EDLD 5370 Final Internship
Week One Assignment, Part 1.4
Self-Assessment
The course Leadership for Accountability covered a large portion of the educational topics discussed today. Although I had read AEIS results on our schools, I did not understand the scope of the information held within it. As well as how much it played into the campus improvement plan and the school ratings. I also had never created a personal vision of leadership. I believe this new information received will be very useful to me. I now understand all those charts and understand how some do not understand them and criticize schools as a result.
Learn as a Learner
To learn this material, I analyzed the data and research the information given to me. Interviewing members of the campus improvement plan helped me gain insight in the workings of this committee. It is much more than planning how to spend the PTO fundraising money. I did well in this course in my grades and enjoyed what I learned. It was very helpful in understanding how the federal government is influencing the functioning of schools today. Learning about the Eduphoria product Aware helped me understand the need for data disaggregation software that is user friendly. The Aware program promises to be technology that “supports data disaggregation, provides data access, and generates useful data displays” (Ronka, Lachat, Slaughter, & Meltzer, January 2009, p. 18)
Lifelong Learning Skills
The many interviews conducted concerning the Campus Improvement Plan helped me forge some new friendships. I also took much advice from the members of my Skype group who all participate in some way on this committee. I do hope someday to participate as a member of a CIP, quite possible as the parent representative. Planning a professional development day was also a fun and productive activity. I wish I had an educational product to market at one of the big conventions.
Works Cited
Ronka, D., Lachat, M., Slaughter, R., & Meltzer, J. ( 2009). Answering the questions that count. Educational Leadership, 66(4) 18-24.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Week One Assignment, Part 1.6
EDLD 5370
Week One Assignment Part 1.6
Self-Assessment
As I reflect upon the knowledge gained under Standard II, I believe this standard contains the most practical use for me. Although I have been out of the classroom for many years, I have seven children. Each is unique in personality and learning style. I now have one college graduate, two in college at Texas A&M, and four in public schools. The need to differentiate learning in the classroom is huge, just based on my own children. This is a daunting task for teachers, and technology is the most cost effective way to accomplish this task.
Learn as a Learner
Standard II, “Educational technology facilitators plan, design, and model effective learning environments and multiple experiences supported by technology” (Redish & Williamson, 2009, p. 6) is practical to me. In addition, I love all things practical! I do have to say that the assignments in this area, such as creating a goggle site on earth science and video stories were very time consuming at first. I spent about ten hours on my first attempt and then half as much time on my next try. I gained many gray hairs, but these were all good skills to have and use in the future.
Lifelong Learning Skills
This standard and all that I learned about it in my coursework, would definitely help me as a lifelong learner. I especially appreciated all that Dr. Abernathy taught concerning open source software. Before her teaching, I would have been too chicken to use it. I do believe these software opportunities will continue to be developed. In the future, I will know to look for these sources to accomplish the tasks before me.
Works Cited
Redish, T., & Williamson, J. (2009). ISTE's technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every k-12 leader should know and be able to do. Eugene: International Society for Technology in Education.
Week One Assignment Part 1.6
Self-Assessment
As I reflect upon the knowledge gained under Standard II, I believe this standard contains the most practical use for me. Although I have been out of the classroom for many years, I have seven children. Each is unique in personality and learning style. I now have one college graduate, two in college at Texas A&M, and four in public schools. The need to differentiate learning in the classroom is huge, just based on my own children. This is a daunting task for teachers, and technology is the most cost effective way to accomplish this task.
Learn as a Learner
Standard II, “Educational technology facilitators plan, design, and model effective learning environments and multiple experiences supported by technology” (Redish & Williamson, 2009, p. 6) is practical to me. In addition, I love all things practical! I do have to say that the assignments in this area, such as creating a goggle site on earth science and video stories were very time consuming at first. I spent about ten hours on my first attempt and then half as much time on my next try. I gained many gray hairs, but these were all good skills to have and use in the future.
Lifelong Learning Skills
This standard and all that I learned about it in my coursework, would definitely help me as a lifelong learner. I especially appreciated all that Dr. Abernathy taught concerning open source software. Before her teaching, I would have been too chicken to use it. I do believe these software opportunities will continue to be developed. In the future, I will know to look for these sources to accomplish the tasks before me.
Works Cited
Redish, T., & Williamson, J. (2009). ISTE's technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every k-12 leader should know and be able to do. Eugene: International Society for Technology in Education.
Week One Assignment, Part 1.5
EDLD 5370
Week One Assignment Part 1.5
Self-Assessment
As I reflect on the knowledge I have gained throughout this curriculum, Standard I is where I started in knowledge gained. “In TF/TL Standard I: Technology Operations and Concepts, technology facilitators and leaders ensure that their colleagues possess the fundamental understanding and skills needed to operate specific technologies and understand the concepts associated with technology use.” (Redish & Williamson, 2009, p. 17) My previous experience with educational technology was learning to write Disc Operating System code and make rudimentary Artificial Intelligence teaching programs. I later taught computer applications to high school students, but that curriculum from 1990 pales to just the information received in this degree. I know that the students I taught then are now beyond me in my technology abilities because they are now my friends on Facebook.
Learn as a Learner
Collaboration and experimentation were both important avenues to success. I previously knew subject matter related to hardware, software, care, and maintenance of computers. The new areas for me centered on the use of cloud computing. I had not ventured much into the “cloud” even though I knew of some activities and opportunities available. Learning this standard through internship activities and course assignments opened up new learning for me.
Lifelong Learning Skills
Learning about the new available software programs through my classes opens up many future opportunities for me. How these tools are used in the educational environment is critical for future educational work and learning. So many new capabilities from video technology to podcasts to animation are available now for use. I had not tried to create anything in these areas prior to my Lamar classes. My experiences in my masters coursework give me the ability to be a lifelong learner in the “cloud”.
Works Cited
Redish, T., & Williamson, J. (2009). ISTE's technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every k-12 leader should know and be able to do. Eugene: International Society for Technology in Education.
Week One Assignment Part 1.5
Self-Assessment
As I reflect on the knowledge I have gained throughout this curriculum, Standard I is where I started in knowledge gained. “In TF/TL Standard I: Technology Operations and Concepts, technology facilitators and leaders ensure that their colleagues possess the fundamental understanding and skills needed to operate specific technologies and understand the concepts associated with technology use.” (Redish & Williamson, 2009, p. 17) My previous experience with educational technology was learning to write Disc Operating System code and make rudimentary Artificial Intelligence teaching programs. I later taught computer applications to high school students, but that curriculum from 1990 pales to just the information received in this degree. I know that the students I taught then are now beyond me in my technology abilities because they are now my friends on Facebook.
Learn as a Learner
Collaboration and experimentation were both important avenues to success. I previously knew subject matter related to hardware, software, care, and maintenance of computers. The new areas for me centered on the use of cloud computing. I had not ventured much into the “cloud” even though I knew of some activities and opportunities available. Learning this standard through internship activities and course assignments opened up new learning for me.
Lifelong Learning Skills
Learning about the new available software programs through my classes opens up many future opportunities for me. How these tools are used in the educational environment is critical for future educational work and learning. So many new capabilities from video technology to podcasts to animation are available now for use. I had not tried to create anything in these areas prior to my Lamar classes. My experiences in my masters coursework give me the ability to be a lifelong learner in the “cloud”.
Works Cited
Redish, T., & Williamson, J. (2009). ISTE's technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every k-12 leader should know and be able to do. Eugene: International Society for Technology in Education.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Week One Assignment, Part 1.3
Self–Assessment
During EDLD 5306, each student took several self assessments including the Kersey Temperament sorter, the Multiple Intelligence Inventory, a leadership skills assessment and a technology literacy self assessment. I found that my temperament is a guardian – someone who is service oriented and is characteristically loyal. In the book the Five Love Languages of Children, a guardian would be a person who showed love through “acts of service” (Chapman, 1997, p. 94)
Prior to taking this test, I would have thought my personality was more of a problem solver as in trying to repair items mechanically. I am inclined to do many of these tasks alone, but I am not strong willed in my desire to achieve. If I were, it would not have taken me twenty-four years to finish this degree.
I enjoyed the tests because I had not thought about my aptitudes or skills in many years. When I think of being a stay-at-home, I realize that I do naturally use my aptitudes in my day. I can recognize also when I am misunderstood and why.
EDLD 5306 also required that I look into the STaR chart for one of our schools and several data documents that are used for databased decisions in schools. I learned that schools data fills schools and the most important skill is figuring out what data is important. “As we become increasingly overwhelmed by information, we must work hard to decide which information we are going to ignore” (Warlick, 2007, p. 21).
Learn as a Learner
To complete the assignment, I answered all of the needed questions for the assessments. I then analyzed the results and compared them to the given results and measures. This course allowed me to critically analyze my current knowledge of the subject matter and identify areas of strength and target weaknesses. I have always been a visual learner. I remember where I see things and recall their placement later. These assessments helped me to reflect on how I learn and have learned over the years.
One thing that I have learned throughout the courseware is the valuable insight I can receive from my cohort friends. We communicate on Skype frequently and will meet at graduation. Creating an Animoto video in this course was a great way to introduce ourselves to our colleagues and it was fun too. I had never put pictures to video before.
Lifelong Learning Skills
During this course, the knowledge I received from reviewing the way that I learn helped me throughout the courseware. For example, my strength in visual learning reminded me that I would do better remember lecture material if I first printed off the lecture script and then read along with the speaker. Underlining important facts and marking on the script helped me find and remember when taking midterms and finals.
The cohort 13 Skype group was an essential part of my masters experience. Not only have they become my friends, they were greatly helpful in course content that I was not familiar. They quickly knew the website I needed to look at to find information and could tell me if I misunderstood the assignment, which saved me hundreds of hours. I also enjoyed the discussion board strategy on throwing ideas out there and seeing where they landed. Obviously, anyone working in education cares about students, but often our opinions of how education and technology go together is different. This educational activity was informative. The articles by Mark Prensky were thought provoking, not because I agreed with what he said, but because I often did not, and thus needed to effectively articulate my disagreement on the discussion board. But I did agree with this Prensky quote, “Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” (Prensky, 2001, p. 2)
Works Cited
Chapman, G. & Campbell, R. (1997). The five love languages of children. Chicago: Moody.
Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants part 1. On the Horizon , 2-6.
Warlick, D. (2007). Literacy in the new information landscape. Library Media Connection , pp. 20-21.
During EDLD 5306, each student took several self assessments including the Kersey Temperament sorter, the Multiple Intelligence Inventory, a leadership skills assessment and a technology literacy self assessment. I found that my temperament is a guardian – someone who is service oriented and is characteristically loyal. In the book the Five Love Languages of Children, a guardian would be a person who showed love through “acts of service” (Chapman, 1997, p. 94)
Prior to taking this test, I would have thought my personality was more of a problem solver as in trying to repair items mechanically. I am inclined to do many of these tasks alone, but I am not strong willed in my desire to achieve. If I were, it would not have taken me twenty-four years to finish this degree.
I enjoyed the tests because I had not thought about my aptitudes or skills in many years. When I think of being a stay-at-home, I realize that I do naturally use my aptitudes in my day. I can recognize also when I am misunderstood and why.
EDLD 5306 also required that I look into the STaR chart for one of our schools and several data documents that are used for databased decisions in schools. I learned that schools data fills schools and the most important skill is figuring out what data is important. “As we become increasingly overwhelmed by information, we must work hard to decide which information we are going to ignore” (Warlick, 2007, p. 21).
Learn as a Learner
To complete the assignment, I answered all of the needed questions for the assessments. I then analyzed the results and compared them to the given results and measures. This course allowed me to critically analyze my current knowledge of the subject matter and identify areas of strength and target weaknesses. I have always been a visual learner. I remember where I see things and recall their placement later. These assessments helped me to reflect on how I learn and have learned over the years.
One thing that I have learned throughout the courseware is the valuable insight I can receive from my cohort friends. We communicate on Skype frequently and will meet at graduation. Creating an Animoto video in this course was a great way to introduce ourselves to our colleagues and it was fun too. I had never put pictures to video before.
Lifelong Learning Skills
During this course, the knowledge I received from reviewing the way that I learn helped me throughout the courseware. For example, my strength in visual learning reminded me that I would do better remember lecture material if I first printed off the lecture script and then read along with the speaker. Underlining important facts and marking on the script helped me find and remember when taking midterms and finals.
The cohort 13 Skype group was an essential part of my masters experience. Not only have they become my friends, they were greatly helpful in course content that I was not familiar. They quickly knew the website I needed to look at to find information and could tell me if I misunderstood the assignment, which saved me hundreds of hours. I also enjoyed the discussion board strategy on throwing ideas out there and seeing where they landed. Obviously, anyone working in education cares about students, but often our opinions of how education and technology go together is different. This educational activity was informative. The articles by Mark Prensky were thought provoking, not because I agreed with what he said, but because I often did not, and thus needed to effectively articulate my disagreement on the discussion board. But I did agree with this Prensky quote, “Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” (Prensky, 2001, p. 2)
Works Cited
Chapman, G. & Campbell, R. (1997). The five love languages of children. Chicago: Moody.
Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants part 1. On the Horizon , 2-6.
Warlick, D. (2007). Literacy in the new information landscape. Library Media Connection , pp. 20-21.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
October 4, 2011, Web Conference
The October 4th web conference was led by Dr. Abernathy. Students had questions about graduation and ordering the cap, gown, hood, and tassel. Our master of education degree gives us a hood with blue for education and red for Lamar University. Dr. Abernathy stated in regards to tk20 that the e-portfolio goes in as a link, and the comprehensive exam goes in as a file.
Robyn had a cute baby in her lap named Harlee. Dr. Abernathy told a story about how people in her family were called “monkey cheeks” because they had big cheeks.
We were encouraged to watch the discussion board and ask many questions so we do not get confused about our assignments.
Robyn had a cute baby in her lap named Harlee. Dr. Abernathy told a story about how people in her family were called “monkey cheeks” because they had big cheeks.
We were encouraged to watch the discussion board and ask many questions so we do not get confused about our assignments.
Monday, September 26, 2011
August 2011 Monthly Reflection
Field based activities
During this month, I registered for and participated in a Verizon Thinkfinity class on social networking. We learned how the Thinkfinity website works and all the tools and resources available for teachers to use free. On this website, you are able to share your work and the work of others. Teachers can collaborate and share sources and links.
I also finished out the mentoring program. In addition, I began to read the book A New Breed of Leader by Dr. Sheila Bethel.
During this month, I registered for and participated in a Verizon Thinkfinity class on social networking. We learned how the Thinkfinity website works and all the tools and resources available for teachers to use free. On this website, you are able to share your work and the work of others. Teachers can collaborate and share sources and links.
I also finished out the mentoring program. In addition, I began to read the book A New Breed of Leader by Dr. Sheila Bethel.
July 2011 Monthly Reflection
Field based Activities
This month we went on vacation and my husband got a new job 4 hours away. Lots of change is our house. I began the book Motivation by Daniel Pink. Now I just need to get motivated to finish it!
I also listened to a professional development webinar on the Tx VSN. This website provides support to Texas educators as they become involved in online learning. The professional development center has seven sections that include webinars, online tutorials, collaborations, readiness considerations, media/links resources, online teaching eligibility and requirements, and finally, how to get CPE credit for attending live events.
I also continued to participate in the summer mentoring program.
This month we went on vacation and my husband got a new job 4 hours away. Lots of change is our house. I began the book Motivation by Daniel Pink. Now I just need to get motivated to finish it!
I also listened to a professional development webinar on the Tx VSN. This website provides support to Texas educators as they become involved in online learning. The professional development center has seven sections that include webinars, online tutorials, collaborations, readiness considerations, media/links resources, online teaching eligibility and requirements, and finally, how to get CPE credit for attending live events.
I also continued to participate in the summer mentoring program.
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