Leanne,
I,P, and E... Do you have a different grading system or do you have a way to convert the I, P, E to letter grades? Just curious to see how it is different from ours.
Colleen

Sorry it took so long to get back to you!  Actually, the kids get I, P, E grades until 3rd grade.  That's when it converts to letter grades.  Basically, I calculate the number grades and then they fall into the three categories.  Confusing, huh?  I wish we could just go back to A-E!!!  Talk with you soon!  ~Leanne :-)

Leanne,
Your project was so good. The handouts, photo gallery, how you grade students work, copyright laws -you thought of everything.
Great job.
Colleen

Pat.
I forgot to tell you how much I also liked the idea of having final thoughts after the Living Stations. That is a good idea for many things. It sort of pulls in those critical thinking skills and requires them to learn the skill of closing.
Colleen

Pat,
Your final project is wonderful!
I particularly like the way you explained the function of a discussion board. I think that would be most helpful to children and parents.
Handouts are also another big help to the parents and the kids too. They could just print them out and post them on their HW bulletin board at home.
Nice job.
Colleen

 Hi Dawn,
 
I viewed your Final Project from the Dropbox. Hey girl, you did a great job!  I like how you inserted the Hot Air Balloons in the slides.  The sixth graders comments and replies that you chose were very interesting.  I also like how you showed some of the comments that need revising. Great job overall!
 
I went to your site and read all their comments and replies. ...

Dawn,

I really enjoyed viewing your PowerPoint presentation.  I especially liked reading the student responses.  I also thought that it was a good exercise to show the "not so good" student responses.  I think that this would be very helpful in directing the students as they try to respond to the discussions.  Great job!

Dawn,
I thought your calendar, survey and samples pages were such a good idea. This is a good way to keep parents involved and up to date and most of all interacting with their child's school life.
Enjoyed your project.
Colleen

Dawn,
I thought your calendar, survey and samples pages were such a good idea. This is a good way to keep parents involved and up to date and most of all interacting with their child's school life.
Enjoyed your project.
Colleen

Dawn,

 

Your PPT presentation is visually attractive and well organized. Your use of quotes of actual students on the Discussion Board is a good way of demonstrating how this forum is capable of eliciting responses beyond what time might allow in the classroom. It’s also commendable that your students’ efforts are rewarded by sharing their acceptable responses; including some non-acceptable...

Here is my final project.  I would like to use it as a teaching tool for other faculty at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School.  I would also like to modify it for use at Back-to-School night as an example of web-based learning used with our second graders.  Let me know what you think!

~Leanne :-)

Leanne,

I really liked your slide show! Isn't it amazing what kids can do when it involves the internet?! I'm so glad that your second graders are responding so enthusiastically to Sharepoint! I love the recycle project... I was impressed at your parent involvement with this project and the website! It's hard to get parents, especially middle school parents, involved sometimes.

Great job! Please...

Leanne,

 

I think your Final Project is great! Especially at the primary grade level.

 

I think the way you explained all aspects of the Web-Based Learning site would be excellent for all grade levels.

 

The way you have your slide information -- you have a great teaching tool for all....teachers, students, and parents.  The information was so easy to understand and follow. ...

Leanne,

I think that your powerpoint presentation will be a great teaching tool for motivating teachers to use SharePoint.  You had a great overview of all of the aspects of sharepoint.  I especially liked the responses from parents and teachers.  I think that their comments will go a long way inspiring teachers to use sharepoint. Great job!

Leanne,
Good job on your fine project. I especially  liked the organization of the information about Sharepoint and online learning; this would be an excellent way to introduce the faculty to what you have been doing, as well as to share your vision with parents and students. Your graphics, color formatting and photos enhance the content of the project. I’m sure you are breaking ground with your...

Hi Dawn,

 

First question:  Did you forget to post to Discussion Board for our comments? Oops!!!  So, I attached your Final Project to this posting.

 

 

 

I viewed your Final Project from the Dropbox. Hey girl, you did a great job!  I like how you inserted the Hot Air Balloons in the slides.  The sixth graders comments and replies that you chose were...

Sounds good, Pat! You're awesome! Thanks for the input!

Dawn :)

Dawn,

  I had a wonderful time viewing your final project!  I thought the student responses were outstanding and I liked being able to see how the students responded to each other.  I also enjoyed seeing the rubric you handed out to students.  It was clear and concise so there would be no questions when students completed the assignment.  It was great...

Attached is my final project.  This is a project that I have been completing with three sections of students that meet once a week.  Feel free to visit my SharePoint site to view the progress of the students. 

Hillary,

It seems that your students are motivated by the research project you assigned them. Assigning them discussion topics while working on the project is a good idea because they get to share their progress, and this allows you to see that they are putting forth effort toward a final product. Are you going to post their slides on your website?

Dawn :)

Hillary,

 

Your Final Project is really interesting.  I read most of your students discussion board comments and replies on your site.  The students did a great job on research, comments and replies to the Discussion Board.  It should be very interesting to view the PowerPoint presentations they design.  I hope you will post them on your website. 

As a technology...

Hillary,

  I thought your final project was great!  I liked being able to see each step you took in creating your classroom project.  I also enjoyed reading some of the student responses.  The rubrics you created were really thorough and I am sure this helped the students when completing their projects.  I liked your idea from the time it got started and it was interesting...

Hillary,

 

Your project has so many areas of interest—from the inspiring challenge of studying women in science, to the inclusion of the Power Point projects, to the explanation of the Sharepoint features, to the Discussion excerpts—you have managed to cover much territory under the one umbrella of this final project. I think the collaboration enabled by merging the slides with other students’...

Attached is my Final PowerPoint Project for the course.

 

This PowerPoint Final Project consists of 20 slides.  I did not animate or use sound because this file is already to large.  I have included handouts that parents and students received.  Also in the PowerPoint, I have included pictures I took of the 5th & 8th graders, my three different discussion board topics to the...

Hi Pat! I enjoyed your final project. I like how you had a lot of pictures of the students and many examples of their work with the discussion board. It really shows how you implemented the ishare program in your classes!

Dawn

Pat,

I really enjoyed reading your student's discussion responses, especially the 8th grade responses to the living stations.  I think that it is often easier for students in this age group to make their comments on a discussion board instead of in the classroom setting.  I think you got some very open and honest responses from them.  I also liked your rubric.  I think that it...

Hillary,
You are so right . I can see now after looking at Pat's project how much more at ease a child would be to answer without the pressure of others listening.
A valuable teaching tool for those shy ones.
Colleen

Pat,

  Wow!  Your presentation is outstanding!  This should definitely be used to show parents what activities take place at Father Kolbe School.  What a great way to display some of the year's activities!

   I love how you posted examples of the students' autobiographies for us to read.  I also enjoyed looking at the responses from the Stations of...

Pat,

I really enjoyed and was inspired by your final project.  Not only is it informative and well designed, but also a showcase of what is happening at your school, something you can share all elements of the school community. The photos show that the students are engaged and interested in technology.  I hope you continue with what you have accomplished. Thank you for your contribution...

FINAL PROJECTS: Due on or before Tuesday, April 10.
Each person in the class will start a "New" Discussion Section to post the final projects  for class feedback, according to these guidelines:

Check all announcements and send any questions, comments or concerns to this DB.  Have a great week.

Anne,

 

My 6th & 7th graders would like to compose their Autobiographies as the 5th & 8th are doing.  At the moment, they have composed on Word, but can't submit to me on the site.

 

Since we made my site secured.......they can not log in with Dena's and Dawn's Username/password.

 

Could you put them into my site?  Or would you prefer me to sent you a list as...

Pat,

 

On Monday I sent an answer to your email about what I think was the same question. I'm not sure if you say that-please let me know if it answers your questions. 

 

Anne

Also, when I looked at my user list, the seventh...

I will resend to new email

Thanks.

 

I kind of thought that's what I may have to do.

 

I will work on that for the 7th graders on Sunday.

 

Then I do the 6th graders.

 

I'll test it out next week with the 6th & 7th graders tech class.

 

Thanks, Pat

 

The only required response to this week's DB is to answer this Discussion Board with a message that your links are ready for viewing.  Copy the web address of your completed links page from the browser window, and paste it along with your response. The links are due by Sunday, March 18, but responses may be sent sooner if you are ready.  ...

I have my site set so that the students need to enter their username and password to enter their specific class site.  This is where I have posted my links.  I will need to add the members of our class to my list of users in order for them to view my links, right?

Hillary--good  question. Rather than add everyone in our class, could you just make 1 "guest" username and password that everyone could use. That will save you time and trouble.  Just let us know what it is when you post your links list.

 

Anne

Can I do this or does it have to be done by my tech. department?

 

They will probably have to set it up for you and then you can add to your site under Settings, Add users. Keep me posted.

My tech department said it would probably be better for me to just open my sites for now instead of adding a new user. 

I have three links pages that are being used by my 6th grade science, 7th grade science, and science exploratory classes.

6th:

7th:

Exploratory Science - Women in Science Project Links:

Hillary,

 

The self assessment links are a good idea for the students to check their knowledge without pressure; good idea to divide into grade levels.

Anne

Right now I have 4 math links and 1 link going to my CC/Track site.  The 4 math links are: one is the site that accompanies our Algebra II text, two are general math help links, and the 4th is the Story of Pi, which I just found on Pi Day (3/14).  I'm holding off putting more on for now since I'm having my classes do a discussion board where they either find math links and discuss them or...

Thanks Rob--we'll catch up with them when you're ready.

Hi everyone!  My links are now ready for viewing.  I would love to collect some more links as I know the students will enjoy using these.  To check out my links page, click on the link below:

 

 

Thanks and have a great weekend!

 

~Leanne :-)

Leanne,

 

Fabulous job on the links assignment--especially your detailed notes. I'm sure the students as well as the parents will find this very helpful.  It's good that we can view everyone's links so that we can pick up some more good ones--I think I have over 1000 and every now and then, I sort and/or toss. You can do this in Excel as well as the browser.

 

Anne