Roger+Powley

Project Proposal - CyberCamp 2009 **
 * Roger Powley

This project started during a discussion with my induction coach Jeanne Sparling. We had been working on a year long plan for my 7th grade class and the conversation began as to options for including technology and TIE conference v CyberCamp as far as gaining knowledge and skills that could be brought into the classroom. Needless to say CyberCamp won out and the seeds were sown. We discussed using digital journals and worksheets to reduce the paper flow and provide opportunity for peer review. Using Promethean software and developing flip-charts and a class website seemed to be the launching point for this initial project.
 * Project History**

When I applied for CyberCamp my project was an integrated language arts/social studies unit on Mythology. I imagined that I would spend my time developing a class website, and creating flip-charts and clicker based assessments. However within an hour or two of CyberCamp my eyes were opened to the limitations I had placed on my thinking and the whole project had grown into the creation of an interactive learning experience for both my students and their parents. I now had a vision of a cyber classrooms where students gain content area knowledge through the real life application of technology. I want to develop a student driven, project based inquiry learning experience that has students analyze, evaluate, and create.
 * Purpose**






 * Completed Tasks**
 * 1) Created the framework of a Virtual Campus site that will be accessible to both students and parents.
 * 2) Placed current event assignment on the Virtual campus with real time feeds of latest news stories
 * 3) Designed my first assignment for students using iWeb and provided access through the Virtual campus site.
 * 4) Set up a blog as a Discussion Board for reflection and comments on learning units.






 * Future Tasks**
 * 1) Develop forms using Word to allow students to turn work in through Virtual Campus
 * 2) Design further technology project based assignments for each unit in the year long plan
 * 3) Design authentic technology based assessments that provide students with choices as to how they will show their learning
 * 4) Investigate possibilities of using [|Skype] or [|podcasts] to integrate lessons with 7th graders in Turkey

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