Cheryl's Blog Page

Week 4 Reflection

2008-07-14T07:29:00.000-07:00

Definition of a Wiki: a great tool for communication. By creating a wiki, you can center it around any topic or group. For example, I can see a class using this to comment on a certain novel they are reading or some writing topic. It reminds me of a webpage with all of the subjects listed on the side.

This Wiki centers around Dr.Seuss. Our 1st grade team does a unit on Dr. Seuss. I will share this with them this next school year as a wonderful resource to use.
http://salutetoseuss.wikispaces.com/

This Wiki centers around best practices in technology. Again this would be a great resource for teachers to use when integrating technology in their curriculum.
http://teachwiki.wikispaces.com/

This Wiki is a site that offers a list of different wikis depending on what you are looking for. This would be a great resource for teachers and students.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis

Reflections:

What did you learn?
Another type of technology that I wasn't aware of.

How will you use what you have learned?
I will share this with other educators.

How did you feel about this tool?
I think it could be extremely valuable in education.

What do you not want to forget about this tool?
I would like to a School wiki that others can contribute to.

How can this be used in the classroom or in your educational role?
It would be a great resource and communication tool. I would need to research more wikis out there to be able to share with other educators.

Should you use this in the classroom or your educational role?
I think it would be a valuable tool for teachers to use. The big thing is, teachers don't feel they have enough time to create something like this. We would need to show them how valuable and easy this would be for them to use

What questions do you still have about this tool?
I need to continue looking at other Wikis.

2008-07-09T07:22:00.001-07:00

Here is my podcast....finally!!!

http://www.archive.org/details/BeginningOfTheYear...mp3File

Week 3 Reflection

2008-07-06T08:55:00.000-07:00

This by far has been the most challenging. I had no problem creating a podcast, I just can't get it posted on my page. I've followed all the video training andf went step by step. Now I am at the point that I've done so many different things, that I'm ready to start from scratch.

Once I get past this glitch, then I can see how useful podcasting can be. I've found some samples out there and have like what I heard so far.

Practice Podcast

2008-07-02T18:27:00.000-07:00

Practice Podcast

2008-07-01T18:53:00.001-07:00

First Podcast: Beginning of th 2008-2009 School year

Blogs I like

2008-06-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

These are some of the blogs I found that I liked. I could keep looking and looking. The list seems endlist.

tepsa.typepad.com
ascd.typead.com/
wordpress.com
leadershipshape (e-lead.org/) - this blog is for school leadership professional development
leadertalk.org
A good teacher blog is kathyschrock.net
I found this blog and I learned about GoogleDocs. This is awesome. I can see using this at school in order to help save on paper. Plus I listened to one of their podcasts. : )
http://www.practicalprincipals.net/

Week 2 Reflection

2008-06-24T17:07:00.000-07:00

1. What did you learn?
I learned what RSS is and the different tools associated.

2. How will you use what you learned?
I believe I still have a lot to learn, but I would like to share this with my staff at school.

3. How did you feel about this tool?
Good

4. What do you not want to forget about this tool?
How to use it and update it.

5. How can this be used in the classoom or in your educational role?
I think it would be a great communication tool for teachers and administrators.

6. Should you use this in the classroom or your educational role?
Most definitely. By using an RSS, I can access other leadership blogs easily.

7. What questions do you still have about this tool?
How to add pictures and add other blogs without copying and pasting each address into the RSS Feed page.

Week 1 Reflection

2008-06-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

1. What did you learn?

I learned there are a whole lot of blogs out there. I also learned there is a leadership blog group that I've started to read. I believe it will be valuable in the future.

2. How will you use what you have learned?

I've learned creating and reading blogs is a great way to communicate. I can see teachers using this in their classrooms especially the older elementary kids.

3. How did you feel about this tool?

Again, I believe this is a great tool for an educator to use.

4. What do you not want to forget about this tool?

I don't want to forget how to research other blogs and learn from other educators.

5. How can this be used in the classroom or in your educational role?

Again I enjoyed reading the leadership blog website that found. I can see teachers and students using this in their classroom to comment on novels read etc.....

6. Should you use this in the classroom or your educational role?

Both, see above.

7. What questions do you have about this tool?

What else can you add to this?

Getting Started

2008-06-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

This is my first blog and I realize I have a lot to learn. So I will start with the content that I need to provide.

I. I have been married to the same man for going on 12 years. We have two beautiful children. Colin is 10 and going into the 5th grade and Tristan is 7 going into the 2nd grade. They both keep us very busy with baseball, basketball, taekwondo, and gymnastics. Brian works for Champion Toyota as the body shop manager. He's doing very well but has to travel daily back and forth to South Austin, so with gas prices these days, it's tough. I am in my 16th year of education. I started teaching in 1990 in Bastrop, Texas. I taught 5th for two years, then switched to 3rd grade for 3 years. I then met my husband and moved to Round Rock in 1995. I taught at Berkman Elementary for 5 years, grades 2-5 and Talented and Gifted. I then had Tristan and we decided I should stay home to take care of both kids. I stayed home for 3 years, then went back to teaching. I first went back to Berkman to teach 4th grade, then transferred to Cactus Ranch Elementary to teach 3rd grade for two more years. During this time I started the Prinicpalship Program at University of Texas and now I'm currently an administrator in Round Rock. I can't believe I've actually done this now for two years and now beginning my 3rd year into administrator. I love what I do!!!

This summer I am one of the district's summer enrichment program directors. I am working at McNeil High School with 6th-12th At-Risk students. I'm learning a lot. It is a nice change. I like working with the older kids. I plan on blogging alot about this this summer. I also took some pictures of the different activities the students are doing.