Stephanie+Potter

**__Project History:__**
 * __Virtual Campus Website Plan__**
 * __Third Grade Fourth Grade__**

Somehow, I've found myself surrounded by technology -- from my student teaching at an Apple sponsored school, to chairing a technology task force at the middle school where I was teaching, to teaching at Eagle Crest and working with a wonderful, knowledgeable team of teachers who use technology.

That being said, I started this project in the fall of 2008. By February of 2009, I had started on my [|5th Grade Virtual Campus Website.] The primary purpose of this website was to share information with parents and students. Sadly, I never went "public" with this website. I just didn't have the confidence and/or time. And, I felt it was missing a piece -- the piece in which kids actively participate with the website, turning in assignments and truly interacting with the website.

Because of Cybercamp and an incredibly dedicated and supportive team of teachers, our webiste will be launched in August! Using pieces of my 5th grade unpublished website, and adding the student interactive piece, we will be ready to go. I am grateful for my colleagues, fellow learners, Dan and Bud, and Cybercamp in general.

This is our WIP outline for our [|Third/Fourth Loop Shared Website]:

(Shared space/topics/information between third and fourth grade.)

Welcome to Eagle Crest Elementary School’s 3rd/4th grade loop website where we’re creating 21st century self-directed learners.

· District Calendar · School Calendar · Lunch menu · FATE · PBS · Student Council · Monthly Messages · Vital Internet Links
 * e-card accountability form
 * Greenstar School
 * Typing
 * Rainforest Math

__Third Grade Module__ __Fourth Grade Module__ (Separate third and fourth grade areas – same topics, different information depending on grade level.)


 * Parent Info -- Norms (behavior) and Basic Vital Information (routines, HW, etc.)
 * Yearlong Plans
 * Volunteer Calendar (Huiet, Potter, Mehra, Gaccetta, Lange, and Zamudio)
 * Homework Support:
 * Reading (reading logs, book reports)
 * Spelling (list activities)
 * Writing
 * Math
 * Science
 * Social Studies
 * Content (Links and Videos/teacher tube/kid podcasts)
 * Reading (reading logs, book reports)
 * Spelling (list activities)
 * Writing
 * Math
 * Science
 * Social Studies
 * Garden
 * Blog Learning Log
 * While you were out WIKI
 * Topic of the Week Blog (affective)
 * Newletter Archive
 * Interactive HW
 * Reading Log
 * Spelling Assignment
 * Miscellaneous
 * Photo Album


 * __Additional Virtual Campus Goals:__**
 * Increase my confidence using technology, specifically, Virtual Campus.
 * Clarify what I know about Virtual Campus -- inserting videos, clipart, files.
 * Learn how to make Virtual Campus interactive – creating assignments students can complete and turn in online.
 * Other Technology Goals
 * Time to research internet sites that support learning for students and information for parents.
 * Acquaint ourselves with programs offered in our Computer Labs.
 * Answer the question, “What do we want Michelle K. to help our students accomplish when they are in computer lab?”

__**Resources:**__
 * [|Tutorial for uploading your eHomework] **