Wendy+Preview+Learning

If only... I could incorporate the 3--5 Action Based Lab to improve student learning.
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 * student schedule
 * track data / students
 * video tape students
 * interview students
 * sharing video
 * camera
 * create videos of other ABL
 * collaborate with ABL coordinator

What will I do with my kids next week:
 * run students through the ABL and video them.

Action Based Learning

Early Adopter: Inquiry & Design Challenge
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Destination Postcard: I want to preview material with a small group of students so that they will feel successful in the lesson that will be explained to the class.

My 6 Word Memoir Technology - stepping out and daring greatly!

Walking the Walk

 * Given our discussion this morning, please consider and respond to the following, as they relate to your personal learning journey this year:
 * Identify your Goals & Objectives
 * My goal is to utilize the Actition Based Learning lab for 3rd - 5th grade students and track the data to show improved test score; create a video and photo portfolio of students engaging in the lab
 * What Obstacles/Problems do you anticipate?
 * Time and consistency will be an obstacle; technology will be an obstacle
 * What Strategies will you use to overcome these obstacles?
 * make the time and persevere through it
 * What resources and materials will you share via our EA wiki and learning community?
 * I will share my portfolio with students and teachers
 * Data Collection:
 * Pre-assessment - //how will you determine the base-line of your students in your target area//?
 * Behavior and test scores
 * Sign in sheets for teachers and relate scores to time in lab
 * Action Research Assessment and Evaluation:
 * How will you measure success?
 * portfolio, photos, videos, motivation, increased test scores
 * What will you collect as evidence of success?

Name: Wendy Granger
 * =====Campus: Westwood =====
 * =====Grade Level(s): K-5 =====
 * =====Discipline: Elementary Education =====
 * =====Topic: Math =====
 * =====Focus Question: How will students take ownership of their learning during the preview tutorials? How will the students use this learning in the whole class lesson?=====
 * Needs to know: the student will need to know the skill they will be presenting; the student will create a rubric to monitor their learning; the student will need to know how to present: voice inflection and presentation style.

How is your journey like that of a storyteller? Of a researcher? My journey is that of a storyteller in that I'm attempting to solve problems as well as gain technology knowledge. Just like a good storyteller, there are many emotional moments of solving technology issues along the way. I always feel that it is going to be too big of a job for me to tackle therefore, I tend to take the safe route. I'm hoping now to step into technology with more confidence, knowing that it will probably be messy and it will probably take time. As a researcher, I am attempting to stay on top of the technology changes even though I feel I am a novice learner. Well, at this point, I still feel very new and inadequate when it comes to technology, but I now feel like I can take risks. I'm not as hard on myself as before when it takes me longer to learn things in technology.
 * 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?
 * I need to not just understand the different backgrounds of my students, but more importantly how their background affects their perceptions.
 * What question(s) remain?
 * What tools can I employ my students with to help them step outside of "their bubble" and how do I do this?
 * What new questions have surfaced as a result of your exploration this far?
 * How can I best measure/resolve my students' perception or point of view hindering mastery of content.

As a researcher: What are you measuring? I am measuring the students knowledge of the concepts I am teaching. The pattern of limited time is emereging.
 * What patterns are surfacing?

Students always get motivated when they are on camera or are able to do something with technology. Technology should be a learning process for the the teacher and the student and should happen to deepen the learning of not just the skills but also ways of becoming true problem
 * What themes are emerging?
 * What does your data suggest?

As a learner: I am learning how to take risks when it comes to technology.
 * In what way(s) has your professional perception been expanded?
 * How are you allowing yourself and your authentic, real, professional learning to be 'seen'?
 * Being a math interventionist on campus, it has been a difficult journey incorporating technology with my groups. I get very excited and motivated right after the class, but that fades when the days get packed with other assignments and testing.
 * In what way(s) have you found the courage to be 'imperfect'?
 * When I jump into the idea and of what I want to accomplish and not worry too much about the "how" part leads to messiness and imperfection.
 * How do you define vulnerability in the context of our work?What about this process makes you feel vulnerable?
 * Everything about this process creates feeling of vulnerability
 * What strategies are you using through this process that might benefit your students as well?
 * Making students think for themselves and not answereing every single question for them.
 * What **//a-ha!//** moments, or elements of a 'spiritual awakening'/'breakdown' have you experienced? What might these insights suggested to you?

Three things I would offer: 1. It will get messy, embrace the messiness 2. Be vulnerable - don't be afraid to fail 3. Have patience with yourself, be kind

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**Resources**: > We connected to the quote �teaching all the content� is not the goal but �learning to draw upon and use content thoughtfully and effectively� is the educational goal. Our job is to design backward from the goal, not to march through stuff without considering the consequences. Begin with the end in mind � we need to think about not just where our grade level needs to be but where we need kids to be at the end of other grade levels and what we need them to internalize in order to get there. The power is in the thought provoking questions from both teachers and students. > The thinking shift is not to skim the surface of whatever the learning is but to go deeper by questioning and extending their thinking in other disciplines, and giving them time to internalize what they are learning. Teachers must shift their thinking by allowing students time to internalize and reflect on their learning. Teachers have to let go of the control and allow the students to extend their own learning. > How do we keep the faith that the students can get there when we have standardized tests and our scores may dip due to the shift?
 * Documentation & Reflection - http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Documentation+and+Reflection+Prompts
 * Inquiry - http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Inquiry
 * Resources: search for existing resources (articles, websites, blogs, videos, etc.) - please be sure to add them to our [|Diigo]
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 * Thinking
 * http://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/thinking-about-a-lack-of-thinking/
 * **Summary of discussion about Thinking About Lack of Thinking**


 * ===== Activity: =====
 * Individually, design a student resource, activity type, or project to try in the classroom over the next month to test. Then, get feedback from partners.
 * Try out resource, activity type, or project during the month(s), documenting plan, process, execution and reflection and collect student work samples.
 * Wendy Round 1
 * Wendy Round 2
 * Wendy Round 3

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

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 * Title: 
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 * Tag : design, campus
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//example:// Jennifer F. Round http://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/thinking-about-a-lack-of-thinking/