Final Presentation:First Grade Homework Folders

jennitopmiller — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:47:50 +0000

Video #1 : Description of my final presentation: First Grade Homework Folders Blog

2nd Video: First Grade Homework Blog Continued…

Final Presentation: Evaluation

jennitopmiller — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:12:11 +0000

A few months after I have implemented the blog I will send a survey to the parents asking them how the site is helping them with resources for their child’s work at home. I will ask them how often they access the site and for additional feedback of what they like and do not like about the site. I will then ask the students in class to have their parents help them leave a comment on a posting to see how many are able to access the blog. Additionally I will ask the students in my class for their feedback. I will find if it is successful and working with the community of parents and students in my classroom for the year, I hope it will at least be helpful to most.

Final Presentation: Implementation

jennitopmiller — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:10:13 +0000

I will introduce it to the class at Back to school night, while I am explaining the curriculum for the year to the parents. It will be a great tool for them to access throughout the year for clarification, or to check for any missing assignments/papers. I will send out a link to all of my parents and ask them to subscribe to the blog in the top right hand corner. To my students I will introduce it within the first week of school in a presentation showing them the site and examples of what they have to look forward to. I do not think I have to get permission, but I will definitely let the head of school know what I am doing and how it will help with my classroom.

Final Project:Development

jennitopmiller — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:08:01 +0000

The tools used to support the site are a RSS subscription, where my parents can type in their e-mail to get updated feeds to the homework blog. I have also added in a comment section at the bottom for any questions or comments that come up during the week that I will address. I have added a bookmark button at the bottom of the site for easy access for parents and or students to bookmark the site on their computer. I will set up students as subscribers, and not allowing them to edit the blog. I will use various tools to enhance the site. I will, as I discussed, provide hyper links to resources, an educational video segments that will give the parents ideas about reading at home with their children, and later in the year video segments of the students talking about what they have been learning about. Possibly a podcast of the students reading or giving facts. I have also included some reading sites that will be helpful at home, because first grade learning to read is the main goal. Also, I will customize the site adding the new poem and spelling words of the week. I will possibly changing the photos in the header to be more festive. I am happy about my idea and think it will be a great resource for my parents!

Final Project: Design

jennitopmiller — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:37:55 +0000

When users visit this website they will access the websites provided to clarify what is for homework each week. The users will access this blog at edublogs, they may bookmark the site at the bottom of the page, and they can leave any comments or questions that will be directed to my e-mail. I will have this set up if parents or students have any questions throughout the week for homework.

Final Project: Analysis

jennitopmiller — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:10:21 +0000

The users of my blog site First Grade Homework Folders, are my elementary students and parents, I am unsure of what grade I will be teaching next year so I will just use my first grade students from last year as a base. I decided to do a homework folders site where parents and students can go all year to check on homework assignments and know what is expected of them. I have a link on the top right corner of the page for parents and students to subscribe to the site. In addition, the site will have extra sheets to download and print out if they are lost, which happens. Through the year I will put up links for special homework assignments, new spelling words of the week, math help, and site words. I will also use this site as a base for the parents to see more information about field trips we will be taking. I have seen similar posts on individual teacher websites that have classroom information and I think it will help the year run a little smoother. Some performance drivers that will prevent them from the blog are accessibility to the Internet, depending on where I teach parents may or may not have easy access to Internet. Knowledge of subscribing to blogs, parents may not be familiar with this technology. Parental involvement, parents may not be involved in their child’s education and therefore will not use the resource.

Back to School Supply Podcast

jennitopmiller — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:26:21 +0000

I did my podcast for my future parents… it is back to school time so I decided to do a school supply podcast parents can have with them at all times in case they forget the list. Please see my first attempt at the podcast below. School Supplies

Blog

jennitopmiller — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:41:15 +0000

After speaking with Karl about my final project, I began to think that I needed to simplify my ideas. He suggested that I make a blog about field trips for example, something easy and specific that would make my life easier. I am having trouble because I have moved and am going through the interview process, not knowing what position I will have this coming fall. It is difficult to set up a project not knowing my grade. I do think I will go with something that parents will be able to access to find out more information or resources for their children.

ADDIE

jennitopmiller — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:37:35 +0000

Analysis: The users of my blog site are my elementary students and parents, I am unsure of what grade I will be teaching next year so I will just use my first grade students from last year as a base. Parents are always asking me if there are resources on the computer to help with certain subjects. I have many bookmarks of really great education websites that align with curriculum I teach that will enhance my students skills and knowledge. Therefore I hope to post links to the websites as we are learning about various topics for the students and parents to use as a resource. Along with this I hope to keep a blog of new skills we have learned along with comments from some of the students about what they have learned. I will post the links to the websites along with what we have learned as a supplement. I have seen similar posts on district websites that have web resources but nothing this detailed and specific for my students and parents. Some performance drivers that will prevent them from the blog are accessibility to the Internet, depending on where I teach parents may or may not have easy access to Internet. Knowledge of subscribing to blogs, parents may not be familiar with this technology. Parental involvement, parents may not be involved in their child’s education and therefore will not use the resource.

Design: When users visit this website they will access the websites provided to supplement what they are learning in the classroom. It is a recurring effort I hope to post weekly with new sites and information about what we are learning about that week.

Development: I will use various tools to enhance the site, I will as I discussed provide hyper links to resources, educational video segments that may relate to the units of study, or video segments of the students talking about what they have been learning about. Possibly a podcast of the students reading or giving facts. I will customize the site for what we are studying at the time, or for the time of year, possibly changing the photos in the header to be more festive. I am happy about my idea and think it will be a great resource for my parents!

Implementation: I will introduce it to the class at Back to school night, while I am explaining the curriculum for the year to the parents. To my students I will introduce it within the first week of school in a presentation showing them the site and examples of what they have to look forward to. I do not think I have to get permission, but I will definitely let the head of school know what I am doing and how it will help with my classroom.

Evaluation: A few months after I have implemented the blog I will send a survey to the parents asking them how the site is helping them with resources for their child. I will ask them how often they access the site and for additional feedback of what they like and do not like about the site. I will then ask the students in class to have their parents help them leave a comment on a posting to see how many are able to access the blog. Additionally I will ask the students in my class if they use the blog and to tell me some of their favorite sites they have accessed.

Introduction

jennitopmiller — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:48:21 +0000

I am a first grade teacher in a private school in San Diego, and I truly love my job. Working with kids is such a wonderful experience, you learn something new everyday! I received my Bachelors degree from University of San Diego in Elementary Education and just completed my fifth year of teaching. I just celebrated my first wedding anniversary, and am enjoying the summer going to the beach, taking classes, and teaching Kindergarten summer camp.

My experience with blogs, wikis, and podcasts is limited. I have been to many professional developments such as CUE, NECC, and iSummit where I have learned about these tools and have been taught many cool ways to integrate them. Then when I get back and into the school year I have gotten caught up in everything else and have had a hard time implementing them, but I would love to! I created a blog last semester about interesting books we were reading in the classroom, for the parents. Other than that experience I have played around in PB wiki but have never created one as my kids are so young and I had a hard time thinking of ideas.

My ideas for the final project is using the site for a classroom newsletter or paper on what we are learning in the class, ideas for the parents at home, reflections by students to books we have read which ones they enjoy and why, current events. etc.

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