Portteus,+T

=Thomas Portteus=

Wednesday, August 22nd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Welcome, Intro, and Review Core Competencies || Mr. Wall has a way of getting us pumped up for the year despite Anna's attempts to stifle our excitement. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Blackboard || I already had some knowledge of blackboard from the Newer Teacher Academy. This helped me get more in-depth understanding of it. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || TI Navigators || This is really cool for working in groups and as a class. If possible I plan on using this whenever I can for Algebra. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Parent Involvement || Discussed ideas for ways to involve parents. Possibly could hold events relevant to the specialties for the parents to attend (for a grade?). ||
 * 2:00-2:45 || Meeting with floor Vice Principal || Reyes is doing 2 walk-throughs per day...no slacking. Otherwise, SOB: stand at the doors, etc... ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || Investigated the mysteries of the PACE curriculum in Blackboard. PACE Mon-Wed next week. ||

Thursday, August 23rd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Meet with Teams and Specialties || I have 4 repeaters in my first class...joy. Rearranged PACE classes to be with relevant specialty instructors. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Instructional Strategies || Good ways to mix up the styles of instruction; breaks up the monotony of lectures and gets students involved with each other's education. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Social Bookmarking: Math || Got CD resources for Algebra I. Web resources are del.icio.us. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Website and Student DB || Nifty tools for centralizing information. ||
 * 2:00-2:25 || Reflection Time ||  ||
 * 2:30-3:30 || Meet with Departments ||  ||