3.+May+2010

Standard 1  (TF -1), Standard 2 - (TF-II), Standard 3 - (TF-III), Standard 4 - (TF-IV), Standard 5 - (TF-V), Standard 6 - (TF-VI) , Standa rd 7 (TF-VII),  Standard 8 (TF-VIII) Reflections are at the bottom of the page.
 * ** Date: Total Internship hours at the start of the month: ** || 63 hours 45 minutes ||
 * ** Week ** || **Functions** ||  || **Hrs** ||
 * **1** || ** Week’s Activities **
 * TF V C4, TF V C4 - Meet w/ teacher to go over online tutorial self paced assistance. (30 minutes) ** ||  || 30 minutes ||
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** ||   ||^   ||
 * **2** || ** Week’s Activities **
 * TF-VI.A.2 - PK teacher, wanted to put a song on her website. We discussed copy write and options. (15 minutes) ** ||  || 15 minutes ||
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** ||   ||^   ||
 * **3** || ** Week’s Activities **
 * TF-III A 7, TF-VIII A2 , TF-VII A8 , Set up video conference using new web-based video conference system, worked with campus support specialists, district media department and Region XIII. (1 1/2 hours) **
 * TF-V.D.3, TF-VII.B.6 , TF - III A6 El Vaquero Video Conference (1 hour) ** ||  || 2 1/2 hours ||

( TF V D2, TF VII B2 ) Collaborate on Polycom/projector distance learning unit purchase (4 hours) ( TF V C2 ) Work with students on Machinima Project - (8 hours) ||  || 12 hours || ( TF VII A2 ) Assist teachers with backing up files (12 hours) ( TF V D4 ) Update summer training websites (4 hours) ||  || 16 hours ||
 * || ** Communication with Supervisor ** ||  ||   ||
 * **4** || ** Week’s Activities **
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor ** ||   ||^   ||
 * **5** || ** Week’s Activities **
 * ^  || ** Communication with Supervisor - Instructional Technology Meeting - touching base. ** ||   ||^   ||
 * ** Hours worked this month: ** || 31 hours 15 minutes ||
 * ** Total internship hours to date including this month: ** || 95 hours ||

Activity Reflections - Online Self-Paced Turtorial assitance - The district has purchased license to Atomic Learning - self paced online tutorials. I was able to go over with a teacher how to access these and the possibilities they hold for her Professional Development. She was very excited and asked a lot of questions to make sure she knew how to access them at home.

PK teacher, song and copy write - I worked with a PK teacher who wanted to provide a counting song to her students so they could practice their counting at home with their parents. She wanted to burn the song to a CD for all of them at first or wanted to post it to her website for them to listen to - for both of these solutions we discussed the copy write infringement. The solution I posed was to have her and her class sing the song while we recorded it in Garage Band. This worked well, the kids had a blast they were very cute. She then burned that song onto a CD for them to take home.

Tested new web-based video conferencing system that the district is looking at purchasing. I worked closely with out District media specialist and campus support specialists while we set it up, tested it and then had a polycom as a back up on the day of the conference. I am glad we put the system to a real test while we were looking at it. It has some nice features but also had several limitations.

Machinima Project - Worked with a group of 5th grade students to create an electronic Machinima product for their school business fair. There were a lot of complications, their ideas were lofty and the project did not come together as well as they would have liked. We were pressed for time as well. I was impressed with their creativity and they were very motivated for it to be successful.