Here I am reflecting on a Friday night at 5:00pm... I know its crazy, but I cannot stop thinking about our PLC day today and my PLC for next year. I have learned so much over the past year both proffessionally and personally! I have a lot of new technological ideas to implement into my curriculum, as well as many new found reasons to use technology and project based learning that I had not thought of in the past.
Where to go with all of this for next year?
That is the big question we all have on our minds- Im sure...!
At this point in my thought process I am thinking of several different roads to take, some of which include: creating parallel tasks, reader's response, writer's workshop, differentiated centers, project based learning, and ways to improve our students assessment scores...... Im trying to figure out a way that I can combine all of this into one awesome overall idea!
Thoughts?
I would really love to use project-based learning in my classroom next year with a reader's/writer's workshop approach toward instruction (using differentiated centers and parallel tasks) and hoping that with this approach to teaching my students test scores will improve...??
Thats where I stand today
- its truley been a great learning experience and I am in shock that this year is coming to an end. I had a great PLC team this year and while I am sad that we will probably go our seperate ways next year to meet our own individual needs.... I am confident that we will remain the "G" team and continue to share ideas with eachother and continue to challenge eachothers thinking.
Thank you to a great team this year! I've learned a lot and you have all helped to make my first year teaching a great success!
Also a big thank you to our administration for allowing us the opportunity to grow as educators- we are lucky to have a group of people leading our school district that care soooo much about their teachers and students!~
Friday, May 27, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Presentation Day
So, here it is! We've collaborated on how to approach the presentation, met extra times after school to finalize our thoughts, finished up our own Glogs, have the group Glog printed for the Learning Fair, and have a plan for sharing what we've learned with others during the Session. We can't wait. We're going to even try a live stream of our 30 min presentation using USTREAM. Check out our Glog below and what we're each going to focus on, but be sure to check out the live stream in our next post!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Initiating Change
For our final PLC meeting we were able to have one last virtual meeting with Rob Griffith, social studies teacher at Hinsdale Central School, and be inspired by his approach in the classroom. He focuses on student needs and building relationships, not technology. While utilizing Project Based Learning, his students have been immersed in a cooperative and connected classroom. Many of the projects are highlighted on the classroom blog, transPARENTSsee. He shared with us the project his students were currently working on together and how certain tasks were assigned to ensure participation from all involved: manager, facilitator, reporter, and challenger. Mr. Griffith inspires students to think, create, and present in today's digital world.
Rob is initiating change not only in his classroom, but in various areas. His morning message at HCS has been a challenge to those in the district. Educational sites and tools are being viewed for their educational potential and are now open for all to learn with. His professional blog MyEduNotions shares his educational musings. Rob has been presenting at educational technology conferences to share his students successes. Inspiring others around him to do the same, we appreciated his encouraging words that will assist in our team's efforts in Teaching4Tomorrow.
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