Holland,+B

=Brandon Holland=

Wednesday, August 22nd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Welcome, Intro, and Review Core Competencies || Good review of core competencies, etc. More information was recieved about teacher expectations, and responsibilities throughout the day. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Building Electronic Portfolios with Wikis; Rm 132 || I plan on using a wikispace to link to my students' spaces. They will upload or link images of their artwork to their space, and other students will view the work and participate in the discussion board to have an online critique of the artwork. The responses can then be viewed and discussed by the class as a whole, and they will already have a starting point for the classroom discussion. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Using Digital Videos in the classroom; Rm 350 || Interesting session on United Streaming. There are many more options, like embedding into a Power Point, that I was not aware of. Very wide range of videos, etc. for visual arts. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Managing Website and Student Database; Cyberzone || The student database, and ability to update information, and log communication is OUTSTANDING. This will be my 3rd year to teach, and I have had many frustrations with disconnected numbers, etc. This will greatly improve parent contact. The changes that the website underwent are great also. I think it will motivate the students to be more aware of events, and to participate more in school functions, and the general sharing of info. ||
 * 2:00-2:45 || Meeting with floor Vice Principal || Very nice and informal introduction to the 3rd floor teachers. ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || Informative material about PACE. Basic rundown about procedures of PACE, where to find lessons, etc. I now have more understanding about how the system works, and what to expect from the class. ||

Thursday, August 23rd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Meet with Teams and Specialties || Info on Team meeting structure, member responsibilities, PACE folders were distributed. Discussed flexibility?? in the PACE lesson format. We need some flexibility in how we present the information to the students (don't want to do PP after PP after PP.) ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Time Management with Google; 149 || Crazy, crazy. So much technology and options at our fingertips. I feel a little overwhelmed with all of the different ways to incorporate the students....wikis, google, blackboard. I think I need to pick one and run with it, and not trying to do all. I think google presents more options, and more space. It will take some time to get it all down. I think I will pilot it with one of my smaller classes, and go from there. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Podcasting: Broadcast Yourself; Cyberzone || Very simple and easy to use. Will be great for absences, or reluctant students. I can record lessons, beef up power points, etc. The students can record information about their artwork. We can record audio and video, and add digital gallery tours to our online art gallery (in process) ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Using Blogging to Improve Writing; 129 ||  ||
 * 2:00-2:25 || Reflection Time ||  ||
 * 2:30-3:30 || Meet with Departments ||  ||