Demi-+Making+Thinking+Visible

Early Adopter: Inquiry & Design Challenge  My Destination Postcard:

This year, our destination in kindergarten is to become actively engaged and involved with what we're learning, so we can carry our knowledge and experience through to the next grade and beyond.

> KinderBlog, KathyCassidy, [|Mrs. Lee's Classroom Blog], Krystal Weiss, Techy Email, http://groups.diigo.com/group/sbisd-early-adopters
 * Name: **Demi Lee
 * =====**Campus:** TWE =====
 * =====**Grade Level:** Kindergarten =====
 * =====**Discipline: **All =====
 * =====**Topic: **=====
 * =====**Focus Question:** Will kindergartners be able to "make their thinking visible" by creating a class blog and Skyping in with other classrooms and a homebound student? =====
 * =====**Resources:** =====

**Connecting Your Thinking **


 * **Who else is thinking about your topic? **
 * **Who else is grappling with this element of practice? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What are they finding? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How are they sharing? **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Walking the Walk
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How are you prepared to Walk the Walk this year?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How will your journey reflect action research ?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Please go to your personal learning journal page and respond to the following:


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify your Goals & Objectives- **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">My goal is for my students to successfully post pictures and comments of what they are learning to make their learning visible. Students will be able to communicate with other students and groups throughout the year through Skype.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">**What Obstacles/Problems do you anticipate?**-The lack of time will be the biggest obstacle. Also, having kindergarten students managing the technology will for sure have some snags as they are learning how to use the devices and blogs.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">**What Strategies will you use to overcome these obstacles?**-Take advantage of the time given at the early adopter meetings.
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What resources and materials will you share via our EA wiki and learning community?- **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I will share any helpful websites/apps that we begin to use as we journey through this.
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Data Collection: **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Pre-assessment-** I will present my students with an iTouch (capable of taking pictures) and see if they are first able to take a picture successfully of their work.


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Action Research Assessment and Evaluation: **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**How will you measure success?** I will measure success by if my students are able to post a picture to our class blog and Skype independently with other students.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**How will you know if you have succeeded?** The students will be able to [[image:http://solidsaving-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png height="10"]] these tasks independently. If they run into any problems, they can problem solve
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**What will you collect as evidence of success?** The evidence will be the picture of students' work located on my blog.

> 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.
 * Round 1 -
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mini-challenge: Set the foundation for my goal-create centers for both Skype and [[image:http://solidsaving-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png height="10"]] . In order to build this foundation, we must ensure that 1. my homebound student has the technology resources 2. students learn how to upload photos to our classroom blog 3. students learn how to access skype 4. set up a time/day with a 2nd grade class to help build the foundation
 * [|Mrs. Lee's Classroom Blog]
 * Kinder Blog Lesson
 * Round 2-
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Mini-challenge: Continue to set the foundation-1. Have students learn how to log-in using their own personal login. 2. Continue to seek technology for my homebound student. 3. Get students to turn in their permission forms, so that we can begin to upload pictures of their work.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Lee-blog letter (2).docx]]
 * < // 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:InqDesign.png align="right"]]**

 * 1) Please make a new page:
 * Title: <name, topic, Round 1>
 * Template: activity design
 * Tag : design, __#|__ [[image:http://solidsaving-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png height="10" __]]__
 * 1) [[image:http://solidsaving-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png height="10"]] your page
 * 2) Check to be sure your page appears at the top of our Activity Share page

//example:// Jennifer F. Round 1