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Early Adopter: Inquiry & Design Challenge
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Marlo Wilson: //How does my use of edmodo effect student reflection // //edmodo find content student reflections // http://www.rundesroom.com/2013/01/math-reflections.html from Diigo above on student sentence stems http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Documentation+and+Reflection+Prompts
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 * =====Math: =====
 * =====Topic: Student Owned Learning =====
 * =====Focus Question: How does student reflection impact true understanding of a concept? =====
 * How does video viewing effect learning My recent training studied Flipping Your Classroom by Jonathan Bergmann It is a quick read on using video to flip the science class after reflecting it seemed that the videos and flipping did not increase test scores. The teachers felt they were able to reach students and work with fewer students but not all student have enough academic conversation or are able to learn from 10 min video. I am confused on my stand on video for learning
 * Where can I embed these opportunities in existing activities/lessons? I am also struggling with working with a team and all moving together. It seem to work best when the community incorporates a new way of teaching together
 * What type of prompts/questions will promote deeper self- reflection? I am not sure.
 * How can I measure the quality of student reflections? I think the test is the standard of measurement. At this time the "test" has to always run the curriculum
 * ==== How does student reflection impact true understanding of a concept? Putting learning to word and pictures does cement learning and makes it personal ====
 * ===== Resources: //s// //earch for existing resources (articles, websites, blogs, videos, etc.) - please be sure to add them to our [|Diigo] //=====

> http://groups.diigo.com/group/sbisd-early-adopters
 * //Who else is thinking about your topic? //
 * //Who else is grappling with the elements of practice //
 * //What are they finding //
 * //How are they sharing? //
 * How are you prepared to //Walk the Walk// this year? I am working on having the students reflect on their learning through using edumodo asking them to use math language
 * How will your journey reflect //action research// ? I am constantly looking for new ways to teach so all student learn
 * 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? I have multi measures of successes. In Math this is a freak year meaning the curriculum is changing and if we do not teach more skills this year students will miss important area so we are teaching the new skill while being tested on the old skills. More teks less time on each skill I need to measure my self on how the student are able to absorb at a higher level so I can judge on their level of expressions.
 * How will you know if you have succeeded? The students are academically prepared
 * What will you collect as evidence of success? I think if students demonstrate their math process in edmode

Getting Started February
 * ===== 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.
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 * Mining the Effort**
 * What artifacts of your personal learning have you been collecting? I have been uploading videos on Youtube
 * What process shifts do these suggest in your practice? I have been so overwhelmed and missed making videos and a student volunteered to make the video


 * What artifacts of student learning have you been collecting? We are collecting data on NRT, Benchmarks, Telpas, grade book and personal narrative
 * What process shifts do these suggest in their practice? because I am overwhelmed I kept thinking I am adding what can I leave behind I decide I couold let the students create the videos. I am excited that the students have started creating their videos for the class

How is your journey like that of a storyteller? Of a researcher? I think I am more like a researcher. I try this see if it is affecting student learner if yes I build on it if no I will try some thing else I find my self looking at Personal learning communities when I find what is not working to find other area to try
 * 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 would say I am moving beyond edmodo to other technologies
 * What question(s) remain? How can I affect student learing
 * What new questions have surfaced as a result of your exploration this far? How do I build on what works and how do I fit it all in

As a researcher:

What are you measuring?
 * What patterns are surfacing? The students are asking deeper question. They are engaged in their learning and understand the learning is for them IE: they do not do home work for a grade but yet everyone does there homework
 * What themes are emerging?
 * What does your data suggest? I am not sure on the data at this time

As a learner:
 * Where have you allowed yourself to be vulnerable in this process? I am ok if the product is not perfect
 * How are you allowing yourself, your professional learning to be 'seen'? I am beginning to see that I do not need the positive reinforcements. I can look for growth indicator beyond what the campus is looking for. One think that is of great benefit is having an out side person come in a watch and listening to what they see
 * In what way(s) have you found the courage to be 'imperfect'? It is nice to be reinforced that it is ok to be less that perfect I upload videos that are are needed now and not needed perfect by being not perfect it empowers the student to step in and that they can improve
 * 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?
 * //Video//
 * //scores//
 * //personal// //narratives//
 * 1) What can I do to support myself to continue

July Reflecting on the past year I liked using edmodo and was impressed when the students created their own norms I did try Flipping Wednesday after STAAR The students learned and liked
 * Watching the video and taking notes, they said they like watching the video over and over again
 * They like taking a quiz over the video
 * They would still do the "assignment"
 * They would then do the activities, this was the favorite part
 * Activities they did were:
 * Interger wars a favorite
 * Up and down from Kamico
 * Tax and tip Menu project
 * Decimal fraction percent M&M project

Reflections on Flipping
 * 1) the students looked forward to the day
 * 2) I taught one time the students watched many times.
 * 3) Because they watched and then 12 hour later would take a quiz.The information would go into long term memory easier
 * 4) I could give more complex assignment because they had support for the work
 * 5) They did more in depth work when they "played the game' Made more work "fun"

Drawback
 * the classroom can look loud and students doing different things
 * the classroom can get loud
 * not every student pre- watched the video and it would take all class period to watch the video, take the quiz and finish the assignments.

I would like to continue this I need to brain storm how to overcome these draw back


 * First five days 2014-2015**


 * 1) into get to know you
 * 2) **Properties of Operation** question in Edmodo
 * 3) Respond to Edmodo set Edmodo Norms
 * 4) Flip the lesson
 * 5) First Quiz respond to the learning



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