PREVIOUS TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

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A VISIT TO ROCKETSHIP MOSAIC IN CALIFORNIA

Take away #1: Students charted individualized goals, assignments.

Take away #2: Necessity for planning time built into the week. No school every Fridays so that teachers could collaborate, plan, and effectively dissect data to create individualized paths.

Drawback: Huge multi-purpose room, 4-day student week

GOAL: BABY STEPS

Using 1-1 laptops, but still holding on to my dictionaries…

xtranormal Fig Lang.mp4

H. Keane 2012

RIP DIGITAL CONTENT…SUCCESSMAKER, YPP, ED ELEMENTS, THINKGATE,MASTERY CONNECT, COMPASS LEARNING (NWEA),

XTRANORMAL, AND COMIC LIFE TAKE AWAY #1: CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED PATHS FOR RE-TEACHING.

DRAWBACK #1: NEW DIGITAL CONTENT WAS OVERWHELMING/TIME CONSUMING…AFTER MANY HOURS OF PD, WE ARE CURRENTLY USING NONE OF THESE.

DRAWBACK #2: YOU NEED TO ALWAYS HAVE A BACK-UP PLAN WHEN THE INTERNET/ SPECIFIC SITES ARE DOWN.

DRAWBACK #3: IT SEEMED LIKE FEATURES ARE CREATED BY NON-TEACHERS. SUGGESTIONS ARE FORWARDED TO THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR ENHANCEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. I HAVE YET TO SEE ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS IMPLEMENTED.

ITS LEARNING

Take away #1: Ability to flip the classroom by videoing lessons and posting them. My students responded well to watching videos and seeing their accomplishments recognized.

Take away #2: Connecting students (who wouldn’t normal connect) through autobiographical poetry discussion boards and response journals.

Drawback: No training received. I had to teach myself how to use this. This took alot of time to create and troubleshoot.

ACHIEVE 3000

TAKE AWAY #1: POSSIBILITY OF 12 DIFFERENT READING LEVELS (NON-FICTION ONLY) ADDRESSED

DRAWBACK: COSTLY!!!

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, MOTIVATION, AND DATA

ENGRADE: WRITING PORTFOLIOS

WEEKLY STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY

PARENT COMMUNICATION

ON THE HORIZON:

Creating banks to differentiate assessments.

Continuing to use…• STAR/ Accelerated Reader• Moby Max• Achieve 3000 (please, please, please)• DreamBox• Khan Academy• Engrade

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS???