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Lisa Rogers[11:16:12 AM]: hello

Paula Brown[11:16:14 AM]: Hello

Paula Brown[11:16:25 AM]: How much time do you have

Lisa Rogers[11:17:01 AM]: I don't have class until 12:53, What I think we are to talk about is what are we going to say to our campus mentoree to get them started thinking about creating a lesson plan with technology. Then we are to talk about our specific professional goals for us, like better questioning strategies, listen more, more wait time, etc. I think we are trying to make this harder than it is

Paula Brown[11:17:42 AM]: Sounds good - Can we just copy and paste the chat window??

Lisa Rogers[11:18:02 AM]: Yes, I believe so,

Paula Brown[11:20:23 AM]: I was looking at the lesson plans and these are the areas:  Content TEKS, Content and Cognitive Goals, Learning Connections, Procedures for Learning, Teaching Strategy, Student Work Sample, Tech Connection, Tech Management Strategy, etc

Paula Brown[11:20:40 AM]: How do we want to start??

Lisa Rogers[11:21:11 AM]: I can go first if you want. My campus mentoree is a 7th grade sceince teacher who just got a projector in her classroom, so she has never done any powerpoints, united streaming or basically anything. I am going to have to show her all the possibilites that technology can do for her. She is going to have to change her teachiing style some to accomodate student learner-centered instruction, from the  sage on the stage to the guide on the side.

Lisa Rogers[11:22:32 AM]: The content TEKS and content goals will not change, but the procedures for learning will be more student driven, like the students watching a united streaming video instead of readhing out of the book

Lisa Rogers[11:23:36 AM]: The teacher will have to have a backup plan if the technology is not available that day or time.

Paula Brown[11:24:01 AM]: Will you have guidelines for the tech part of the lesson and do you know what that will be yet?

Lisa Rogers[11:24:31 AM]: I don't know what she wants to do, I talked to her today and listed possiblities.

Paula Brown[11:25:16 AM]: Will you cover management skills for using technology ( in a lab setting or on student computers in a classroom)?

Lisa Rogers[11:26:21 AM]: We don't have lab computers available or student computers in the classroom, so this will have to be a project that the material is presented using technology and not the students using it.

Paula Brown[11:27:09 AM]: This is kind of hard to do without a particular lesson in mind - so I'm pretending

Paula Brown[11:27:40 AM]: What will she look for when observing the students while she is using technology to present

Lisa Rogers[11:28:04 AM]: I think that is what we are suppose to do. We are to generally talk about we need to think about when we talk to our campus mentoree.

Lisa Rogers[11:28:44 AM]: If they understand the material better, are the students more engaged, more interested, which equals more learning going on

Paula Brown[11:29:35 AM]: WIll the students perhaps be able to present something using the projector

Lisa Rogers[11:30:43 AM]: That's an idea, if they did a project and one of the choices was to do a PowerPoint instead of a poster, then the students could use the projector. Otherwise the product the students produce may be the same as before but she may get better answers

Paula Brown[11:31:39 AM]: They could even do a project on paper and the teacher could scan it in to show to the class while the students talked about it.

Lisa Rogers[11:32:04 AM]: We do have some Elmo's availabe, so maybe they could use them.

Paula Brown[11:32:25 AM]: How could this be connected to real life for the students?

Lisa Rogers[11:33:12 AM]: Don't know - I guess it will depend on what the lesson is

Paula Brown[11:33:23 AM]: How could reluctant students be encouraged to participate

Paula Brown[11:33:37 AM]: Or How could you support reluctant students

Lisa Rogers[11:34:31 AM]: I've noticed that shy students will do a powerpoint and have it talk for them so they don't have to stand up in class and talk. those are all good questions for me to ask.

Paula Brown[11:34:51 AM]: What is your goal for the teacher

Lisa Rogers[11:35:21 AM]: My goal for her would to become more comfortable with technology, to be able to use it without me

Paula Brown[11:35:39 AM]: What would her goal be for the students

Lisa Rogers[11:36:13 AM]: I guess that would depend on the lesson. My goal for myself would be to ask better questions, use questioning stategies.

Paula Brown[11:36:32 AM]: How will she model what she wants the student to do

Lisa Rogers[11:37:15 AM]: She could create an example PowerPoint of what their project should look like when completed.

Lisa Rogers[11:38:32 AM]: I think you have covered everything - let's do yours

Paula Brown[11:39:20 AM]: Okay - My mentee will be a High School Geometry teacher.  We don't have a specific lesson in mind but probably something with angles??

Lisa Rogers[11:40:05 AM]: Will you have guidelines for the tech part of the lesson? will it be in the lab or classroom computers, or presentation monitor

Paula Brown[11:41:29 AM]: He will be using a Smartboard in the classroom

Lisa Rogers[11:42:41 AM]: will the students be coming up to the smart board to answer/present? What will he look for when observing the students .

Paula Brown[11:43:15 AM]: Yes the students will be involved in an interactive lesson

Lisa Rogers[11:43:58 AM]: How could this be connected to real life for the students?

Paula Brown[11:46:10 AM]: Hopefully, we can find a lesson off the Smart website that does connect Geometry concepts to something they will encounter in real life.  When observing the students he will look for whether the student is understanding the concept or just guessing.

Lisa Rogers[11:46:24 AM]: our students love using the smart board so I doubt that you will have reluctant students, but what are the plans for engaging those few

Paula Brown[11:47:29 AM]: I will help him develop strategies to help the students become at ease with the Smartboard.  They will practice on the Smartboard so the new factor will not overshadow the lesson.

Lisa Rogers[11:47:57 AM]: What would be his goal for the students?

Paula Brown[11:48:08 AM]: He will also look for a related United Streaming video to show and use the Smart Video Player to interact with that

Lisa Rogers[11:48:17 AM]: How will he measure what they have learned, what will they produce?

Paula Brown[11:48:55 AM]: The goal for his students will be to master the Geometry concept.  As far as the technology, it will be success in managing the use of the smartboard

Lisa Rogers[11:49:33 AM]: Is this teacher comfortable with the smart board? What are your goals for him?

Paula Brown[11:50:52 AM]: No he is not comfortable with it at all.  He is a brand new teacher.  He came after school started.  My goal for him is to be comfortable with the use of the smartboard, projector and elmo.  Right now, he has small classes so I will work with him in other areas also. 

Lisa Rogers[11:51:27 AM]: What  are your professional goals as a mentor?

Paula Brown[11:52:14 AM]: As far as assessment, since his classes are small, a quiz on the smartboard is a possibility.  But paper assessment will reinforce that they have mastered the objectives associated with the lesson

Paula Brown[11:54:02 AM]: My professional goals as a mentor are to be a true mentor to my mentee and not overpower him with my suggestions but rather guide him to be empowered as a teacher.  To help him to more confident in the use of technology while he is becoming more confident as a teacher.

Lisa Rogers[11:54:29 AM]: Sounds like you have mentored teachers before and know what questions to ask and how to do this.

Lisa Rogers[11:54:55 AM]: Do you think we have covered everything?

Paula Brown[11:55:11 AM]: Yes, but it's been too easy to tell them how to do it instead of helping them to discover it

Lisa Rogers[11:59:16 AM]: Thanks  it has been very helpful

Paula Brown[11:59:30 AM]: Thanks - talk to you later

Lisa Rogers[11:59:34 AM]: bye