EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Winfield City Schools continually strive to implement technology to increase student achievement. Young people today are surrounded with technology and will be more attuned to a class/school that incorporates technology in all curriculum areas. By welcoming Web 2.0 to the school system we are opening the door to an unlimited amount of learning possibilities.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
The majority of society is using social networking today. Schools are faced with the decision to either join the social network or be left in the dark leading students to a limited education. Will you join?
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
1. Each teacher will gain an understanding of PLNs.
2. Each teacher will understand the advantages of RSS feeds.
3. Each teacher will determine ways in which class blogs can benefit the educational process.
4. Teachers will explain how podcast can benefit the educational process.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN:
· Teachers will gain professional development credit for attending three 1 hour seminars introducing the following Web tools: RSS feed, blog, and podcast.
· Teachers will develop an RSS feed using Google. The teachers will be encouraged to keep this RSS strictly educational.
· Teachers will develop and maintain a class blog where parents and students can post and respond to educational topics.
· Teachers will be trained on creating a podcast and develop a list of when and how podcasts could benefit their classroom.
· The teachers will have a follow up meeting after 2 weeks of developing their PLN to address any concerns.
I think you have an excellent plan to orient your faculty with the value of PLNs. It will be interesting to see if you have full participation willingly. I know how hard it is to get teachers to accept new things. I have to admit I have been that way myself at times. Good luck! Keep us posted!
ReplyDeleteI like your plan and I think this would be able to be implemented in a school setting. You are off to a good start.
ReplyDeleteHowever,this is the start of something new to many of the older teachers so it will take you and the younger teachers to get them on board. You may need to do some outside training for the less tech savvy teachers and maybe a little more follow-up with them or possibly pair that teacher up with a buddy that knows how to do these activities.
Good luck and keep this going!
That is great plan to introduce to your faculty. It demonstrates the importance you put on creating a PLN. I am sure as with anything new, there might be some resistance. However, some faculty will be interested and that might motivate the rest.
ReplyDeleteIt looks good that you will be training your teachers on what you have learned. It looks like you've incorporated much of what we have learned. What I think you'll run into is some teachers, especially the less tech savvy, not wanting to take this serious or do it at all. I know that I find myself not wanting to participate or just going through the motions if I have my mind made up that I'm not going to use it. You may have to really sell it, and have most importantly have the other believers preach it. Good Luck.
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