Standard 3: Information and Knowledge
Candidates model and promote ethical, equitable access to and use of physical, digital, and virtual collections of resources. Candidates demonstrate knowledge of a variety of information sources and services that support the needs of the diverse learning community. Candidates demonstrate the use of a variety of research strategies to generate knowledge to improve practice.
Candidates model and promote ethical, equitable access to and use of physical, digital, and virtual collections of resources. Candidates demonstrate knowledge of a variety of information sources and services that support the needs of the diverse learning community. Candidates demonstrate the use of a variety of research strategies to generate knowledge to improve practice.
Task 4 - Face-to-Face Staff Development Workshop Lesson Plan and Reflection
Reflection
FRIT 7739 Practicum assignment: Face-to-Face Staff Development encompasses all the elements of this standard but especially element 5.2: Candidates develop and implement technology-based professional learning that aligns to state and national professional learning standards, integrates technology to support face-to- face and online components, models principles of adult learning, and promotes best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. This is one of those assignments that don't seem very daunting until you begin putting it together. I have taught people before how to do this very thing but very less informal than having to develop a design document and consider the steps needed. With that being said this is a much better way than just teaching it on the fly. Often, when you are asked to show someone how to do something you just begin where you are comfortable and forget they might not be at the same level. This very thing happened even though I went back to the very first detail to start this process. I figured that most of the teachers in the class would think that the beginning steps were to basic but I was surprised they the steps were helpful.
This course was accepted very well and the teachers who took it were excited with the new knowledge they had learned. One issue I had was that I was not able to teach them all at once. There was some issue with the training coordinator that I had contacted at this school had not gotten the word out to everyone. The ones who had initially taken the needs assessment were aware of the course title and were excited to learn more about it. I was asked if I could do two different sessions so everyone would have a chance to participate. I agreed that I could fit that in and noticed that when I went back for the second session I had some from the first session that wanted to just go back over the material so they could practice more. In hindsight if I were to do this class again, I would break the slide presentation up even more than I already had. I feel that some of the slides become a little too busy and would like them to appear simpler. Everyone suggested the class was informative and that they had no problems with the slides it is just my personal take on it. I also had an issue with the Likert scale survey I built. When I first built it I hadn't paid attention that I had done the numbers in reverse of what most surveys show. I had used 1 for Agree and Most Likely and had used 5 for Disagree and Most Unlikely. I did get oral feedback from those taking the survey they had to look really close because of this issue. I would have to unlink the survey results and create a new survey results page if done again.
FRIT 7739 Practicum assignment: Face-to-Face Staff Development encompasses all the elements of this standard but especially element 5.2: Candidates develop and implement technology-based professional learning that aligns to state and national professional learning standards, integrates technology to support face-to- face and online components, models principles of adult learning, and promotes best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. This is one of those assignments that don't seem very daunting until you begin putting it together. I have taught people before how to do this very thing but very less informal than having to develop a design document and consider the steps needed. With that being said this is a much better way than just teaching it on the fly. Often, when you are asked to show someone how to do something you just begin where you are comfortable and forget they might not be at the same level. This very thing happened even though I went back to the very first detail to start this process. I figured that most of the teachers in the class would think that the beginning steps were to basic but I was surprised they the steps were helpful.
This course was accepted very well and the teachers who took it were excited with the new knowledge they had learned. One issue I had was that I was not able to teach them all at once. There was some issue with the training coordinator that I had contacted at this school had not gotten the word out to everyone. The ones who had initially taken the needs assessment were aware of the course title and were excited to learn more about it. I was asked if I could do two different sessions so everyone would have a chance to participate. I agreed that I could fit that in and noticed that when I went back for the second session I had some from the first session that wanted to just go back over the material so they could practice more. In hindsight if I were to do this class again, I would break the slide presentation up even more than I already had. I feel that some of the slides become a little too busy and would like them to appear simpler. Everyone suggested the class was informative and that they had no problems with the slides it is just my personal take on it. I also had an issue with the Likert scale survey I built. When I first built it I hadn't paid attention that I had done the numbers in reverse of what most surveys show. I had used 1 for Agree and Most Likely and had used 5 for Disagree and Most Unlikely. I did get oral feedback from those taking the survey they had to look really close because of this issue. I would have to unlink the survey results and create a new survey results page if done again.
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Task 5 - Online Staff Development Workshop
Reflection
Part of FRIT 7739 Practicum course, I had to develop a separate staff development from the face-to-face staff development that was presented to a group of teachers at another elementary school in my county. I was almost too late getting this module together. For some reason, it had slipped my mind that we would be going on spring break, I mean how do you forget about spring break! However, I was able to get this sent out and I guess 8 people liked me enough to complete the training. From the feedback I received they enjoyed the training and gave great remarks. There were a few comments about adding additional resources and things like that but for the most part they enjoyed it and made an effort to come by my room to also let me know this in person. In retrospect though I am not as pleased with this online module as I have been about other things I have produced. I don’t think I gave it enough thought that it may have been a better class if I had used a screencast of me going over the module instead of using a Google Slide presentation. However, I did mention that to one teacher and she liked this better because she could simply go back to a slide if need be without having to stop a video. I also take into account that a few of them thought it would be good if I had a few example quizzes on the site so they could see what it actually works and looks like from a student’s perspective. I do know that I have been asked to pass this on to some other folks who want the online version, however, I think I want to fix a few of the things I have noticed and reflected on before sending them to it. I think the face-to-face training was better than what I was able to give them on this one online course but hope to remedy that soon.
Part of FRIT 7739 Practicum course, I had to develop a separate staff development from the face-to-face staff development that was presented to a group of teachers at another elementary school in my county. I was almost too late getting this module together. For some reason, it had slipped my mind that we would be going on spring break, I mean how do you forget about spring break! However, I was able to get this sent out and I guess 8 people liked me enough to complete the training. From the feedback I received they enjoyed the training and gave great remarks. There were a few comments about adding additional resources and things like that but for the most part they enjoyed it and made an effort to come by my room to also let me know this in person. In retrospect though I am not as pleased with this online module as I have been about other things I have produced. I don’t think I gave it enough thought that it may have been a better class if I had used a screencast of me going over the module instead of using a Google Slide presentation. However, I did mention that to one teacher and she liked this better because she could simply go back to a slide if need be without having to stop a video. I also take into account that a few of them thought it would be good if I had a few example quizzes on the site so they could see what it actually works and looks like from a student’s perspective. I do know that I have been asked to pass this on to some other folks who want the online version, however, I think I want to fix a few of the things I have noticed and reflected on before sending them to it. I think the face-to-face training was better than what I was able to give them on this one online course but hope to remedy that soon.
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