[x] Enable sounds Invite... Send Participants: Sandra Hines Jayne Germany Jodie Ingram Jodie Ingram has joined the chat. Jodie Ingram: evening ladies Sandra Hines: welcome! Jayne Germany: Give me a sec to get my daughter settled with a movie... Jodie Ingram: go for it Sandra Hines: I've been up at the reg. 11 at conference this afternoon. Jodie Ingram: what was the topic Jodie Ingram: assistive technology?? Sandra Hines: Assistive technology ... keynote.. legalities Jodie Ingram: I have been in sessions all day here at Corpus. I am ready to come home Sandra Hines: not having fun? Jayne Germany: okay--i'm here--been teaching all day Jodie Ingram: no small group with cliques Sandra Hines: don't you hate it when you can't get in and feel a part? Jodie Ingram: I really am fustrated with this conference and I have to come almost every year and it is always the same Jayne Germany: What conference is it? Sandra Hines: what conference?why go back Jodie Ingram: Professional Development for Career and Technology - Technology Education Sandra Hines: mostly for secondary and above? Jodie Ingram: my director requires it Sandra Hines: tell you director to go Jodie Ingram: only for Career and TEchnology teachers all secondary Sandra Hines: different breed Jodie Ingram: okay enough of my whining. Lets talk about mentoring. Sandra Hines: who wants to go first Jodie Ingram: I can Jayne Germany: do we want to focus on our goals or our mentees goals? Sandra Hines: our goals I think Jayne Germany: okay Sandra Hines: i haven't meet with my mentee Jodie Ingram: I haven't got my mentees goals yet Jayne Germany: shoot jodie Jodie Ingram: Develop effective instructional strategies for adult learning Sandra Hines: so you will develop the strategies that your mentee will use? Jodie Ingram: no as a professional goal for me Jayne Germany: are you 2 planning an adult learning experience together? Jodie Ingram: yes Sandra Hines: so as you work with the mentee, you will be developing strategies for you to use? Jayne Germany: How will you know the strategies are effective? Jodie Ingram: I guess I want to have something to take to her when I meet with her. to have more background knowledge Sandra Hines: so will you do research to look into stategies Jodie Ingram: yes Jayne Germany: sounds good Sandra Hines: where do you plan on looking for ideas Jodie Ingram: online through google I guess Sandra Hines: what will you use as search words. Jodie Ingram: "adult learning" strategies Jayne Germany: who is the person you are working with? What is your target audience? Sandra Hines: sounds logical Sandra Hines: back to jayne's question. how will you decide if they are effective Jodie Ingram: my mentee is a high school computer teacher that helps me train teachers to integrate technology. Well that is the plan. Right now she just teaches software Jayne Germany: thanks for the background. Sandra Hines: and you want her to help you more with staff development? Jayne Germany: Will you teach the "lesson" together, or just her? Jodie Ingram: just her Jodie Ingram: yes more help Jodie Ingram: on the effective : if it leading to increase student use of technology enhanced lessons Sandra Hines: will you really be developing strategies, or researching and practicing them? Jodie Ingram: I guess research and practice. Why reinvent the wheel Jayne Germany: So you want to broaden your knowledge base so you have somehting to bring her for her prep? Sandra Hines: good way to judge.. but how will you assess if they are using it more Jodie Ingram: teacher submitted lesson plans Sandra Hines: that could work Jodie Ingram: Thanks for the help. yall are getting really good at this Sandra Hines: so are you sticking with your goal? or revising it any? Jodie Ingram: rewording it. It will take me a minute to gather my thoughts Jayne Germany: take your time Sandra Hines: yes Jodie Ingram: research and use effective instructional strategies for adult learners assessed by the submission of teacher created lesson plans Sandra Hines: wow.. great Sandra Hines: i like it Jayne Germany: sounds great Sandra Hines: jodie, Jayne Germany: Who's next? Sandra Hines: you ready Jayne Germany: yep Sandra Hines: go for it Jayne Germany: My goals sound very similar to the last ones becuase I want to continue practicing on a new population.... Sandra Hines: I struggled with that too Jayne Germany: I am working with a colleague to revamp our teacher study groups Jayne Germany: that have been technical training so far, and we want them to be more about teaching strategies and content Sandra Hines: connie would be proud Jayne Germany: hee hee, thanks..here comes the goal--sounds like jodie's Jayne Germany: collaborate to create effective andragogical strategies designed to model student-centered leaning with teachers. Jodie Ingram: wow Jayne Germany: andragogical is adult learning--like pedagogical Sandra Hines: big word there Jayne Germany: I might just change it to adult learning... Jodie Ingram: new word. Sandra Hines: like I asked Jodie, will you create the strategies? Jayne Germany: yes, we will brainstorm together--we both have some ideas Sandra Hines: how will you test them and decide if they are effective Jayne Germany: We are testing them right now in tech integration academies--what works, what doesn't--so far a lot of it's working, just some more successful than others... Jodie Ingram: will your teachers be student centered learners Jayne Germany: Changing the time frame from 4 days into 45 minutes is the cahllenge Sandra Hines: how are you determining the effectivness? Jayne Germany: what activities can be isolated Jayne Germany: JodieYES! We are focusing on modeling student centered learning Jayne Germany: Sandra, Teacher observation, teacher inerviews, reflection activities in study groups Jodie Ingram: perfect Sandra Hines: sounds like a good plan with a good goal Sandra Hines: Is there anything else we need to know or can help you with Jayne Germany: We feel the challenge will be the follow up--teachers have to be there for the study groups buth they don't have to follow up Jayne Germany: No, I don't thinks o.. Sandra Hines: why not the follow up requirment Jayne Germany: If they receive a laptop, they have to attend 6 hours of study groups in a year--lotsa reluctant, passive learners Jodie Ingram: my teachers would do flips for laptops Jayne Germany: Yeah, you'd think...Ideally, we want them to feel they get so much out of it that they want to come back Sandra Hines: i see.. so you are sure they can use them.. but don't want overload on reflection? Jayne Germany: Actually, most attendees do get a lot out of them, but it's tech knowledge Jayne Germany: no..not too much reflection Jodie Ingram: i like the idea of moving to content Jayne Germany: my big focus for next year Jodie Ingram: and integration strategies Sandra Hines: good focus Jayne Germany: Okay, Sandra, you ready? Sandra Hines: yup Jodie Ingram: go for it Sandra Hines: Improve questioning strategies to facilitate the development of staff development opportunities that appropriately incorporate the use of technology. Sandra Hines: I am planning to work with our staff development and curriculum people to integrate technoloyg Jayne Germany: What skills will you focus on improving? Sandra Hines: questioning Jayne Germany: Sounds like a great project! Jayne Germany: What specifics about questioning? wait time? clarifying? Sandra Hines: I hope so... focus on the content that they want to get across and enhance it with technology Sandra Hines: yes...smile Sandra Hines: I want to be better at reading them and asking the right questions Jayne Germany: technology as a tool to enhace curriculum--i like it Jayne Germany: good skill to improve! Sandra Hines: using the coaching/questioning ideas from cognitive coaching Jayne Germany: That would work for an objective under the goal. Sandra Hines: what would work? Jayne Germany: being better at reading audience Sandra Hines: ah yes Jodie Ingram: what kind of opportunities are you trying to develop Sandra Hines: staff development has the things they think teachers need... I want to help them enhance the delivery and learning experiences of the teachers. Jodie Ingram: so you are looking at enhance other staff developments besides your own Sandra Hines: we are revamping the curriculum and the assessment instruments and every teacher is going to go to district training. I'll work with that team Sandra Hines: yes. others, not mine.. but what I learn will impact my staff development as well Jayne Germany: A chance to reach every teacher! Wow! It sounds like you have thought that goal out. Do you have any concerns abut this or other goals? Sandra Hines: Improve coaching/mentioning skills to encourage the planning of staff development that considers the needs of a diverse group of adult learners and their various levels of knowledge and skills. Plan and implement an evaluation Jayne Germany: Wow! You packed a lot in there, and quite succinctly. Sandra Hines: Plan and implement an evaluation instrument to measure the effectiveness of the staff development. that is all.. smile Jodie Ingram: great goal. I want a copy of that instrument Jayne Germany: What kind of instrument? Participant evaluation? Sandra Hines: chuckle... hope I can do it... Jayne Germany: sounds like a BIG task Sandra Hines: Haven't decided... hope it will be digital though Jodie Ingram: What skills are you looking to improve speficallly Sandra Hines: big? that is why I may leave it off.. smle Jayne Germany: Ooh--an online survey would be quite effective! Sandra Hines: for me.. skills.. coaching skills Jayne Germany: Ever used survey monkey? There are lots of free survey sites. Sandra Hines: for the evaluation... skills in evaluating effectivly Jodie Ingram: I haven't Sandra Hines: I have participated in surveys with survey monkey Jayne Germany: Just a thought--something more permanent might be needed Sandra Hines: more permanent that survey monkey Jayne Germany: yes Sandra Hines: it is easy to do a form on the internet that sends to email and easily goes into a spead sheet Jayne Germany: yep Jodie Ingram: I need to check it out Sandra Hines: we can also do surveys through first class..our data base manager can do wonders Sandra Hines: so do my goals float? Jayne Germany: we need a service like fc Jodie Ingram: I really like your goals Jayne Germany: Yes--I think they're well thought our Jayne Germany: out Sandra Hines: i love first class.. we do web pages through it.. share files.. much more Jodie Ingram: this is my only experience with fc. I like it much better than webct Jayne Germany: never used that Jayne Germany: Jodie, do you have any more goals you would like to discuss? Sandra Hines: it is a great email system with so much more from 3rd party added to it Jodie Ingram: yes one more goal Jayne Germany: oky Sandra Hines: shoot Jodie Ingram: assist mentee in developing a lesson to teach teachers strategies that use technology to achieve student centered learning Jayne Germany: is he/she going to model student-centered learning? Sandra Hines: do you just want to help her develop one lesson Jodie Ingram: Jayne yes Jodie Ingram: sandra I guess I really want to make her independent so that will need to change Sandra Hines: I thought you probably wanted more.. Sandra Hines: how will you know when you have acheived your goal Jodie Ingram: when she can create the sessions independently Jayne Germany: i like it Sandra Hines: what strategies will your teacher teach Jodie Ingram: the strategies I come up with in goal 1 Jayne Germany: . Sandra Hines: chuckle Jayne Germany: Will she decide which strategies she wants to use? After you have given her some choices? Jodie Ingram: at first we will collaborate then she will take over Sandra Hines: sounds like a good plan Sandra Hines: how do you feel about your goal Jodie Ingram: REWORD: assist mentee in creating sessions to teach teachers strategies to enhance student centered learning with technology Sandra Hines: i like it Jayne Germany: me too Jodie Ingram: jayne do you have another Jayne Germany: NO--they are very similar to 1002 Jayne Germany: I mean 1001 Jodie Ingram: sandra do you have another Sandra Hines: no.. I just had the three Sandra Hines: do you have another Jodie Ingram: I am through too Jayne Germany: On another topic... Sandra Hines: great.. it is nice to work with you two Sandra Hines: yes Jayne Germany: Next week we have to each take questions and reword them--I have to get it done because I have to go visit mom on the 2nd.