Post & Presentation for Emerging Tech Class

I have put together a presentation for the teachers at my school to get them interested in having a class site on RCampus. They have bee saying they don't have enough time to work with their "red zone" students who are in the bottom 5% of their class. The site would not be for those students, since they need one on one time with the teacher. It would be set up for the other students in the yellow and green who may need some remediation which can be done in a learning center, like the computer.

KART ART

Traveling around with my Art cart has been an eye opener. It takes a bit of planning to make sure you're fully loaded and have enough material to get through to your prep. The big test is tomorrow when we paint in the Kindergarten for the first time. Project s for them need to be rather simple so they have an artifact to take home. They don't really get an art grade, so it's more skill building. My 1st to 3rd grades are starting to work with colors, mixing, warm and cool, complimentary,etc. It's going fairly well, the usual students who like to goof off will see the effects on their report cards. So far...so FUN!

A Fresh New Start

The new year starts Tuesday and I will be traveling from room to room with a cart full of art. It is something that I thought would happen 5 years ago when I first Interviewed at Falconer School. We shall see what happens as I start this journey. I just hope my beat up body can take the walking. Drawing is what we'll start with, just so I can get an idea of how this will work with the amount of time for travel and set-up/clean-up. Only time will tell if it is a hit or a miss.

Reflection week 8

- Reflect on the GAME plan you developed and followed throughout the course.
as I look back on my GAME plan, I don't think I would change my goals, just how I would go about reaching them as I have changed teaching positions. I would still have my students attaining their Fine Arts standards using technology to explore areas of the Fine Arts that they are interested in pursuing.
- Summarize any new learning that resulted from your following your GAME plan and explain what impact your new learning will have on your instructional practice.
What I really got out of following the GAME plan was that it is very adaptable because you are constantly monitoring and reflecting on it as you proceed. This creates a new mindset for how you think about, plan and develop lessons with technology in mind.
- Describe any immediate adjustments you will make to your instructional practice regarding technology integration in your content area(s) as a result of your learning from this course.
I have been offered a new position this Fall which take me out of my computer lab and sets me up with a mobile lab of laptops to go to each class that I will service. They basically created the position specifically for me as they knew I have a Fine Arts/Music background along with my love for technology. I went from thinking about integrating core subjects like Science and Social Studies, which get the least amount of attention in the homerooms, to thinking about how I can approach that from a Fine Arts with technology integration standpoint. I have so many new ideas about using video, graphic arts, animation, voice-threads and more to make the Arts seem more relevant and current to this tech-savvy generation of students. I am looking forward to using technology to share my love of art and music with my students.

More Blog matters-week 7

I decide this week to add this goal From NETS-T to my GAME Plan:
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation
I will be able to do this through my web page by posting announcements, links to my blog and e-mail. I hope to incorporate video and slide shows of students projects throughout the school year. I won't be able to monitor how well this will work until I have access to all my tools at work.


http://lab-205.falconer.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?gid=1478351&sessionid=d8d7356d5fe5b5a78a5dbde767b2f6dc

Just after originally posting I found out that I will no longer be teaching in the Primary Computer Lab. So check out the link to my lab before it gets taken down. I guess what I've learned about using the NETS-S standards over the past 2 years is that the children will pick up and become proficient with the technology at hand by practicing with the different programs. I will put this to the test as the students who I taught some of the basics to will be my students for Fine Arts/Technology with integration. I will try to implement some of the goals from my original GAME plan but have to excecute that plan from a different approach.

GAME plan T.O.

I have not had much time to do anything with my GAME plan other than work on the lessons for our weekly assignments, and even that has had to take a back seat to caring for my wife who recently took a fairly bad spill down our back steps. That being said I have found some things in our text that are similar to lessons that I have previously used on recycling that would fit not only my GAME plan for the Unit but the GAME plan I set out to accomplish in this blog.

Blog On

I think that working on a Problem Based Learning lesson for this week’s assignment falls right in line with my GAME plan goals. I need to find an authentic lesson that my young students can relate to and utilize my lab to complete. I probably won’t be able to put it to use until at least November as the first few class sessions are going over and reviewing the basics of computer lab procedures, familiarizing the classes with the programs accessible from their desktops and properly saving files. Once we can get past that stage I feel I will be able to test drive my plan on the students and monitor their progress so I can see where to tweak it.