Induction+Assignments

Here are the assignments for Induction/Orientation 2010-2011. If you attended the fall sessions then you should complete these assignments for the follow-up sessions in the spring.
If you need help with ideas for projects or help implementing the tools please contact Roger Crider at rcrider@franklinregional.k12.pa.us

__Moodle__
We will cover the following topics in the Moodle Session on Thursday October 14th. · Assignments · Discussion Boards · Chats · Use of Video · Adding/editing resources For your course project you must demonstrate how you used at least two of these tools in your classroom between Thursday, October 14th and Thursday, February 10th. On February 10th, you will be sharing how you used the tools in your classroom with induction participants and explain how it impacted your instruction.

**__Here are some examples of what you need to demonstrate:__** Show a thread from your discussion board in Moodle so we can see how students were engaged in the discussion. Show a few assignments that you have created in Moodle and discuss how this helped with your class management or maybe how students liked or disliked using the dropbox. Demonstrate how you have used videos in Moodle and explain what the students were required to do with the material. Maybe pay attention to how students were engaged with the video or what type of response you get from using videos in your lessons.

There are many other ways that you can demonstrate the use of Moodle in your classroom. The objective of us doing these demonstrations is to share with your colleagues how using Moodle improved your class in some way. (student achievement, classroom management, student engagement, etc)

You should be ready to share these at our February 10 Induction/Orientation Moodle session.

__Google Tools__
Demonstrate how you used at least two of the Google tools in your classroom. We shared the following tools with you in the November session:
 * Google Docs (which includes docs, spreadsheets, forms and presentations)
 * Google Reader
 * Advanced Google Research Tools
 * Google Books

You should be ready to share these at our March 10 Induction/Orientation Google Tools session

__Personal Learning Networks__
__Option 1__ Follow at least 5 people on Twitter. Gather resources from these people in your PLN. Use at least 2 of these new resources in your classroom before the spring follow-up session. Record what resources you used, success and failures of using them in the classroom. We will share our experiences at the follow-up session with the group.

__Option 2__ Follow at least 5 blogs using Google Reader. Gather resources from these blogs. Use at least 2 of these new resources in your classroom before the spring follow-up session. Record what resources you used, success and failures of using them in the classroom. We will share our experiences at the follow-up session with the group.

You should be ready to share these at our April 14 Induction/Orientation PLN session.