Field-based+Activities+for+September+2010

Field-based Activities Monthly Report
** // Instructions:  // **//  Enter the total number of internship hours that you had worked at the start of the month in the upper right cell. Remember that you must log a ** minimum of 50 hours ** of field-based experience. For each week, enter a brief description of your internship activities for that week in the top row. Remember to include the ISTE Technology Facilitation standards. Use the second row for each week to report meetings and communications that you had with your __site mentor__. (Meetings with parents, administrators and/or coworkers that are related to your project work should be noted in the activities row for the week.) Enter the hours you worked for each week at the end of the row. Total the week’s hours, then enter the total number of internship hours that you have worked as of the end of the week. //   2. I taught the research introductory lesson and assigned a group project- based learning activity combining research and advanced PowerPoint presentations related to online safety, netiquette, and copyright.  3. I created a blog and started student blogs. I shared this activity with colleagues who began using supporting the use of Web-based authoring   ||   3   ||  2. I worked with a technology facilitator to troubleshoot Italc, a monitoring program which was not working.  3. I Updated the debate team website, a site created and maintained by me. The website was blocked, so I followed the procedure for the district to unblock the site on the school network. I shared this process with other teachers. ||  2½   ||   2. I contacted Ms. Tindall and she agreed to supervise my internship and mentor me. ||^  ||   2. I met with Mr. Bull for approval to use personal days for meeting the requirements of internship. ||^  ||   2. I assisted Ms. Wyatt with registering her class set of ActivExpression response devices.  3. I collaborated with math and science teachers during C-scope training to build lessons based on the curriculum management system.  4. I met with the district T-3 Grant team to discuss the grant audit process and develop district benchmark tests in math applying effective assessment and evaluation strategies.  5. I met with Mark Gabehart, district chief technology officer and planned to meet with the district technology committee..  6. I met with the district T-3 Grant team to discuss the grant audit process and develop district benchmark tests in math  ||   8   ||  2. I met with my mentor to debrief after completing the above activities. ||^  ||  **  Part 2  **
 * **  Date: September 2010 Total Internship hours at the start of the month:   ** ||   11   ||
 * **  Week   ** || **  Functions  ** ||   ||  **  Hrs  **  ||
 * ** 1  ** || **   Week’s Activities   ** ||   1. I worked with the librarian to develop lessons for teaching research using the library online sources.
 * ^  || **   Communication with Supervisor   ** ||     ||^   ||
 * ** 2  ** || **   Week’s Activities   ** ||   1. I participated in the district’s monthly meeting of the technology liaisons from all campuses. We were trained to assist teachers and technology facilitators for an exchange of computers. We learned to back up hard drive files including hidden files for transfer to the new computers.
 * ^  || **   Communication with Supervisor   ** ||   1. Mr. Bull informed me that I should work with Janie Tindall, our T3 Grant specialist because of pressing issues that he was facing.
 * ** 3  ** || **   Week’s Activities   ** ||     ||   ½   ||
 * ^  || **   Communication with Supervisor   ** ||   1. I met with Jamie Tindall to review completed activities and plan additional activities to complete my internship.
 * ** 4  ** || **   Week’s Activities   ** || <span style="margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">.
 * ^  || **   Communication with Supervisor   ** || <span style="margin: 3pt 0in 3pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">  1. I met with my mentor to plan the above activities.
 * ** 5  ** || **   Week’s Activities   ** ||     ||     ||
 * ^  || **   Communication with Supervisor   ** ||     ||^   ||
 * **  Hours worked this month:   **  ||   14   ||
 * ** Total internship hours to date including this month:  **    ||   25   ||

__ Reflection __
I was still pretty much on my own as I started September, but I continued to look for ways to meet the the ITSE standards for technology facilitators. Most of the work started in my classroom, but I sought opportunities to share what I was doing and collaborate with others who were integrating technology in their curriculum or were interested in trying use technology to improve student learning. I found that my students were engaged as they conducted research and started blogging. Some of them blogged about hating to blog but they realized that they had an audience and improved their writing skills. During the second week of September I started working with my new mentor, Jamie Tindall. We reviewed the activities that I had been working on and started planning the activities that I would be involved in. We decided that we would use the shadowing model that is prevalent in administrative internships. I made sure that it would be acceptable with Mr. Bull for me to use personal days to assure that I could get my hours in. I had the opportunity to meet with the technology liaisons who serve as lead technology teachers in each building. I was originally suppose to serve in that capacity but it was decided not to replace the retiring liaison because of budget cuts. I was impressed with how well the team was organized. The training and discussions were interesting, and I was able to meet some of the technology leaders in the district. I continue to work in my own classes and share with others. My first day of shadowing provided opportunities for me to work with technology leaders as I began to expand my circle of influence. I had the opportunity towork one on one with a number of teachers providing support in a variety of situations. I was able to see how some teachers were resistant to the curriculum management system while others were tapping into the resources available for improving teaching and learning.