Collaboration+Log

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 * August 2008 || Mark and Susan Attend Moodle class || We attended the Moodle class offered by our district. We learned how to create Wikis, discussion boards, journals, and manage student accounts. We began creating our Moodle site during class time. ||
 * September 2, 2008 || Mark and Susan finished creating Moodle board for classroom. || We met to complete our Moodle board with Read Aloud response questions, Washginton in a Box project rubric and materials, parent question/comment Wiki, Wiki set-up for student newsletters. ||
 * September 8,2008 || Erin- goal setting || Erin and I spoke about what projects we wanted to work on this year and decided to update here Culture Power Points, continue student led conferences, and consider documentaries for their Native American Unit. ||
 * September 15, 2008 || Mark and Susan- Parent Technology Night || Shared Moodle website and other resources in areas of math with our students' families. We answered quesions and encouraged feedback about our communication tools. ||
 * October 23, 2008 || Erin- Culture Project || Erin and I decided how she wanted to readjust her power point from last year to have more higher level thinking concepts. She came up with comparing and contrasting the cultures of the North American countries, USA, Mexico, anmd Canada. We decided to have students work in teams to create an ABC book. ||
 * November || Erin- Culture ABC Book || We worked on format of the class book and created rubrics for each phase of the project. We discussed parent involvement and created a letter explaining the entire project and included due dates as well as ways for parents to support their students at home. We also planned for logistical issues with the use of the technology. ||
 * November || Erin- ABC Culture Book || We mapped out a calendar for getting the project done, booked computer lab time, and created stduent teams. ||
 * December 2, 2008 || Mark and Susan met together to create student response system quizes. || We developed reading comprehension questions using Turning Point clicker software to support our social studies textbook. Students were responsible for reading the chapter assigned, and took the quiz we created using the clickers. Students viewed immediate feedback and discussed answers. ||
 * January 28, 2009 || District Technology Fair || Erin and her students shared their finished book as well as gave examples of working with Publisher and the Culturegrams website.
 * February 10, 2009 || Erin & Mark- Student led Conference || We sat down together to look at last year's format and what materials students would need to have evidence for their files. We adjusted the power point template and came up with a loose timeline for when the project would be worked on. ||
 * February 18-20, 2009 || Northwest Council of Computer Education Conference! || Attended conference in Portland with Mark and Erin. Focused on break-out sessions that were relevant to our development of upcoming projects, including Web 2.0, creating digital kits to differentiate instruction, and using PhotoStory to create student documentaries along the Oregon Trail. ||
 * March 5, 2009 || Erin & Grade level team- Studetn Led conference || Erin met with her grade level team members to persuade them to organize student led conferences with their students as well. She explained the template and logistical issues with the technology. They signed up for computer lab time. ||
 * March 10, 2009 || 3rd Grade teacher- Stduent Led conferences || I shared my digital cameras and assisted stduents in downloading images to their server space. Students and teacher were very excited about the project ||
 * March 16-20, 2009 || 3rd and 4th graders present student led conferences. || A HUGE success! Parents are thrilled with the computer skills and the responsibility shown by their children. ||