Watkins,+K

=Kristin Watkins=

Wednesday, August 22nd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** || this will make layering my curriculum much easier because the students will only be able to move on to a new assignment after they achieve a preset score. ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Welcome, Intro, and Review Core Competencies || Good review of the core competencies, but I had recently heard them at the newer teacher training a few weeks ago. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || "Building Electronic Portfolios with Wikis" || I need more time to learn all of the features of the wikis. Trying to figure out the best way to organize my class pages has been the most overwhelming part. During this session, I was able to create a page for my regular English class and a page for my Honors class. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || "Differentiation with Adaptive Release in BB" || I will definitely be using this in my classroom this year. I think
 * 1:00-1:50 || "Managing Website and Student Database" || This was much easier to use than I expected which was a nice surprise. I think the student info database will be incredibly helpful as far as contacting parents. I enjoyed being able to update [|my personal info] on the staff page myself. I also uploaded my five vocabulary words. ||
 * 2:00-2:45 || Meeting with floor Vice Principal || We went over the 3R's again. I will be at my door to greet students, they will have a warm-up activity that they will be accountable for, and I will tell them if and when to use their laptops. ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || I didn't know PACE information was available on BB. I will definitely be using this resource this year. ||

Thursday, August 23rd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Meet with Teams and Specialties || We swapped our PACE students back and forth and worked on our personal goals. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || "Time Management with Google" || LOVED this! I've been playing with Google tools all day! I'm excited about the possibilities for Google documents and iGoogle in the hands of my students. Yay for collaborative learning! ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || "Social Bookmarking and Sharing ELA/History Websites" || I set up a del.icio.us page to keep up with important links related to teaching/learning, AND I set up one to use for all of my other favorite sites. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || "Using Blogging to Improve Writing" || I needed more time to organize (and by "organize", I mean "decorate") my wordpress blog. :) ||
 * 2:00-2:25 || Reflection Time ||  ||
 * 2:30-3:30 || Meet with Departments || Informative meeting about what's going on in the English department. Learned some helpful info from Gloria about the library, and we got to meet Jennifer Jackson. ||