Kepler,+O

=Olivia Kepler=

Wednesday, August 22nd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** || This was very good. It was nice to see everyone and see how the school is doing. I also enjoyed the refresher on the core competency and the goal setting. It is so apparent how much we care about our students. This session was very helpful. I am so excited about the fact that the website is so interactive and accessable. The Parent Contact database is so great. Right now the information for my PACE student information is limited, but once regristration is complete it will be so nice to be able to easily access this information and even see if the parents have already been contacted regarding similar issues. I have already subscribed to the website on Google Reader so that I can know what is happening right away. I am so excited about this. I think this is a great way to get students out of the room and let them get some actual real world experience with latitude, longitude, directions, etc. I've already got several possilbe lessons floating around in my head for this.
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Welcome, Intro, and Review Core Competencies ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Managing Website and Student Database ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Managing Website and Student Database ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Using Digital Videos In Your Classroom || I can't wait to use this in my lesson plans. I found several videos that I should be able to use either in powerpoints, or through blacboard once my students receive computers. I especially like that you can use brief segments of video. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || GPS Units and Geocaching ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || GPS Units and Geocaching ||
 * 2:00-2:45 || Meeting with floor Vice Principal || It was good to get to see all the faculty on my floor and get the basics for the year. The ice-cream sandwiches were pretty good too ;). ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || Very good. I liked seeing all the 9th grade teachers from the school and figuring out what we need to do for our PACE lessons. ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || Very good. I liked seeing all the 9th grade teachers from the school and figuring out what we need to do for our PACE lessons. ||

Thursday, August 23rd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Meet with Teams and Specialties || Good time to work on more PACE requirements and goals. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Teacher's Toolkit: BuildingUp To Project-Based Learning || I found this helpful for getting a template on how to have an efficient project based unit that the students will be successful at. Especially as a freshman teacher it is good to be able to create a timeline for the students to help them build the time management and goal setting skills that they might not yet have. I also came up with some good grading strategies for helping the students be successful. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Social Bookmarking and sharing ELA/History Websites || I got to set up a del.icio.us site and am excited that I will be able to keep a list of all the good websites that I visit. I also like that I will be able to organize them and access them from everywhere. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Wiki While You Work, Mark Wagner, Irvine California || Wikis can be very useful in helping students collaborate and learn web literacy. I feel like a lot of this can be done through blackboard for me, but I may use Wikis for individual units. I also doubled my knowledge of the Hawaiian language. Wiki means fast. Aloha Wiki!! ||
 * 2:00-2:25 || Reflection Time ||  ||
 * 2:30-3:30 || Meet with Departments ||  ||