Monday, July 27, 2009
Final week, now some sleep!
I didn't save my blog again and I just lost it again! Anyway I think what I said was that we have finished our project! I sent out the final evaluations. We made some revisions after getting some good feedback. One revision we made was to make the "extra sites" in bigger print. They were difficult to see and hard to click on for little fingers. I am still frustrated that my power point is so ssslllooowwwwwwwwwww loading. My husband is determined to make it better but at this point I don't want him screwing it up so I'm leaving it for now. I am excited to finish my class web page. I have left it until the end because when I start working on it, I put everything else off. I am planning on using it a lot this year and getting rid of all the paper. Such a waste! So off I go...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
GUESS WHAT?
GUESS WHAT? You are NEVER going to believe this, but I just made my very own survey on Google Docs to use for my research project in 6100. I made it, COMPLETELY BY MYSELF, and sent it to my participants. They fill it out and submit it and the BEST part is that when I bring it up, it automatically graphs the results for me. THIS IS AWESOME! And, oh ya, did I tell you I did it by MYSELF! Ya wanna see it? Cuz I know you have all the time in the world to share in my excitement! Really, I deserve an A+ for this!!!!!!!!!!!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHZoNkhGQWJ3clJveUR2Rm96MkU4Tmc6MA..
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHZoNkhGQWJ3clJveUR2Rm96MkU4Tmc6MA..
Monday, July 20, 2009
Lesson 6 Kristine Bennett
I was so excited when I opened lesson 6 and saw that there was no reading assignment that I totally forgot to post my blog! I was so overcome with excitement that I ripped off that cellophane wrapper from that cute little yellow book called Preparing Instructional Objectives and read the entire thing! Can you believe it? Probably not and your probably right, but I WILL read it this week. Especially with all the time I have on my hands now that I have actually finished putting voice and music on my powerpoint project for our Lesson Plan! Yep! That's right, believe it or not, I finally finished revising it at 2:00 am and spent the entire afternoon at Mary's adding voice to every single frame. I actually think I could do it on my own if I really had to! (Good thing I don't really have to) I just mean we're lucky to have Mary on our team. For my part on our team, besides finishing my big project, I passed out evaluations to several past and future students in my neighborhood. They will be trying out some of the lessons and evaluating them along with their parents. I'm excited to get the evaluations back and do some final tweeking. (That would be tweeKing, not tweeting!) ha ha. The best excitement of all though is that I don't have any projects do tomorrow! And like I always say...why would I do it today, if it's not due tomorrow! Oh crap, now my husband thinks he gets "me" time. Signing off, a day late... and always more than a dollar short!
Thanks again for the feedback and as always, your patience!
Thanks again for the feedback and as always, your patience!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Lesson 5
O.K. I just wrote this and lost it, now I'm really ticked. It's 11:24 pm and I still need to write my Evaluation for my Quantitative Research Project in Methods. So this may be brief.
On Monday, Doc Waters was a bit irritated by the fact that none of us had read our assignment for this week. I went home and immediately read it. Unfortunately, I didn't immediately write it, so here goes.
On Monday we talked about Learning Theory and Instructional Theory. When I think of Learning Theory, I think of behavior or reward and punishment. Like when your cat pees on the carpet, so you spray him in the face with water. Instructional Theory is the teaching strategy you use. Choosing the principles from the theories presented will help us plan and implement instructional strategies that meet our desired outcomes.
In my portion of our online lesson, this week, I have added a post test for the students to take after viewing my power point on continents and oceans. I also added the fifth and less known ocean, the Southern Ocean and described for the students the controversy surrounding it. This ocean is not included in most texts or tests but is widely recognized by the IHOC.
Chapter 14 reading lead us into our role as a designer. As we have divided up the tasks for our project, we have tried to make sure everyone is doing their share without overwhelming any of us. In our case, we have Mary, who is very computer literate. She has put a lot of effort into our lesson and helped us add audio and music to our presentations. On the other hand, we have me, who is very computer ILLiterate. For me, just producing a power point and adding links to my web was an experience in itself. I think that part of web design as a team is sharing the responsibilities by allowing each member of the team to provide their own knowledge and talents and then work together to "put it all together".
Chapter 15 discusses implementing our project. We are well underway, although I didn't get as much done this weekend as I had planned. Part of my problem is that I get so sidetracked when I find to ideas. I want to add it all. Then I get overwhelmed. I need to focus on weeding out. One of the problems I am continuing to have is that when I try to open my videos and websites on Firefox, I have no sound. I can open it on Safari. So I guess one of the issues we need to make sure is implemented is that Safari is used as the internet access.
In reading Kirkpatrick's model, he explained the four levels of evaluation.
1. Student reaction - did they like it?
2. Student learning - did they learn what was expected?
3. Student behavior - can they and will they use the skills they learned?
4. Student results - evaluation
Since I am the one in charge of evaluating the students who practice on our program, it will be up to me to follow these levels. I think the most important thing is for them to be able to actually learn the skills of map making and reading and be able to retain what they have learned. In addition, it will be helpful, further on, to know the names of the continents and oceans and learn about our 5th ocean. I am excited to try this program out. It's 11:59 and I am signing off. On to another assignment.
On Monday, Doc Waters was a bit irritated by the fact that none of us had read our assignment for this week. I went home and immediately read it. Unfortunately, I didn't immediately write it, so here goes.
On Monday we talked about Learning Theory and Instructional Theory. When I think of Learning Theory, I think of behavior or reward and punishment. Like when your cat pees on the carpet, so you spray him in the face with water. Instructional Theory is the teaching strategy you use. Choosing the principles from the theories presented will help us plan and implement instructional strategies that meet our desired outcomes.
In my portion of our online lesson, this week, I have added a post test for the students to take after viewing my power point on continents and oceans. I also added the fifth and less known ocean, the Southern Ocean and described for the students the controversy surrounding it. This ocean is not included in most texts or tests but is widely recognized by the IHOC.
Chapter 14 reading lead us into our role as a designer. As we have divided up the tasks for our project, we have tried to make sure everyone is doing their share without overwhelming any of us. In our case, we have Mary, who is very computer literate. She has put a lot of effort into our lesson and helped us add audio and music to our presentations. On the other hand, we have me, who is very computer ILLiterate. For me, just producing a power point and adding links to my web was an experience in itself. I think that part of web design as a team is sharing the responsibilities by allowing each member of the team to provide their own knowledge and talents and then work together to "put it all together".
Chapter 15 discusses implementing our project. We are well underway, although I didn't get as much done this weekend as I had planned. Part of my problem is that I get so sidetracked when I find to ideas. I want to add it all. Then I get overwhelmed. I need to focus on weeding out. One of the problems I am continuing to have is that when I try to open my videos and websites on Firefox, I have no sound. I can open it on Safari. So I guess one of the issues we need to make sure is implemented is that Safari is used as the internet access.
In reading Kirkpatrick's model, he explained the four levels of evaluation.
1. Student reaction - did they like it?
2. Student learning - did they learn what was expected?
3. Student behavior - can they and will they use the skills they learned?
4. Student results - evaluation
Since I am the one in charge of evaluating the students who practice on our program, it will be up to me to follow these levels. I think the most important thing is for them to be able to actually learn the skills of map making and reading and be able to retain what they have learned. In addition, it will be helpful, further on, to know the names of the continents and oceans and learn about our 5th ocean. I am excited to try this program out. It's 11:59 and I am signing off. On to another assignment.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Lesson 4: Implementation Phase
Lesson 4 Implementation Phase
The question I focused on in the Chapter 10 reading was determining whether our project is teaching what it is suppose to. Evaluation will be used in our project to show if we were successful in teaching the objectives and if the project was learner friendly. When designing my part of the project, I wanted to make sure that I was sticking to the objective and not just adding fluff. Our practice evaluation will give us an idea of what we need to tweek. For our age group, 1st-2nd graders, we will implement standards-based assessment. Students will be asked to perform authentic tasks such as drawing their own maps and constructing their own model of a community. They will self-test on an online program by locating directions on a map and labeling continents and oceans on a map. The program will correct according to numbers of attempts and print off a score for the student.
In response to chapter 11, evaluation instruments, and considering the grade I teach, 2nd, the two evaluations that I prefer are Portfolio Assessments and Anecdotal Records. I have always used portfolios with my students. Some of the benefits include, being able to show progression throughout the year and have artifacts on hand for parents. There is nothing better than seeing the look on a child’s face when they compare their beginning of the year work to their end of the year work. In addition, I love using Anecdotal Records. I have a file for each subject with layered index cards, one for each student. It is so easy to walk around the room and jot down notes on these cards. I can then specifically praise a student for something I saw them do without trying to remember which student did what. Notes are also great for referring to when you need to reteach a subject or small group just a few students that don’t seem to be getting it. I actually learned about Anecdotal Record keeping at UVSC preschool while doing an internship there. I have used it ever since. However, for the purpose of our online project, our evaluations will mainly be comprised of testing skills and behavior by having the students draw and create maps and self-test using on line programs.
Chapter 12 taught me about conducting formative and summative evaluations. Since I will be the primary evaluator of our project this is an important aspect for me. I will use formative evaluation in making sure our practice students understand the instruction and can enter data correctly on the computer. I will be able to note if they understand the exercises according to their questions. I will also be able to note how long each activity takes, or if it is too difficult or too simple. Through these evaluations I will be able to tell if our material was well designed and accurate for the objective. Using the summative evaluation, I will be able to note if the learning objectives were met. I will be able to measure the effectiveness of the lessons by evaluating the student’s final projects and scores on online testing. I will also be able to record my observations of the learners’ behavior. I will then be able to take these results back to my team so that we can make any changes or improvements necessary to make our program run smoothly.
From reading the ADDIE Evaluation Phase I was able to comprehend the importance of implementing all the steps in the ADDIE project outline. The evaluation phase will help us, as a team, provide a review for our project. We want to make sure that our project is user friendly and that the objectives have been met. I especially liked the question geared toward quality and timeliness, "What can we do in the time that we have?" I hope that, as a team, we will be able to get the project done and get the project right. The needs analysis phase is important to make sure the content is in correct order and the activities and exercises are complete. We need to be able to assess what the students have learned and make sure the course is user friendly. Through the instructional design phase we created a task analysis map and aligned our objectives with our teaching instruction. We each took the responsibility of creating one of four courses that follow the main objective. From there we decided which elements each of us would use, storyboard, websites, video, power points and internet activities. From these objectives we formed our training evaluation. It will include student response, learning, and results.
I have to admit I have felt rushed in preparing some of my material. I have not had access to my own computer for over a week. I am hoping it will be back on Monday. I have prepared my power point and online activities, but I am waiting for my MAC to put voice and music to my powerpoint and create my reading video.
SNAP! I''M 20 MIN. LATE. PLEASE SAY YOU'LL ACCEPT THIS!
The question I focused on in the Chapter 10 reading was determining whether our project is teaching what it is suppose to. Evaluation will be used in our project to show if we were successful in teaching the objectives and if the project was learner friendly. When designing my part of the project, I wanted to make sure that I was sticking to the objective and not just adding fluff. Our practice evaluation will give us an idea of what we need to tweek. For our age group, 1st-2nd graders, we will implement standards-based assessment. Students will be asked to perform authentic tasks such as drawing their own maps and constructing their own model of a community. They will self-test on an online program by locating directions on a map and labeling continents and oceans on a map. The program will correct according to numbers of attempts and print off a score for the student.
In response to chapter 11, evaluation instruments, and considering the grade I teach, 2nd, the two evaluations that I prefer are Portfolio Assessments and Anecdotal Records. I have always used portfolios with my students. Some of the benefits include, being able to show progression throughout the year and have artifacts on hand for parents. There is nothing better than seeing the look on a child’s face when they compare their beginning of the year work to their end of the year work. In addition, I love using Anecdotal Records. I have a file for each subject with layered index cards, one for each student. It is so easy to walk around the room and jot down notes on these cards. I can then specifically praise a student for something I saw them do without trying to remember which student did what. Notes are also great for referring to when you need to reteach a subject or small group just a few students that don’t seem to be getting it. I actually learned about Anecdotal Record keeping at UVSC preschool while doing an internship there. I have used it ever since. However, for the purpose of our online project, our evaluations will mainly be comprised of testing skills and behavior by having the students draw and create maps and self-test using on line programs.
Chapter 12 taught me about conducting formative and summative evaluations. Since I will be the primary evaluator of our project this is an important aspect for me. I will use formative evaluation in making sure our practice students understand the instruction and can enter data correctly on the computer. I will be able to note if they understand the exercises according to their questions. I will also be able to note how long each activity takes, or if it is too difficult or too simple. Through these evaluations I will be able to tell if our material was well designed and accurate for the objective. Using the summative evaluation, I will be able to note if the learning objectives were met. I will be able to measure the effectiveness of the lessons by evaluating the student’s final projects and scores on online testing. I will also be able to record my observations of the learners’ behavior. I will then be able to take these results back to my team so that we can make any changes or improvements necessary to make our program run smoothly.
From reading the ADDIE Evaluation Phase I was able to comprehend the importance of implementing all the steps in the ADDIE project outline. The evaluation phase will help us, as a team, provide a review for our project. We want to make sure that our project is user friendly and that the objectives have been met. I especially liked the question geared toward quality and timeliness, "What can we do in the time that we have?" I hope that, as a team, we will be able to get the project done and get the project right. The needs analysis phase is important to make sure the content is in correct order and the activities and exercises are complete. We need to be able to assess what the students have learned and make sure the course is user friendly. Through the instructional design phase we created a task analysis map and aligned our objectives with our teaching instruction. We each took the responsibility of creating one of four courses that follow the main objective. From there we decided which elements each of us would use, storyboard, websites, video, power points and internet activities. From these objectives we formed our training evaluation. It will include student response, learning, and results.
I have to admit I have felt rushed in preparing some of my material. I have not had access to my own computer for over a week. I am hoping it will be back on Monday. I have prepared my power point and online activities, but I am waiting for my MAC to put voice and music to my powerpoint and create my reading video.
SNAP! I''M 20 MIN. LATE. PLEASE SAY YOU'LL ACCEPT THIS!
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