Jennifer+Student+Documentation+and+Reflection

Early Adopter: Inquiry & Design Challenge
My Destination Postcard:



By the end of this journey I want my students to be able to reflect upon their mathematical and scientific learning.

Name: >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> ** An Opportunity in Overalls ** >>>> How is your journey like that of a storyteller? Of a researcher? > What question did you start out to find answer(s) to? > =====How does student reflection and documentation affect long term learning?===== > ===== What tweaks, edits, modifications have you made to your focus question ===== > ===== ===== > ===== What question(s) remain? ===== >>>> What are you measuring? > >
 * =====Campus: Thornwood Elementary =====
 * =====Grade Level(s): 4th grade =====
 * =====Discipline: Math/Science =====
 * =====Topic:Student Documentation and Reflection =====
 * =====Focus Question: How does student reflection and documentation affect long term learning?=====
 * Goals: Student ownership of blog
 * editing and revising writing
 * student led topics
 * ===== Resources: //s// //earch for existing resources (articles, websites, blogs, videos, etc.) - please be sure to add them to our [|Diigo] //=====
 * 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
 * By the end of this journey I want my students to be able to reflect upon their mathematical and scientific learning by posting videos and pictures to a class blog.
 * Identify your Goals & Objectives
 * By the end of this journey I want my students to be able to reflect upon their mathematical and scientific learning by posting videos and pictures to a class blog.
 * What Obstacles/Problems do you anticipate?
 * Time
 * What Strategies will you use to overcome these obstacles?
 * Incorporate a "blog station"
 * 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
 * **Connecting Your Thinking** //- please copy, paste & respond on your personal page, under Resources//
 * Who else is thinking about your topic?
 * Who else is grappling with this element of practice?
 * What are they finding?
 * How are they sharing?
 * ** Mining the Effort **
 * What artifacts of your personal learning have you been collecting?
 * I've implemented a reflection tool for the students as well as my self through creating a classroom blog and working on an app called "educreations"
 * What process shifts do these suggest in your practice?
 * It shows a focus shift from a teacher facilitated classroom to a student facilitated classroom.
 * What artifacts of student learning have you been collecting?
 * We have created a class blog to document student reflection and documentation of their learning.
 * What process shifts do these suggest in their practice?
 * It shows that I've learned to let go of some of the control in my room.
 * What process shifts do these suggest in their practice?
 * It shows that I've learned to let go of some of the control in my room.
 * It's been a process of trial and error. I went in with an idea and have revised and tweaked as I went.
 * * What new questions have surfaced as a result of your exploration this far?
 * As a researcher:
 * student reflection and documentation
 * What patterns are surfacing?
 * What themes are emerging?
 * What does your data suggest?
 * As a learner:
 * Where have you allowed yourself to be vulnerable in this process?
 * One thing I was really nervous about was being evaluated during one of our class blogging section. My principal loved my lesson, although I felt like I was really doing much but facilitating.
 * 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?
 * ** Defining Your Focus **
 * Collaborative Glossary (@http://tinyurl.com/EAvocab)
 * ** Considering the bigger picture... **
 * What IS Early Adopters?
 * Early adopters is a process of having an open mind to changing the way you think about how to teach kids.
 * What is Early Adopters NOT?
 * Another binder of things to do.
 * What examples from your/your students practice might you offer others to "show" this?
 * Our classroom blog/ educreation create
 * Another binder of things to do.
 * What examples from your/your students practice might you offer others to "show" this?
 * Our classroom blog/ educreation create

>> 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.
 * 
 * < // please add link to Round 2 activity // >
 * < // please add link to Round 3 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:sbisdlearnsymphony/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