The Middle School Math team is researching Schoology and how we can use it as a platform to organize everything digitally. We would like to use Schoology to organize a variety of activities, lessons, formative and summative assessments. The possibilities are endless and we are only beginning to understand the power of Schoology! We set up our classes, added all of us as administrators- now we are ready to go! This weekend, I was able to upload 2 activities for the students to do during class this week and our Rubrics for the Community Survey Project. I am not quite sure how to grade using the rubric online, but will figure it out!   BIG LEARNING CURVE- here we go!!!

The race track...

Strengths:

• involved, engaged kids
• lots and lots of great conversations
• exciting field trips and speakers
• a whole team of 8-10 teachers colabrating, sharing and planning

Challenging:

• a whole team of 8-10 teachers colabrating, sharing and planning
• the steep learning curve of new endeavors
• the internet going in and out
• staying focused as teachers and students with all of these endeavors

Goat to Cow

Communicating is priority!

Day 1, Goal 1: PLP Website Template

Evidence Towards Goal Setting: (Moving forward, challenges, etc.)

The goal we were tackling today was the first one we posted on the padlet which was about the website template for the PLP's.

We unanimously agreed that this goal is the first one to tackle before we can move forward with our other goals.  After about 5 minutes into our collaboration, I realized that the idea to tackle this whole topic was a bit too lofty.  We ended up mainly focusing on the "identity" part of the PLP and ended with a preliminary discussion about the tabs and the general format of the PLP site.  We have not finalized those tabs and more specifically the mode that students will be presenting evidence of growth and which topics students will be posting to their website.

Now that we have a general structure for the website, I feel we need to have a more general discussion about the philosophy of the PLP website and what evidence students will be collecting throughout the year.

Technology Strand Topics - Do Not Delete

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• Teaming for Change
  • Shared Vision
  • Shared System
  • Effective Planning Time
• Personalized Learning Plans
  • Goal Setting
  • PLP Conferences
  • PLP Workflow
  • Authentic Evidence
• Nuts and Bolts
  • Group Device Management
  • Room Arrangement
• Workflow Strategy
  • 1:1 Chromebook Workflow
• Team Culture & Digital Citizenship
  • Team Building 2.0
  • Teacher-Student Relationships
  • Exploring Identity
  • Belonging and Collaborating
  • Safe and Civil Community
  • Norms and Routines
  • Managing Change
• Family Involvement
  • Communicating
  • Parenting
  • Learning at Home
  • Collaborating
  • Decision Making
• Transitions
  • Exchanging Data
  • Engaging Stakeholders
  • Developmental Appropriateness
  • Continuity and Relationships
• Meaningful Curriculum
  • Grouping
  • Scheduling
• Core Apps and Extensions