Inservice

=__**PLC Presentation**__=

===//"I guess for me if I could be a better teacher I would want my peers to tell me and help me. Educating should be the most public thing we do."// Steven W. Anderson __ http://web20classroom.blogspot.com __ ===

__//**Online Collaboration**//__

 * 1) show youtube clip on home page about what a wiki is - BETH
 * 2) demo on collaboration using a wiki - BETH & STEVE
 * 3) talk about the possible uses - BETH
 * 4) within departments
 * 5) Collaboration without being physically present - i.e., sharing ideas from conferences, workshops, etc., as you obtain them.
 * 6) Efficient communication with large groups of people
 * 7) editing documents school wide documents
 * 8) sharing lesson plans
 * 9) with colleagues from other schools -- instant feedback on efficacy and experience
 * 10) within the district -- curriculum alignment
 * 11) working on projects
 * 12) Paperless -- students can work and submit electronically
 * 13) Progress -- teacher can view student progress and monitor student participation; teacher can also provide feedback
 * 1:1 iPad ideas
 * 1) Teaching internet etiquette
 * 2) create a wiki for a class or class project
 * 3) Private class blog -- students take topics from class discussion and post constructive comments about lesson (what they gained, difficulties understanding the material)
 * 4) Class discussion -- verbal and written -- students submit discussion topics and share research with entire class while teacher monitors verbal.
 * 5) Roles of users
 * 6) Free!
 * 7) More info
 * 8) http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/wikispaces-adds-new-commenting-feature.html

__//Classroom Websites//__

 * 1) Who:
 * 2) Teachers - handbook, assignments, calendar of events, examples, practice quizzes,
 * 3) Coaches - schedule, results, bus times, stats ....
 * 4) Students - online blogging
 * 5) Why?
 * 6) Ask yourself:
 * 7) Do the parents of your students know what is happening in your classroom
 * 8) Do your peers know what you are doing in your class
 * 9) We all admire the person who communicates through hand-written letters, but communicating via the internet is the today's norm
 * 10) You put a lot into being a teacher - the public should know you are doing
 * 11) Fastest / Cheapest form of communication
 * 12) Protection against "You didn't tell me" "I didn't know" "I was absent and ...." "You were gone when I came back and ..." "You told me this"
 * 13) How:
 * 14) Basic site will be created for you - you don't have to do anything at all
 * 15) Online instructions: http://www.rb60.com/classwebsites/
 * 16) Easier than you think - if you can email - you can maintain a website
 * 17) NO SPECIAL COMPUTER SKILLS ARE NEEDED
 * 18) I will assist you in getting started and will help you if you get caught up
 * 19) What is stopping you?
 * 20) "I don't have time."
 * 21) Having a classroom website can actually save you time
 * 22) "I don't know how." AKA "I haven't been trained."
 * 23) You passed college, you can email, you can do this!
 * 24) "Students don't look at the website."
 * 25) Given the opportunity, most students will take the path of least resistance
 * 26) Students don't see a need because we don't require it (same with student email addresses
 * 27) "If they want me to have a website, the school will have to pay me."
 * 28) Communicating with students, parents,... has always been part of our job.
 * 29) Get the courses you teach ready for 1:1 iPad
 * 30) Didn't we learn to not procrastinate in college?