Concerns centered around availability of lab time and equipment. Although it was noted that students do not necessarily need huge chunks of lab time to create their portfolios, the needs will still seriously stress our lab schedule. It was suggested that we create a master schedule of reserved lab time well in advance of needed dates.
- Teachers will all be creating project-based lessons which will have as an end result an electronic artifact demonstrating the degree to which students have met course objectives, which are tied to ERICK.
- Some members of the group (Carol, Annie and Gaby) will be meeting with me during other 2nd periods to establish or improve their own websites and thus be more able to assist students.
- Teachers agreed to keep journals in whatever format they choose that will track the time they spend on eport, their questions, their progress, etc.
- We discussed various ways that artifacts could be created. Some of these are: slide shows, filming labs and presentations, audio and video recordings of student work.
- Teachers have begun to participate in the blog. Any cohort member who needs help doing this should see me.
Some needs for more training emerged:
- Teachers would like to be trained on editing audio and video using iMovie, Windows Movie Maker and Garageband
- I showed them the "Small Wonder" cam corder we have in the Media Center and it was agreed that these could be valuable tools--we will need more of them and some training on using them as well as the iPod cart and other digital recorders.
The next formal meeting will be period 2, October 14, but there will be frequent informal meetings during second period to help with individual needs.
If anyone has experience with Windows Movie Maker and could offer some help, that would be terrific!
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