Field Experience

Field experience for ITEC 7400 and ITEC 7410:

Include the following Standards. TF-I.B, TF-II, TF-II.D, TF-IIE, TF-3D, TF-VI, TF-VII

My Field Experience consists of a number of things from discussions with grade level and staff, professional development, projects worked on for the school and trainings.

1 hour- Copyright and Internet Presentation- discuss with media center clerk and showed my presentation and assisted in the copyright delivery

3 hours- Professional Development- On multiple days, training was given for Microsoft 10.0, training was given on Graph Club and some Activ Board training.

1.5 hours- Engaged Learning Project- participated in discussion with Third grade teachers in regards to my Engaged Learning Recycling Project. There will be further discussion on the project and starting a recycling program in the school

2 hours- IDMS (Instructional Data Management System- Received training and we are using this system which utilized instruction data such as lesson plans, Benchmark, and CRCT scores to manage students throughout their Public Education Pre-K-12^th grade. The system automatically groups stones according to their instruction needs and areas in which they struggle. I also had to redeliver to my grade level.

5 hours- CSIP- Work on sections of the School Improvement Plan to help develop and show ways they our school can improve education with a group staff members including technology. Discussions on starting a committee for the up coming years and creating a technology vision for our school as well as creating technology as its own subject in the new CSIP.

5 hours-SIOP- discussion and training took place on ideas for using manipulative and technology to help in increasing education and learning specifically for the ESOL children at our school.

10+ hours- Lesson Planning and grade level meetings- Discussed different things about what I have been learning in my class in regards to technology. When doing lesson plans, we had to find ways to implement different forms of technology into our lesson plans. We collaborate and use things such as the Activ Board to create scavenger hunts on things such as naming the states, CRCT practices and review, and research across the curriculum. Technology incorporation also includes but is not limited to: computers, TV. listening centers, Activ Boards, computers, and video.

4 hours- Math Mooooo-ment- two weeks ago, I was asked participate with some staff members in Math Mooooo-ment. Math Moooo-ment is a short cartoon based learning Math that is air on Jolly Elementary’s Morning Show. We create mathematical situations and problems based around math standards and what teachers a currently teaching using puppets and manipulative. The puppet show is recorded then aired on the morning showing weekly.

Final Blog

I made it through my first semester of Grad School. It has been a very crazy. I went from working one job- teaching to teaching, working a second job, starting Grad school and dealing with some personal issues all at once. . I was trying to be superwoman and it was NOT working. The number 1 thing I noticed is that requires a lot of time.. I have made some changes and quit my second job in efforts to create more time for me complete my work in an orderly and timely fashion so that I may succeed better in the upcoming semesters.

When I originally start Grad School, I thought that I had some awareness about technology but little did I know. Throughout this semester, I have learned many great and interesting things. Number 1 being that technology is not simply about computers. It is a world beyond and then some. I realized that I only knew a small portion but I am not completely illiterate. Lol.

Blogging for class has definitely been different and I never thought that blogging could be something that kids can do to help engage and educate them. I enjoyed looking at the videos about the Engaged Learning Projects as well as doing an engaged learning project. I found that I had a number of ideas and it was rather hard trying to narrow them down. Through reading and discussions, I have learned of a number of ways to incorporate technology into my classroom. To name a few: Word, PowerPoint, Internet, T.V, Video, Audio, Cameras, Graphs, Blogging and Wikis.

These classes have allowed me to gain a better understanding of my school and where it stands as far as technology is concerned. The School Improvement Project/ Tech Plan has allowed me to investigate, and discuss with individuals about my school. In talking some people, we have come to the conclusion that our school could benefit from having a technology team and that we could even benefit having technology as a separate entity in our CSIP. Forming a committee may even help my school to find a better vision as far as technology is concerned. I think that once I become more comfortable in what I am learning I could be a great asset to my school and assist in these new adventures. Thanks a lot Dr. Williamson and classmates.

Grant and Partnership

I was surprised as I read and looked up information in regards to grants and partnerships. There are so many companies, businesses, and families offer moneys to help fund education. There are grants for all subjects, all types of circumstances and all types of people. It just takes some time searching for grants in which you meet the requirements and planning to apply for them. I do not know of any grants in which my school has applied for however, I do know some individuals that have applied for grants and received them.

Partnerships are a great way to give advertising to companies and in return they assist the school. I thing found is interesting that some partnerships work with individual classrooms and did not know they do that. My school currently has a partnership with a Frazier Realty Company and DaVido's Pizza.

One of the things Frazier Realty Company does for our school is donates monies to supports our “Buck of the Day” Program which promotes school attendance. Each day a students is called to see if they are present and on time to school and if they are they receive a dollar and at the end of each month, 2 students are picked from each classroom who have had perfect attendance for the month. DaVido's Pizza offers pizza to the school at a discounted rate and it is served during PTA meetings and Conference Nights.

I was looking at some grants and inquiring to my principal about them and partnerships, she asked me if I was going to write one. I informed her that it could be something to consider however I know that grants have to be worded and written a certain way in order to have some success in getting them. We have an individual who serves as a liaison for promoting school and community togetherness and activities. But it would be interesting to see if some committee could be formed whose job is to find and select partnerships and grants which would be beneficial to our school. Maybe that is something I could look into then again....