Hours this Week: 14
Total Hours: 58
Total Hours: 58
I spent time in the Middle School Media Center. The students have the 1:1 technology and the Media Center is the primary help center for the Microsoft Surface. The students sign in the kiosk and receive help. Some students have free periods and the help troubleshoot the technical problems with the surface. There are three designated periods that the students can come into the Media center for help. The Media Specialist also has software and hardware to create posters. I worked with the software and creating posters was fun and easy. The picture below is an international Night poster the Media Specialist created while I was there. The middle school is the least active Media Center of all my observation sites. The technology resources is limited. The media Specialist rarely loans out equipment because most of the classrooms are equipped with the type of resources in the library. The Media Center Specialist is Instructional Technology certified and she is trying to engage the classrooms and increase the traffic of the library.
I taught my collaboration lesson in a fifth grade classroom. I also observed a 2nd grade technology lesson. The collaboration lesson went well. Creek View Elementary is a PBL school. The fifth grade classrooms are working on a research project. I collaborated with a fifth grade teacher and created a lesson to support the current PBL project. The students completed a pre-assessment so I could determine the primary focus of the lesson. I focused on research strategies, information fluency, and safety. The lesson went well. The students were engaged and they asked some great questions. They took the post-assessment and all of the students did well. I left the written lesson for the teacher also so she could refresh the students minds as they continued to do research projects. I also observed in the Media Center with the Media Specialist. She taught a second grade lesson to two classes. The second grade is also doing a basic research project. She taught the students to use pebblego.com. This website is a user friendly research site for younger students. I also shared the digital citizenship resources I collected for the fifth grade collaboration lesson. I enjoyed my time this week.
Collaboration Lesson by melisaeichele on Scribd
Pebblego.com
I visited the high school this week. I continued my research on the different technology resources in the Media Center. This project has been an invaluable learning tool. I am learning about all of the technology resources the Media Center has to offer. Then I write a teaching piece on each. The best way to learn about something is to teach it. I wrote an information piece on the Microsoft Display Adapter. Here is the information piece below:
The Media Center can help you share ANY information in a presentation.
What is the Microsoft Display Adapter? Wirelessly project what’s on your phone, tablet, or laptop to your big-screen HDTV or monitor.Stream movies, view personal photos, or display a presentation on a big screen – all wirelessly.
What can I do with it in the classroom? You can project any information onto a HDTV for the classroom to view. Students can project projects and assignments from their surface onto a HDTV. You no longer have to worry about saving assignments and information to the correct device.
How does it work? The Microsoft Wireless Display is easy to use. Just plug the USB and HDMI from the Wireless Display Adapter into your HDTV or monitor, connect, then mirror or extend your screen and enjoy. The Wireless Display Adapter delivers a reliable connection with up to a 23-foot range
The Media Center can help you share ANY information in a presentation.
What is the Microsoft Display Adapter? Wirelessly project what’s on your phone, tablet, or laptop to your big-screen HDTV or monitor.Stream movies, view personal photos, or display a presentation on a big screen – all wirelessly.
What can I do with it in the classroom? You can project any information onto a HDTV for the classroom to view. Students can project projects and assignments from their surface onto a HDTV. You no longer have to worry about saving assignments and information to the correct device.
How does it work? The Microsoft Wireless Display is easy to use. Just plug the USB and HDMI from the Wireless Display Adapter into your HDTV or monitor, connect, then mirror or extend your screen and enjoy. The Wireless Display Adapter delivers a reliable connection with up to a 23-foot range