Description: This field experience consisted of attending a blog training, redelivering the training to team members , presenting blogs and their use in the classroom to parents at PTA, and updating and maintaining a blog as a means of parental communication for my classroom.
Standards: TF-V.A – D (Productivity and Professional Practice)
Semester: Fall 2010
Hours: 5+ Hours (Blog Training on September 1 – 1 Hour, Redelivery to Team – 1 Hour, Preparation and Presentation to Parents – 1 Hour, Updating/Maintaining Classroom Blog – 2+ Hours)
Population: Redelivery – Fourth Grade Team Teachers, PTA Redelivery – Fourth Grade Parents
Reflection: This field experience gave me the opportunity to get some professional learning. My school had not really implemented blog use before. I created my own blog using Google Blogger for my classroom before, but the training was based on the district preferred blog. I enjoyed the opportunity to learn about something new, but also share the information with my team. Many of my team mates have created really outstanding blogs that are used regularly by their students and parents. This experience was also important, because the parents were given the opportunity to learn about the blogs in the person at a PTA meeting. I was able to present information on the blog using a projector; therefore, I could show the blogs from the internet and go through how to find a blog for each classroom step-by-step. As the standards state, this experience allows me to apply technology to increase productivity. Blogging is a very efficient tool for communicating with parents. The students are impacted because they now have access to tools and information right from their computers at home.
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