Been struggling with the Latest ARP draft, not so much the content as the progress. The action part.
I decided to and I have met with the building secretaries at the Elementary schools since they are the most "experienced" users of the system in general terms and have been the central repository for all grading information for report cards and such. It is likely they will be asked questions about the gradebook trial and it is only fair, (and smart) to keep them informed as well.
The response was positive and discussion did bring up some more points to consider.
One of the primary difficulties is the timing. there is only one full grading period left to use. I have done some one on one with some but not all the teachers, and still and not sure even the small group will be fully ready. This alters my plan somewhat. I will post some of the text notes I have been keeping at a later time.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Memories of a successful Learning Experience
A tough one this. Not being a teacher and having to come up with "a successful learning experience I designed" However, I can think of one. Years ago, I ran a workshop on internet applications for Upward Bound while I was getting my degree. I focused primarily on Internet searching and source citation and set them up with email accounts on the university email system so they could do email "pen-pals". I contacted two schools: one in Wisconsin and one Iowa, (Simon and Mary were the teachers names) and also put the students on to what used to be penpals.net (but has now become unrecognizable) so they could converse using email.
This was the early 90's-the web hadn't yet become what it is today. Email was primarily a business or paid service, yahoomail and the rest hadn't taken off.
Most of these kids were amazed at what you could find, and shocked to discover that not all of it was true. From course evaluations I learned that they enjoyed the email and felt more connected to other students. Many asked if they could retain the accounts after they left so they could continue the conversations.
Many of these students wouldn't print 3 sentences but were regularly sending 15 to 20 email messages a session. I was using floppy disks for email storage for security and continually had to supply additional floppies as their "mailboxes" became full.
I had designed it to be an introduction, a primer; with some fun thrown in. I wanted it to be an academic information course as well. Things got off track more than once but I think I succeeded in those aspects. More importantly I think I learned something as well-when you trying too hard to get something across sometimes you have better success if you let go a little,
This was the early 90's-the web hadn't yet become what it is today. Email was primarily a business or paid service, yahoomail and the rest hadn't taken off.
Most of these kids were amazed at what you could find, and shocked to discover that not all of it was true. From course evaluations I learned that they enjoyed the email and felt more connected to other students. Many asked if they could retain the accounts after they left so they could continue the conversations.
Many of these students wouldn't print 3 sentences but were regularly sending 15 to 20 email messages a session. I was using floppy disks for email storage for security and continually had to supply additional floppies as their "mailboxes" became full.
I had designed it to be an introduction, a primer; with some fun thrown in. I wanted it to be an academic information course as well. Things got off track more than once but I think I succeeded in those aspects. More importantly I think I learned something as well-when you trying too hard to get something across sometimes you have better success if you let go a little,
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