Tara+2nd+Grade+Digital+Learning

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My Personal 3

1. It's okay to fail try it again 2. It's ok give up control 3. Push to think outside of the box

Ridgecrest Critical Thinking- Collaboration

 * We decided to try and make an opportunity for each grade level to provide their students with critical thinking activities to choose from.
 * Each grade level will choose some critical thinking activities that they want to offer to the students. Every Friday we hope that the students will be able to have 30 minutes to use critical thinking skills at the end of the day.
 * Some of the different critical thinking activities that we discussed are: debate, using the Apple computers to compose music, having students put together a play to be produced and recorded, origami, having a group that thinks about and researches I wonder questions, games (creating games), brain teasers, and using shapes to make things from.
 * We looked up different resources for the staff to use when using critical thinking in writing.
 * We will also use "Say Something" to allow the students to have sentence stems to use during partner talk and workstations maybe after they read a book or to start their writing.
 * We were asked to make a video to show some of the different things that new students would need to know when they come to Ridgecrest. The goal would be to put all of these videos Ridgecrest You Tube to show incoming students
 * Birtha and I chose to show new students what it means to be in STEPS.
 * Others chose to show things such as meet the principles, library procedures, cafeteria procedures, important things to know and a tour of the school.

Early Adopter: Inquiry & Design Challenge
If only.. my students left me in June knowing how to communicate learning digitally and sharing ideas around the world.

Our Blog: http://kidblog.org/MsRangelsSecondGradeSfari/

**__Idea __**
visible thinking- This week I will focus on showing students how to communicate visibly and comment on others learning.
 * communication
 * end of unit projects
 * sharing
 * workstations
 * communication with I coach
 * modeling
 * online resources
 * documenting learning

Exciting Interesting Mind Opening Application Learning
 * __6 Word Memoir __**

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 * An Opportunity in Overalls **

How is your journey like that of a storyteller? Of a researcher? Storyteller My journey has been like a storyteller in that what I have experienced has been documented on this page in my thoughts and feelings about what I have done. I have reflected on my experiences by writing my thoughts about what I have done in the classroom. This whole experience has been to me one big story unfolding into how I can incorporate using technology in my classroom.

My journey has been like a researcher in that I have had to find ways that work to incorporate technology into my classroom. This has come through trial and error and thinking about what works and what did not work.

What question did you start out to find answer(s) to?


 * What tweaks, edits, modifications have you made to your focus question?
 * What question(s) remain?
 * What new questions have surfaced as a result of your exploration this far?

As a researcher:

What are you measuring?


 * What patterns are surfacing? The students enjoy being on the computer working with the programs.
 * What themes are emerging? The students really embrace technology and want to use it as much as possible.
 * What does your data suggest?

As a learner:


 * Where have you allowed yourself to be vulnerable in this process?
 * How are you allowing yourself, your professional learning to be 'seen'?
 * In what way(s) have you found the courage to be 'imperfect'?
 * What //a-ha!// moments, elements of a 'spiritual awakening'/"breakdown" have you experienced? What might these insights suggested to you?

What story is unfolding from your research?


 * (//just bullet point notes for now//)

Getting Started
 * ===== Activity: =====
 * 1) Individually, design a student resource, activity type, or mini-challenge to try in the classroom over the next month to test. Then, get feedback from partners.
 * 2) Try out resource, activity type, or project during the month(s), documenting plan, process, execution and reflection and collect student work samples.
 * <//please add link to Round 1 activity//>

//Please create a page for your activities that will help others understand the steps you are taking in your inquiry and design process.//

**Creating Your Activity Page [[image:InqDesign.png align="right"]]**

 * 1) Please make a new page:
 * Title: <name, topic, Round 1>
 * Template: activity design
 * Tag : design, campus
 * 1) SAVE your page
 * 2) Check to be sure your page appears at the top of our Activity Share page

//example:// Jennifer F. Round 1