Sarah+Student+Documentation+and+Reflection


 * Mining the Effort **
 * What artifacts of your personal learning have you been collecting? The blog for documenting our own learning.
 * What process shifts do these suggest in your practice? I'm thinking beyond the curriculum and more long term learning.


 * What artifacts of student learning have you been collecting? My students post some of their reflections on evernote. They take pictures of what they have written and then record what they learned and how they improved their papers. They have made tutorials on it as well.
 * What process shifts do these suggest in their practice? Students have a better understanding of the expectations in their reflecting, however they are still not

How is your journey like that of a storyteller? Of a researcher? I think it could be like a researcher as I am gathering evidence of my practice and looking carefully at what is working and what is not. Storytelling can come into play if I share my activities with others- either informally or formally.
 * An Opportunity in Overalls **

What question did you start out to find answer(s) to?
 * What tweaks, edits, modifications have you made to your focus question? My focus question is really like having two questions. How can I help my students be more reflective? How will this reflection help them master content.
 * What question(s) remain? I think the reflective piece will always be full of questions. What works for some students will not work for others. Levels of reflection will vary with the levels of the students.
 * What new questions have surfaced as a result of your exploration this far? How do I differentiate reflection? How can students help each other in areas of reflection?

As a researcher:

What are you measuring?
 * What patterns are surfacing? Some students feel liberated to reflect and document their learning. Others feel unsure. I find that students who have thought deeply about their own learning, spend more time documenting what they have learned. Others still struggle to see the value in it and therefore their reflections are not as thorough. Maybe having students share what they have learned with other students could help them?
 * What themes are emerging?
 * What does your data suggest?

As a learner:
 * Where have you allowed yourself to be vulnerable in this process? I have allowed myself to make mistakes. I recognize that I need to dive in to try new things, and it's ok if I have reteach, or backup in my teaching. My students have been flexible!
 * How are you allowing yourself, your professional learning to be 'seen'? I talk a lot with another teacher who is an early adopter. I have had my students pair up with her students who are younger and share what they have learned. It has been wonderful having the students take ownership and share their thinking with others.
 * In what way(s) have you found the courage to be 'imperfect'? I respect that it's a learning journey. I've tried things, and failed, but I find comfort in knowing that the next time, I will have more ways to make the learning accessible to my students. I use the quantum learning keys of excellence with my students each month, and one key is "Failure Leads to Success." How can I impart this on my students if I do know believe in it myself?
 * 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//)

Early Adopter: Inquiry & Design Challenge
My Destination Postcard: 



My students will be self-directed learners who reflect and share their learning with others.

Name:
 * =====Campus: Memorial Drive Elementary =====
 * =====Grade Level(s): 4 =====
 * =====Discipline: Self contained =====
 * =====Topic: =====
 * =====Focus Question: How will helping students be more reflective help them master necessary content?=====


 * I now want my kids to see learning as more of a process than as a filling the bucket full of info. I want them to take ownership and develop ideas based on their own seeking of knowledge
 * How do I provide a structure to get my kids started on the reflection process?
 * When are the best opportunities for reflection?
 * How can I use edmodo to support continual reflection?
 * How will I know that students' reflections are helping their own learning?
 * ===== Resources: //s// //earch for existing resources (articles, websites, blogs, videos, etc.) - please be sure to add them to our [|Diigo] EVERNOTE, GOOGLE //=====
 * Houston A+ externship program- teaches teachers the skills kids need to learn to apply them in a real world work environment. They encourage teachers to be reflective in how they teach problem solving.
 * Malcolm Gladwell is very reflective on what makes people successful, overcoming barriers, and how people learn to problem solve. He is focused on reflective learning that people do throughout different fields of study.

Walking the Walk
 * How are you prepared to //Walk the Walk// this year? How will your journey reflect //action research// ?
 * Please go to your personal learning journal page and respond to the following:
 * Identify your Goals & Objectives
 * What Obstacles/Problems do you anticipate?
 * What Strategies will you use to overcome these obstacles?
 * What resources and materials will you share via our EA wiki and learning community?
 * Data Collection:
 * Pre-assessment - //how will you determine the base-line of your students in your target area//?
 * Action Research Assessment and Evaluation:
 * How will you measure success?
 * How will you know if you have succeeded?
 * What will you collect as evidence of success?

Working on the Work
 * ===== 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.
 * Student Note Taking
 * Native American Research Project
 * =**Sarah's Cookie Project Page**=

//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: 
 * 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