blog & Wiki in Classroom

The morning session included Show-and-tell from our Gaeti Team of Helpful websites to use in teaching. These websites provided teaching resources, lessons, Videos, and websites to use for an introduction on the first day of school. Dr. Lee's sessions on Mind-mapping & Collaboration and storytelling was interesting and informative And connected the use of canvas, weebly, twitter, and how we can use these in classroom activities And lesson planning.

Blog & Wiki in Classroom

The morning session included Show-and-Tell from our Gaeti Team. We were given helpful websites to use in Teaching. These provide resources for lessons, lesson planning, videos and websites to use for introduction on The first day of school. Dr. Lee's sessions on Mind-mapping & Collaboration and Storytelling was interesting and informative. The sessions connected the use of canvas, weebly,and twitter to use in our lessons and lesson planning

CCSS Presentaion

Our session this morning gave us the information to plan effective lessons for our students. Mr Segalini informed us that teaching the standards will make MCT2 a success and to start planning our lessons with standards. Reading and writing are to be integrated into every subject, everyday, no worksheets. Standards beg for integration of science, history and technology. Teachers are to provide scaffolding, interventions, and intermediate planning for students that need this assistance. The activities were educational and interesting and the web sites will be beneficial to use in teaching our students.

Teacher Grant Resources/ Technology Plans

We searched for resources that have grants for teachers. We viewed and discussed the requirements for entering them. These will be very helpful in acquiring the needed technology resources needed for our students. Dr. Bennett's and Dr. Green's session on The Federal Reserve Bank was very informative and the lessons plan ideas to on the history of our currency will be educational and interesting for the students.

School/District Policy Involvement Activity

The session this morning included a debriefing and visiting good websites: NPR.org and classflow.com. We divided into groups of 3 to discuss ways of successfully implementing common core into our school district and presented these and discussed. we then wrote our own "Presentation of Common Core,"and discussed. The Teacher Professionalism, MSTAR Review, Organization Involvement and E-Portfolio Overview was presented to us and prepared us to start our lesson plans, choosing or strand and competencies. Today was very informative and interesting.

Common Core 21st Century

 The Common Core  21st century information that we were given today was on target with the websites that are very useful  to use, starting with the first day of school; as with using the prezi the first  day of school for my  introduction., copying and pasting Qr codes, and uploading my syllabus to my website so that the students can pull it up. We installed our twitter account and was given information on how to obtain technology supplies for our students.

Service-Learning/21st Century; MS Youth Highway Safety

The Show and Tell from my fellow teachers was very informative and we were given helpful on line sites for us to visit for effective teaching,and immediate feedback to teachers, students and parents. The Service-Learning/21st Century Skills is for global and critical thinkers to be cohesive and work together. Service learning is good to get students out in the neighborhood to see the problems, and the real struggles of people in need of their neighborhood. We as educators want to prepare our students, by having them to fully develop their soft skills and hard skills that are necessay for success in their future educatiional and work endeavors.

Economics

This economic lesson was informative, interesting and enjoyable. We learned that economics is about trade and that trade is how economics emerged, in order to satisfy ones want. We learned that we can be proud of Mississippi for being in the top 10 of economic education, and that most of the time we are in the top 5. We learned that economics is not money and that money is a vehicle to make trade easier. Dr. Smith had us to write the answers to our questions, becasuse writing is the completion of thinking. This underscored to me how valuable writing is and that it should be use often in the education of our youths and it is good for therapy also with the elderly who have been through traumatic situations, as the recent tornado in Louisville, MS. We were given the activity, "How does a waitress make a pencil?" a very enlightening activity to use with students. Many lessons can be built on this. Its takes 3 different countries to produce the needed materials to manufacture this common, but complicated and beautiful item.

Games and Simulations

I learned today about smart boards and other technology and group application activities, simulations and games activities and arts and crafts. We were given the official website for smartboards to use to refer to in teaching my students. We were given game websites to visits and explore. we were introduced to making educational games to use in the subject areas to be taught.

Literacy Strategies

I found the scalloping, small group learning, standards and TBL learning most helpful. The scalloping can be used in reading and writing grouping of 4 students of high and lower achievers. The high achievers will support and withdraw when their support is no longer needed in mastering that objective. The literacy strategies will be effective in teaching students to use and apply course concepts in groups of 5-7 students to support common core reading and writing.

Overview & objectives; CCSS and your subject areas

The two things that I found most helpful today was Backward design planning and collaboration among subject areas teachers. Backward design(understanding by design) Consist of three questions: Where are we going? (strands, competsencies, & objectives); How will we know when we have arrived? ( assessment); How will we get there? (content and learning activities). Answering these questions will assist in the planning of effective lessons. Googling 'Expand collaboration' to also collaborate with teachers at other schools outside of my school and country will be helpful for effective ideas to incorporate in my lesson planning and teaching.

Geocache

The geocache activity was interesting,challenging,educational and enjoyable. This group activity could be implemented for virtual tours of local areas, historical sites, places of interest, etc. and by using the geocache devices in groups of 3 or 4 by placing the questions in strategic locations using coordinates.

How can you use spatial data or maps in your class?

The spatial data can be used with the national atlas, for social data, culutral overview of Europeanss variety of languages. The spatial data is used with the national atlas, for social data, to give the different languages of countries and religions.

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I am happy to be here. I am learning more about technology.