Penn London ITLT 2001-02

Instructional Technology Lead Teachers
Rachel Moyer
Kathy Sherman
Pat McKeon

May	What did you do this month? Continued to develop webpages for our classes Each teacher has curriculum links on the webpages that relate to subjects and units taught Held Cyber Cafes Creating webpages and uploading onto the internet Spent several afternoons working on iMovie and digital video camera Troubleshooting with airport issues and laptop malfunctions Teaching students to import digital pictures into PowerPoint for fifth grade show Prepared Powerpoint Slide show for ITLT meeting Inserted digital video and created hyperlinks to the internet What do you have planned for next month? Swim, sunbathe, and drink margaritas! Pat will go to Cooperstown for baseball Read for pleasure Catalog shopping Only use the internet for travel plans What help do you need? Decisions about ITLT program for next year Definite dates about summer training for teachers Troubleshooting techniques for times when the airport does not respond
March and April	What did you do this month? Took a full day and developed webpages for our classes Each teacher has curriculum links on the webpages that relate to subjects and units taught Held two Cyber Cafes E-mail and address book Digital cameras Spent several afternoons working on iMovie and digital video camera Attended the DITC conference on April 10th Participated in district-wide Technology Fair Troubleshooting with airport issues and laptop malfunctions Scanned and uploaded digital pictures to webpage Third grade working with PowerPoint presentations created by the students Teaching students to import digital pictures into PowerPoint for fifth grade show Created scavenger hunt for graduate Created math trails What do you have planned for next month? Hold Cyber Cafes and teach other teachers how to create webpages using Netscape Navigator Use scavenger hunt with third grade students Create WebQuest for graduate class Third grade students present PowerPoint presentations to parents Teach Brownie troop how to scan pictures and use digital cameras Students will share math trail projects What help do you need? Decisions about ITLT program for next year Definite dates about summer training for teachers Troubleshooting techniques for times when the airport does not respond
February	What did you do this month? Held a digital camera workshop with stipdends Planned and scheduled three Cyber Cafés for March Loaded printers on all three carts Continued to investigate the idea of student access and pin number so students can save and retrieve on the server Lunch time tech talks continuing Experimented with iMovie and using digital camcorder Created three iMovies using still pictures and camcorder Loaded upgrade 9.2 onto teacher laptops Continuing to create hyperlink pages Troubleshooting with teachers Pat experimented with Excel spreadsheets Held tech half-day What do you have planned for next month? Hold three Cyber Cafes Provide in-class support for hesitant teachers using the iLab or internet Create iMovies and slide shows for Read Across America Day and parent/teacher conferences Plan for full tech day What help do you need? Gaining student access to server
Dec/Jan	What did you do this month? Pat planned digital camera workshop. It will be held Feb 5. Kathy and Rachel will facilitate Tried to load printer software several times. Attempt has been unsuccessful. trouble shooting with individual teachers on laptop labs, personal computers, and new server set up scanner in a classroom worked on the Read naturally program developed several curriculum related hyperlink pages worked on the imovie tutorial and imovies learned how to burn a CD researched and ordered Dreamweaver for the interested teachers spent time working through the Dreamweaver tutorial helped 5th grade teachers save DARE presentations for the projector on a ZIP drive reconfigured all the laptops for the new PLE server faculty meeting Cyber Café on Teacher Websites and developing Hyperlink papers set up airports in strategic placements and test for access in various locations on each floor What do you have planned for next month? hold digital camera workshop hold a Cyber Café towards the end of the month get the wireless printer working see if a student access and pin number can be developed so students can save and retrieve on the server (the guest function does not work) Continue work developing web pages for our classrooms Begin meeting once a week for a Tech talk. Some topics for investigation include: Edvision, mylearningplan.com, apple.com, other teacher resources available on the internet What help do you need? need help loading the printer software so that the printers can work on the laptops. Should we be doing this or should Wanda/Christine/? be doing this? Consistent substitute for release time We need to upgrade the operating system to 9.2 so that video cameras can be used on the laptops. Should we be doing this or should Wanda/Christine/? be doing this?
November	What did you do this month? planned lessons for upcoming Cyber Cafes held three Cyber Cafe Meetings covering the topics of organizing your computer, saving files on the server, and good curriculum and teacher resources for the internet trouble shooting with individual teachers on laptop labs, personal computers and the projector helped teachers find and use the Teacher Testing Support Websites before the testing on 11/15 monitored the new ilab use and sign up sheets made and posted rules and guidelines for the ilabs labeled the 2nd ilab cart and materials What do you have planned for next month? schedule a 1/2 day to work with Joyce on digital cameras, videos, and imovie schedule a 1/2 day to work with Craig on developing classroom websites offer 1 or 2 Cyber Cafe topics label and library the ilab video cameras, cameras, and projectors set up airports in strategic placements and test for access in various locations on each floor What help do you need? the labs are now in the school and set up - thank you! the printer software needs to be downloaded so that the printers can work on the labs - we know that you're working on it, thanks! time with Joyce and Craig to develop our skills - time has been scheduled, thanks! ability to schedule full day release time every other week, rather than 1/2 days every week, to work on projects that require intense time commitments. Thanks Olivia for approving!
October	What did you do this month? Used and modified e-mail group list Sent announcements to people Conducted needs assessment to generate topics for Cyber Café Planned Cyber Café menu based on school needs Planned first Cyber Café meeting Created server folder for teacher access to directions from Cyber Cafe Held first Cyber Café- Server Use Planned next Cyber Café Individual support of teachers- setting up new computers, extra help after Cyber Café, setting up e-mail, troubleshooting Pat- Coordinated 3,4,5 iLab training with Joyce Perry and Craig Miller Prepared iLab for use Wrote guidelines for Portable iLab use Conducted mini-lesson on iLab use Organized PLE server Created unlocked grade level folders Each created curriculum hyperlink page for grade level use What do you have planned for next month? Creating new Cyber Café lesson plans and conduct classes Troubleshooting with iLab Provide individual help as needed What help do you need? Portable labs in the building Personal laptop Consistent substitute for release time
September	What did you do this month? Rachel Prepared materials for third grade spelling curriculum Prepared newsletter for third grade Previewed PC TeachIt magazine Previewed/ searched websites Pat & Kathy Helped teachers set up connection from ibooks to Earthwalk display Worked with other lead teachers to download digital photos Made PowerPoint presentation for open house Set up email preferences Create email folder for ITLT mail As a team during half day release: Met with principal to discuss ideas and goals Created an e-mail group list to communicate with our staff Sent first e-mail from Lead Teacher Team to staff about free technology journal Problem-Solved E-mail questions on iMac Set up directions for Netscape Communicator profile for E-mail Created a folder on the server for Lead Teacher Information so that staff can access forms and information Created a survey to determine the interests of the staff for Cyber Café What do you have planned for next month? Hand out Cyber Café survey and evaluate results to set goals for teaching Meet as a team to brainstorm and solve iMac problems Begin to use portable labs and set up rules and guidelines Come up with beginning lessons for teachers to use with the labs so that management is consistent Setup and begin to use new laptops Use digital camera during class field trip and teach third grade teachers how to use digital camera What help do you need? Portable labs in the building Personal laptop Consistent substitute for release time