This was one of the less complex assignments of this course! It took me a little time to come up with a topic, but I finally decided on a topic that has been used, and is reinforced regularly in my DCT and Intro to Business courses. Career Planning and Development is an important topic for high school level students to know about and discuss regularly.
You can now play a jeopardy game of Career Planning and Development!
The Jeopardy Review assignment closely relates to the ISTE.NETS for Teachers Standards:
#2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Prezi - Zooming Presentations
I have to say that I have worked on and revisited this assignment numerous times! I still cannot figure it out! I have read the discussion posts, talked to classmates, and talked to co-workers...not sure what I am doing! I did get my previously made PPT Presentation to download, but I cannot figure out where to go from there. So...not sure when and if you will see this assignment!
This is all I have so far...suggestions would be great! PREZI
The Prezi-Zooming Presentations assignment closely relates to the ISTE.NETS teachers standards...
#2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
This is all I have so far...suggestions would be great! PREZI
The Prezi-Zooming Presentations assignment closely relates to the ISTE.NETS teachers standards...
#2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
Friday, March 25, 2011
PowerPoint Presentation
WOW. I worked on this presentation ALL day, on and off! It was fun, but time consuming to think of what I wanted to say, and how to describe my information in a creative way. I created a 27 slide PowerPoint Presentation on the DCT~Diversified Cooperative Training program that I teach in the Business Education department at PBHSC. DCT is a great program for teaching students on-the-job skills, as well as, how to create and complete letters of application, resumes, letters of resignation, job applications, and many other beneficial documents. DCT also teaches students job characteristics, budgets, and how to obtain employment.
Hope you all enjoy my presentation! You can now view it at slideshare...or you can view it below!
The PowerPoint Presentation assignment closely relates to the ISTE.NETS Standards:
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity ~b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments ~ c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
Hope you all enjoy my presentation! You can now view it at slideshare...or you can view it below!
Dct~ it’s your future!
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The PowerPoint Presentation assignment closely relates to the ISTE.NETS Standards:
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity ~b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments ~ c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Action Research Report: Preparing Print Documents
My APA Paper is finally finished! Wow, those AR assignments kicked my butt! The action research report was something that I had just completed in a class last semester, so I had the format saved and ready to go! Using the correct format is important when writing an AR paper. It is important that you have a running header on each page, page numbers, a title page, abstract page, findings page, and references. As for the page numbers on each page, I fought with that in my last class and never could figure out how to get pages 3, 4, and so on, to be those numbers! Everything after page 1 on my report is page 2!
The action research report, Preparing Print Documents, consisted of mainly summarizing the findings from the AR Spreadsheet assignment, as well as, responses to the AR questions on the Spreadsheet 3 assignment. It allowed me to research further what the differences were in gender and classification percentages, and the average pretest and post test scores due to those percentages, if at all. The report allowed me to use the copy and paste functions within MS Word and Excel to view charts and graphs within the AR Report. Following the format of an APA Paper, the visual aids or charts/graphs required a specific "Figure 1, 2, 3, etc." and detailed caption below the chart or graph.
The AR Report followed closely with the ISTE.NETS Standard 5:
~Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership:
5c. Educators evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice: This is important in the field of education because teachers need to be up-to-date on current issues and technology, therefore supporting student learning.
The action research report, Preparing Print Documents, consisted of mainly summarizing the findings from the AR Spreadsheet assignment, as well as, responses to the AR questions on the Spreadsheet 3 assignment. It allowed me to research further what the differences were in gender and classification percentages, and the average pretest and post test scores due to those percentages, if at all. The report allowed me to use the copy and paste functions within MS Word and Excel to view charts and graphs within the AR Report. Following the format of an APA Paper, the visual aids or charts/graphs required a specific "Figure 1, 2, 3, etc." and detailed caption below the chart or graph.
The AR Report followed closely with the ISTE.NETS Standard 5:
~Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership:
5c. Educators evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice: This is important in the field of education because teachers need to be up-to-date on current issues and technology, therefore supporting student learning.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Personality: #2
The results of my personality test scored me as being more of a "Guardian" than "Idealist". In my previous post, I guessed that my personality reflected more of the "idealist personality". I was not far off from my educated guess because I had chosen the "guardian personality" to be the second closest to my own personality. The knowledge of my personality type would assist me in leading a class of students, a group of teachers, or a cadre of principles because I have the personality to do a job that needs to be done. Such as teaching a class full of students, I know they need to learn the information that I have, and I make sure that it happens for them! I LOVE the fact that the "guardian personality" talks about believing in law and order and the fact that a sense of right and wrong is being lost. That fits my personality very well! I used the Jing tool to capture some of the characteristics of the Guardian Personality...just click on the picture to read it in full view!
The "Personality Assignment" reflects the ISTE.NETS STANDARD:
2b. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments:
develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
The "Personality Assignment" reflects the ISTE.NETS STANDARD:
2b. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments:
develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
Personality: #1
I have never experienced a personality test, the "personality test" for this assignment will be my first. An educated guess about which personality type fits me best, in order of most like me to least like me, would have to be:
1. Idealist
2. Guardian
3. Artisan
4. Rational
I feel that the "idealist" personality fits me pretty well. As an educator, I love to help others and do what I can to get them to achieve their goals. I am enthusiastic and trust my intuition, as well as, loving and giving. I am a nurturing and wonderful parent, and I hope that I am an inspirational leader to some! The "guardian" personality also fits me pretty well. I am a very dependable, helpful, and hard working person. I take pride in being a responsible parent and teacher. I also feel that traditions are important in my family life and working/social life. The "artisan" personality had a few traits that described me, but was not a personality that I would say "fits" me. I feel that I am fun loving, realistic, bold, and playful, as well as, a creative parent. The "rational" personality also had a couple of traits that fit me, such as being strong willed and yearning for achievement.
1. Idealist
2. Guardian
3. Artisan
4. Rational
I feel that the "idealist" personality fits me pretty well. As an educator, I love to help others and do what I can to get them to achieve their goals. I am enthusiastic and trust my intuition, as well as, loving and giving. I am a nurturing and wonderful parent, and I hope that I am an inspirational leader to some! The "guardian" personality also fits me pretty well. I am a very dependable, helpful, and hard working person. I take pride in being a responsible parent and teacher. I also feel that traditions are important in my family life and working/social life. The "artisan" personality had a few traits that described me, but was not a personality that I would say "fits" me. I feel that I am fun loving, realistic, bold, and playful, as well as, a creative parent. The "rational" personality also had a couple of traits that fit me, such as being strong willed and yearning for achievement.
Spreadsheet 3: AR Spreadsheet
You can all now view my AR Spreadsheet in Google Docs! It has taken me quite a while to complete this assignment! I was very confused and finally asked a collaborative teacher I work with to give me some assistance with creating functions. I did complete the assignment in MS Excel, and I feel that it is better late than never! I did learn so many new things from completing this assignment. I learned how to create and use new functions that I had not previously known about or ever used, that I can remember!
After uploading the assignment to Google Docs, I noticed that the "averageif" formula does not transfer to Google, as well as, the charts and graphs I spent so much time completing! So, I uploaded my document and I am going to show some clips of my results in this blog post so that everyone can see that I did work hard to complete/use the functions and charts/graphs!
Research Questions:
1. I did not see where gender (male/female) scores impacted initial grade averages. The averages were very close for the pretest and post test scores. They were only a few points off from one another.
2. Classification (traditional/non traditional) impacted initial grade averages just a bit. The traditional pretest scores were somewhat higher than the non traditional (14 points), but the post test scores were only 3 points apart for each of the classifications.
3. The action research intervention did improve student learning. The post test scores were significantly higher than the pretest scores, for the gender and classification groups. The scores jumped 50 points or more for each of the groups.
I created six charts/graphs to go along with the AR Spreadsheet. Each of the charts relates to a specific criteria. The first 2 charts/graphs I completed were for the differences between gender distribution and class distribution. I had a hard time completing the charts/graphs until the first one was finished. Once I figured out how to get all the information I needed into the chart/graph, it was a breeze! The second 2 charts/graphs I created were the differences between the male/female pretest and post test scores, as well as, the differences between the traditional/non traditional pretest and post test scores. I tried to use a variety of charts/graphs to complete the assignment. The last 2 charts I completed were the gain/loss or difference between the pretest and post test scores for every student.
I did find that you can copy and past formulas and/or functions and you can use the little black handle at the bottom of the cell once you have completed a formula/function to carry it on to the next cell, eliminating you having to put the formula/function 213 times!
The Spreadsheet 3: AR Spreadsheet assignment closely relates to the ISTE.NETS Standard 3: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning because as educator's we are modeling and using current and emerging digital tools to better our technological abilities. By learning how to efficiently work through MS Excel, I will have the knowledge to pass these skills on to my students and co-workers.
After uploading the assignment to Google Docs, I noticed that the "averageif" formula does not transfer to Google, as well as, the charts and graphs I spent so much time completing! So, I uploaded my document and I am going to show some clips of my results in this blog post so that everyone can see that I did work hard to complete/use the functions and charts/graphs!
Research Questions:
1. I did not see where gender (male/female) scores impacted initial grade averages. The averages were very close for the pretest and post test scores. They were only a few points off from one another.
2. Classification (traditional/non traditional) impacted initial grade averages just a bit. The traditional pretest scores were somewhat higher than the non traditional (14 points), but the post test scores were only 3 points apart for each of the classifications.
3. The action research intervention did improve student learning. The post test scores were significantly higher than the pretest scores, for the gender and classification groups. The scores jumped 50 points or more for each of the groups.
I created six charts/graphs to go along with the AR Spreadsheet. Each of the charts relates to a specific criteria. The first 2 charts/graphs I completed were for the differences between gender distribution and class distribution. I had a hard time completing the charts/graphs until the first one was finished. Once I figured out how to get all the information I needed into the chart/graph, it was a breeze! The second 2 charts/graphs I created were the differences between the male/female pretest and post test scores, as well as, the differences between the traditional/non traditional pretest and post test scores. I tried to use a variety of charts/graphs to complete the assignment. The last 2 charts I completed were the gain/loss or difference between the pretest and post test scores for every student.
I did find that you can copy and past formulas and/or functions and you can use the little black handle at the bottom of the cell once you have completed a formula/function to carry it on to the next cell, eliminating you having to put the formula/function 213 times!
The Spreadsheet 3: AR Spreadsheet assignment closely relates to the ISTE.NETS Standard 3: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning because as educator's we are modeling and using current and emerging digital tools to better our technological abilities. By learning how to efficiently work through MS Excel, I will have the knowledge to pass these skills on to my students and co-workers.
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