Field+Based+Activities+January

While I was out recovering from surgery, I used some of my quiet time to create a page on [|www.wallwisher.com] asking teachers to post about the technology they use in the classroom and how a tool like Wallwisher could be used to manage student learning. Response wasn't 100%, but those that wrote back really liked this tool and had created an account to use with their classes. My principals have expressed the desire to see more embracing of technology use, I am trying to find ways. I finally got to use the Qwizdom remotes with my classes after being trained a couple of months back. The program had some glitches and it took having my facilitator come out to get things rolling. The kids love using these remotes, and I am trying to find new ways to use them to keep the momentum up. I also trained a couple of my team members on how to use the remotes and fourth grade now has both sets of remotes that are in the school. We have just finished taking our district benchmarks and have the scores posted in EduGence, our district data management program. The principals sat down with the team to discuss TAKS tutoring and I suggested looking at the scores online to see the breakdown on the objectives and types of questions being missed the most by our students. This made the process of forming groups go much quicker and we are starting our tutoring next month. I was approached by the principal about completing a campus needs assessment for technology to help with next year's Campus Improvement Plan. I have never heard of this being done in our district, but am very excited to have the opportunity to participate in this process. I am now trying to form a committee to help me analyze the data I collect in the survey I just made in SurveyMonkey. See the links for this month's report.