Kindergarten Standards B 4.2 Understand that some materials are fiction, others non-fiction
First Grade Standards B5.3 Use the Super 3 research process: Plan, Do, Review
Second Grade Standards B3.4 Use books, encyclopedia, and a simple website to gather information from text and graphics.
Third Grade Standards B4.5 Interpret information on charts, graphs, and tables
B6.2 Determine if information is relevant to question (Super 3)
B6.3 Select applicable information (Super 3)
B6.4 Apply information gathered to answer information question (Super 3)
Fourth Grade Standards
B1.1 Identify the information problem, info needed Step 1 (Big 6)
B1.3 Formulate question Step 1 (Big 6)
B2.1 Identify possible information sources Step 2 (Big 6
Fifth Grade Standards B4.3 Point of View/ Bias; resource review
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8.5 hours
7:30-8:10 Prepare name cards, worksheets, websites, for lessons. Unlock doors, log onto computers.
8:10-8:20 Stocker news, give book talks about the books used in recent lessons. Summarize the lessons done over the month of January with the Kindergarten through 4th grade. Announce events happening at the Kenosha public library for elementary age children.
8:20-8:45 Book collection and run reports for kindergarten and first grade classes. Prepare notices for all books due more than 2 weeks, deliver to students.
8:45-9:35- This time is set aside for collaboration meetings for grade level teachers. This class I only see one extra time this week. The cycle is on a 10 rotation. This is an extra lesson. First grade class discuss Curious George story from yesterday and review fiction vs. non fiction. Show PowerPoint on facts on real monkeys. Allow students to show where monkeys are native on atlas. Discuss real monkey similarities and differences to people. Chart differences and similarities using a Venn diagram on the dry erase board. Introduce the monkey puppet with cut out page and brown paper lunch bag. Go over directions for coloring face parts, cutting on the dotted line and pasting only on the word “paste” on each piece. Walk around the room and assist where needed. Jacob is leaving tomorrow and was not very cooperative in class. He had to sit out for a while and then when he was able to participate without disrupting the class he was invited back to make his puppet.
9:35-10:30 Meeting with principal, resource teacher, intervention specialist.
*Discussed upcoming chat and chew on health and fitness. It was decided these are needed to be combined with other events that attract higher participant turn out as they have not been as highly attended as desired.
*Reading night may work well to combine a math help session for parents to assist their students with homework.
*Professional Learning Community convention will be held in August and we were invited to attend.
*The new library schedule was discussed in hopes that more open book check times could be offered earlier in the morning. More shelving volunteers are required to free up the computer faster if this is to happen. A suggestions was made to ask the teachers to recommend parents or grandparents who may be able to shelve.
10:30-11:00 Third grade reviewed the notes from last class on “Mrs. Nelson’s perfect pet” . They used the laptop computers to add more information to their “Mrs. Nelson’s perfect pet” information sheet. They recorded the name of the websites I recommended using and collected information on food, sleep, exercise, toys. I also informed them to write down any other facts they learn about the pet that will help us decide on the right pet for Mrs. Nelson and her family.
11:00-11:30 First grade class discuss Curious George story from yesterday and review fiction vs. non fiction. Show PowerPoint on facts on real monkeys. Allow students to show where monkeys are native on atlas. Discuss real monkey similarities and differences to people. Chart differences and similarities using a Venn diagram on the dry erase board. Introduce the monkey puppet with cut out page and brown paper lunch bag. Go over directions for coloring face parts, cutting on the dotted line and pasting only on the word “paste” on each piece. Walk around the room and assist where needed. Jacob is leaving tomorrow and was not very cooperative in class. He had to sit out for a while and then when he was able to participate without disrupting the class he was invited back to make his puppet.
11:30-12:00-emails were read and replied to. I sent an email requesting names of volunteers to help with shelving in the library and immediately there were 3 replies with names! Application for requesting approval to take courses was completed as well the post evaluation form for the post evaluation meeting.
12:00-12:45 Fifth grade, I read The Real Story of The three Little Pigs. The students were completely cooperative and attentive during the story. The Point of View worksheet was handed out and we discussed the Rules of Bias. We went over the first story on the page and came to a conclusion as to the bias in that story. The students wrote down the answer. They were to work in pairs to complete the remainder of the page. One student was disruptive and after several attempts at quieting him, he was sent to the office. The answers were discussed after everyone completed. The papers were collected and 11 of the students were given time to find books and check out as the remaining 8 students worked on fastmath on the computers, the students were dismissed.
12:50-1:35 The third graders sat at the laptops and got on the internet to the Kenosha Unified School District website and together we logged onto the online encyclopedia Word Book. I demonstrated the search options and category links. We did the first question in the scavenger hunt together. The rest of the page was explained and they were allowed to work with their partner to complete the questions on the page. I circulated the room and assisted and checked answers as needed. Most of the students got 9 out of the 10 questions completed.
1:35-3:30 PM I helped one of the kindergarten teachers solve her Mailbox magazine problem with the online log in. Discovered that we aren’t allowed to use iMovie on the computers. They only image iMovieHD and I have a student coming in tomorrow to make a movie. He bid on it in the silent auction at the fall festival. I tried to learn it quickly. It does not seem as easy as iMovie. The computer person said it is user friendly for the kids. I guess I will get a kids teach me how to use it tomorrow morning.
Boxed up books to be sent for processing to the ESC downtown.
Ran copies for my lessons next week.
Tore more inappropriate adds, and pages out of magazines.
Began going through stacks of books that are in need of repair, to pitch or not to pitch that is the question.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Pre Write Practicum Elementary
Since I have never worked in a library, I have never even shelved books as a volunteer in a library, I can only imagine all the responsibility that is involved. The library at my previous school of employment has gone through some great changes over the past 10 years. I often wonder why she has so many volunteers in there when she doesn’t even have to give grades, assignments, tests etc. What is all the work about? I have often wanted to combine the library and computer lab as I feel they should coexist as books are a great source of reference and often times it is easier for the students to find the necessary information in a book if unsuccessful on the computer. How many times have I sent a child in there to interrupt her? I hope that doesn’t come back to me.
I see the library media job as having many, many facets. There is so much I do not know about the behind the scene activities. My questions are many, do I have to be familiar with all the books? How well do I have to know the library and the Dewey decimal system? I know I will eventually become familiar with it all but how badly will not knowing it impact my ability to do my job? Where do those books come from and how do they know what to purchase? Where does the funding come from? There are crayons, scissors, glue and other art supplies in the library. I guess I will be using those with the students. But when?, won’t we be using the computers for our lessons?
I think that I will mainly be reading to the children and be making books fun. The job surely will entail all the workings of the reading contests, clubs, and competitions. I have seen a lot of BOB in the library, what is it? I know there will be a lot of shelving and book checkout.
I hope I will get to teach using the computers and laptops. Since there is a Promethean board in the library along with 9 brand new iMacs, document cameras, and 2 COWS, I am guessing I will have a lot of access to technology. The school has a computer person, she is not a teacher but she takes care of the lab so I shouldn't’t have to worry about technical difficulties, that is her job. Since the teachers take their classes to the computer lab weekly the students’ computer skills are probably very good. I am concerned about having to take the time to pull out the laptops often however, it will probably become habit after a while.
The previous librarian was very set on flexible scheduling which I could see as a dream come true in a perfect world. However dealing with all those teacher’s schedules cannot be easy. I think I would rather have a set schedule and then move into a flexible one, if possible. How does one keep track of what has been taught to whom?
This school district has the curriculum lessons, matched with standards on a flash drive organized by grade, month, and week order. This will be very helpful in meeting the state standards for information literacy.
I see the library media job as having many, many facets. There is so much I do not know about the behind the scene activities. My questions are many, do I have to be familiar with all the books? How well do I have to know the library and the Dewey decimal system? I know I will eventually become familiar with it all but how badly will not knowing it impact my ability to do my job? Where do those books come from and how do they know what to purchase? Where does the funding come from? There are crayons, scissors, glue and other art supplies in the library. I guess I will be using those with the students. But when?, won’t we be using the computers for our lessons?
I think that I will mainly be reading to the children and be making books fun. The job surely will entail all the workings of the reading contests, clubs, and competitions. I have seen a lot of BOB in the library, what is it? I know there will be a lot of shelving and book checkout.
I hope I will get to teach using the computers and laptops. Since there is a Promethean board in the library along with 9 brand new iMacs, document cameras, and 2 COWS, I am guessing I will have a lot of access to technology. The school has a computer person, she is not a teacher but she takes care of the lab so I shouldn't’t have to worry about technical difficulties, that is her job. Since the teachers take their classes to the computer lab weekly the students’ computer skills are probably very good. I am concerned about having to take the time to pull out the laptops often however, it will probably become habit after a while.
The previous librarian was very set on flexible scheduling which I could see as a dream come true in a perfect world. However dealing with all those teacher’s schedules cannot be easy. I think I would rather have a set schedule and then move into a flexible one, if possible. How does one keep track of what has been taught to whom?
This school district has the curriculum lessons, matched with standards on a flash drive organized by grade, month, and week order. This will be very helpful in meeting the state standards for information literacy.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Big Ten
1. Web 2.0 Technology reaches all types of learners by engaging many of the learning traits at one time. With a plethera of choices the sky is the limit for engaging everyone.
2. Digital story tellling, learning is enhanced by the "wow" factor. My students' iMovies kept them on task and learning the entire time. I often found them in the lab during recess because they enjoyed it that much.
3.The Wiki I set up for my 6th graders increased my student engagement ten fold as they had hands on access to endless learning activities. Their writing skills were used far more often as they commented on their classmate's posts, and completed the assignments I assigned.
4. Teacher Tube Resources are easily and quickly accessible. It is a safe site to send students and parents too for homework help. I used this one a great deal.
5. Starfall for my younger students gave one on one engagement. Sites like this can be individualized according to the student's needs with the right software.
6. Teacher collaboration through blogs, websites, ning, wiki, etc offer so much, just about anything a teacher needs to perfect her craft is available. If it is not, just ask, start a discussion, an answer is just a few clicks away.
7. Edsitement, ArtsEd, Edutopia, brainpop, aplusmath, funbrain, kidport, thinkfinity, (just to name a few) all provide lessons for sharing and the adaptations are endless.
8. Creativity has no limit through software, hardware, and the Internet just about any dream is possible. My student completely enjoyed using HTML to create websites. For them to understand how computer language works to make something appear gave them a whole new appreciation for the amount of work and talent it took to start it all up in the first place.
9. Home and school communications and sharing are limitless with such sites as moodle, webgrader, parent connect.
10. Google docs/sites is a great place to place video lessons, homework, student work, which can be posted on protected sites for absent students.
It is hard for me to fathum a classroom where technology is not used but unfortunately I do see it every day. Due to all the reasons mentioned above, behavior issues are almost non existent in the computer lab. Students want to work, to have that hands on engagement, to be interactive with their learning, not passively sitting and listening to lecture. Technology is their future, it must be used to prepare them for it.
2. Digital story tellling, learning is enhanced by the "wow" factor. My students' iMovies kept them on task and learning the entire time. I often found them in the lab during recess because they enjoyed it that much.
3.The Wiki I set up for my 6th graders increased my student engagement ten fold as they had hands on access to endless learning activities. Their writing skills were used far more often as they commented on their classmate's posts, and completed the assignments I assigned.
4. Teacher Tube Resources are easily and quickly accessible. It is a safe site to send students and parents too for homework help. I used this one a great deal.
5. Starfall for my younger students gave one on one engagement. Sites like this can be individualized according to the student's needs with the right software.
6. Teacher collaboration through blogs, websites, ning, wiki, etc offer so much, just about anything a teacher needs to perfect her craft is available. If it is not, just ask, start a discussion, an answer is just a few clicks away.
7. Edsitement, ArtsEd, Edutopia, brainpop, aplusmath, funbrain, kidport, thinkfinity, (just to name a few) all provide lessons for sharing and the adaptations are endless.
8. Creativity has no limit through software, hardware, and the Internet just about any dream is possible. My student completely enjoyed using HTML to create websites. For them to understand how computer language works to make something appear gave them a whole new appreciation for the amount of work and talent it took to start it all up in the first place.
9. Home and school communications and sharing are limitless with such sites as moodle, webgrader, parent connect.
10. Google docs/sites is a great place to place video lessons, homework, student work, which can be posted on protected sites for absent students.
It is hard for me to fathum a classroom where technology is not used but unfortunately I do see it every day. Due to all the reasons mentioned above, behavior issues are almost non existent in the computer lab. Students want to work, to have that hands on engagement, to be interactive with their learning, not passively sitting and listening to lecture. Technology is their future, it must be used to prepare them for it.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Be in the Know
Understanding how a computer operates and being informed on peripherals helps the consumer make wise choices when it is time to make that expensive purchase. In my 11 years as a computer teacher I have had to make many large purchases for my school and I am always amazed at how much technology changes just over the course of a few years. What was hot last year is not going to be the same this year. The consumer really has to know what her needs are in order to make a wise decision.
The benefits of being prepared for computer disaster are numerous. Unfortunately there are those with evil intent in our society and abroad who wish to compromise the safety and security of the Internet. One must be aware of these situation and be proactive. Not only can the Internet be a threat but hardware and software are not foolproof and can fail at any moment. Backing up is always a wise move.
I have always been very proactive when it comes to my precious photos. Walgreens has proven to be an easy and safe choice to store my pics. I found out the hard way that by backing them on CD proved to fail me when it was time to retrieve. Software upgrades make the old versions obsolete rendering the CD’s useless. Talk about disappointment, I have years of digital photos I will never be able to retrieve and I am a big photo buff. When there is a family function requiring photos, I pride myself in being able to produce bits of the past to share.
Navigating the dangerous web takes knowledge and skill. For years I believed Norton’s antivirus was written by those that created the viruses. It seemed those who used it suffered the most attacks, me include. My 50 Mac’s at school never fell prey to those attacks hence when the home PC got so fouled up it couldn’t run, an eMac found it’s way into our home. I am happy to report we are still safe both at school and home.
The benefits of being prepared for computer disaster are numerous. Unfortunately there are those with evil intent in our society and abroad who wish to compromise the safety and security of the Internet. One must be aware of these situation and be proactive. Not only can the Internet be a threat but hardware and software are not foolproof and can fail at any moment. Backing up is always a wise move.
I have always been very proactive when it comes to my precious photos. Walgreens has proven to be an easy and safe choice to store my pics. I found out the hard way that by backing them on CD proved to fail me when it was time to retrieve. Software upgrades make the old versions obsolete rendering the CD’s useless. Talk about disappointment, I have years of digital photos I will never be able to retrieve and I am a big photo buff. When there is a family function requiring photos, I pride myself in being able to produce bits of the past to share.
Navigating the dangerous web takes knowledge and skill. For years I believed Norton’s antivirus was written by those that created the viruses. It seemed those who used it suffered the most attacks, me include. My 50 Mac’s at school never fell prey to those attacks hence when the home PC got so fouled up it couldn’t run, an eMac found it’s way into our home. I am happy to report we are still safe both at school and home.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Week 3 Computer Architecture
Revisiting network security couldn't have come at a better time. As I close up shop for this year and plan for next I need to take a good hard look at this issue. I do have two hard drives on the server, one for back up, but having an external would not be a bad idea. I think I will invest in that not only at school but at home as well. This week's class sparked some ideas for security and back up.
I made a quick call to my tech and he is coming in to help me look at some options. I will pick his brain for my research paper. The last time I looked into this, I was overwhelmed at the options available. When one talks of network security a host of situations come to mind. What needs to be secured must be narrowed down and defined. Over protecting can mess things up as well, and slow down everyone in the process. Stopping the bad from coming in is really my main focus. So with that in mind, I will begin my research. Until we meet again........
I made a quick call to my tech and he is coming in to help me look at some options. I will pick his brain for my research paper. The last time I looked into this, I was overwhelmed at the options available. When one talks of network security a host of situations come to mind. What needs to be secured must be narrowed down and defined. Over protecting can mess things up as well, and slow down everyone in the process. Stopping the bad from coming in is really my main focus. So with that in mind, I will begin my research. Until we meet again........
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Linux
I am really beginning to wonder about Bill Gates. After watching "Triumph of the Nerds" II, I have my questions about what kinds of person he is. His competitiveness almost scares me. I don't care much for Microsoft, I have had too many greedy experiences with them. The greed being on their end. I feel they should be more helpful to schools and their software should be free to any and all educational institutions. If they are worth over one billion dollars, they certainly can afford it. No, they want to charge and keep on charging us for any and all help. Now Apple on the other hand lends out all kinds of free help to schools. Thank goodness I work in a Mac world at my school. I always receive lots of free information from the generous tech support at Apple and I always get a real human within minutes of dialing.
The information in the videos was interesting but disturbing for all the reasons mentioned above. I learned about the origins of the operating systems and software and how IBM made the largest mistake of the company's existence and beyond, but found all a bit overwhelming. It is funny to see the little man rise above the corporate gods. Bill does seem to take an interest, or at least he did at the time of those videos, in his employees, however, it still erks me the way his company treats the public.
I agree with the philosophy of Linux. So far my experience with the freeware OS on my mac has been OK. I am so afraid I am going to screw something up by using it though. But the free word is great and I am really going to make an effort to start using it as Word works like $%^& on my Mac! Must look into using more freeware with the kids at school. That may make for an interesting unit with my Jr. high students!
The information in the videos was interesting but disturbing for all the reasons mentioned above. I learned about the origins of the operating systems and software and how IBM made the largest mistake of the company's existence and beyond, but found all a bit overwhelming. It is funny to see the little man rise above the corporate gods. Bill does seem to take an interest, or at least he did at the time of those videos, in his employees, however, it still erks me the way his company treats the public.
I agree with the philosophy of Linux. So far my experience with the freeware OS on my mac has been OK. I am so afraid I am going to screw something up by using it though. But the free word is great and I am really going to make an effort to start using it as Word works like $%^& on my Mac! Must look into using more freeware with the kids at school. That may make for an interesting unit with my Jr. high students!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Under the Hood
This week’s course work was fun and interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed it. This was one of the best classes of this entire grad program. I feel I got a lot more out of the way this information was presented. More than if we met and it all had been thrown at me at once. I was able to go over the information in digestible pieces and re-watch or read anything I needed. Thank you Louis!
Although I have seen or heard this all before, it was good to have a review as it is not often we think about how a computer works. I am forced to deal with the inside of computers on occasion but it is my least liked task in my job. I have a basic understanding, but like I always say, I know how the mechanics of a car work but I don’t attempt to get in there and wrench it myself.
Knowing how it all works does help me with troubleshooting when problems arise. I know the weaknesses of certain models of the machines in school, so I can make pretty accurate calls on the hardware problems. Or at least know if it is hardware, software, or the network that is not functioning properly.
Although I have seen or heard this all before, it was good to have a review as it is not often we think about how a computer works. I am forced to deal with the inside of computers on occasion but it is my least liked task in my job. I have a basic understanding, but like I always say, I know how the mechanics of a car work but I don’t attempt to get in there and wrench it myself.
Knowing how it all works does help me with troubleshooting when problems arise. I know the weaknesses of certain models of the machines in school, so I can make pretty accurate calls on the hardware problems. Or at least know if it is hardware, software, or the network that is not functioning properly.
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