Final Project for the Course

The class is almost finished, and it's time to "Share What You Know". This final activity is an opportunity for you to pass along some information about using instructional technology to a fellow teacher, or a selection of students.

There are four steps to this process.

Step 1: Choose a website or piece of software that you feel comfortable using to support your instruction.

Step 2: Select a student, class staff member, or group that could benefit from using this same website or software.

Once you've decided who and what you would like to teach, please email that information to me at michael.hakkarinen@fcps.org.

Step 3: Train this audience on both HOW to use the selected material, and WHEN to use it.

Step 4: Complete the online Reflection Sheet.

The link to this online reflection sheet will be sent to you after you have submitted your idea to Mike H, and not until after Wednesday, February 25th, 2009.

Ideas & Example Activities:
1. Training your teammates how to use Delicious to bookmark and tag useful websites.
2. Sharing with another teacher a lesson you used with Pixie2 completing an activity mapping the solar system.
3. Teaching a class of students how to comment on your Blogger site as part of a writing activity.
4. Presenting "tumblr" at a staff meeting so other teachers can make tumblr pages.
5. Making a Quick Guide or "How To" document on using a website, then sharing with staff at your school either online or via printed resource.

There are a lot of things you can do to share what you've learned about using Instructional Technology within your own building, class, or team. The important thing is that you learn to share, and specifically how to make connections between the technology and curriculum.

If you have any questions, please email them to me at michael.hakkarinen@fcps.org