Internship+Hours+October

Wow, what an exciting month! Report cards, deployment meetings, trainings, and classes oh my. I started by working with first grade and the science specialist. They had a unit on magnifiers. I set up an electronic quiz using the CPS and clickers. I showed the teachers how to find the data and print our excel reports and make charts showing how the class did. I also worked with Third Grade to come up with a project that test their knowledge of food chains in the wetlands. We started with a simple Inspiration food chain. For students who finish early we started a food web. With those students that had no problem with the webs we had them start writing scripts about one wetland animal. They name all the predators and prey for that animal. We are adding those to the Wetlands Glog we have made. I also created two teacher surveys for our principal to help her get the pulse of the campus. The next week was filled with trainings. I trained the staff on Gradespeed, report cards, and inputting data ito NEAR. This was a good time to review FERPA regulations with teachers ( Bissonette, 2009). It was on my mind thanks to School Law Class I was taking at the time.t was also a time for me to really start feeling like a leader on campus as I was given the task of reviewing our spending on technology interventions. I also began talks with grade level about starting a Big 6 project. That involves teachers lessons on a topic, book research, web research and a final project. It has been a lot more work making sure all students can be successful than I originally thought. I have had answers for most of the challenges that student have in learning. I also had to ask for advice from other technology teachers. I feel that I have been well prepared for these challenges by the Lamar program but I also realized it is very different when working with real students. Week four was a bit slow for me because I was sick for part of the week. I still helped third grade find pictures of real-world animal pictures instead of the clipart pictures the curriculum used. I also met with my fellow CITs to discuss new tools and new ideas on using the tools we already have available to us. During week 5 I was finally feeling better. I reviewed use of the CMS system we use with the teachers. My principal wanted the the leadership team to review data and formulate plans to improve student achievement. I reviewed online safety and unexpectedly needed to add a citation lesson. It is good to know where to look when in doubt. I know at times I still have to refer to resources keep within the copyright laws (Davidson, 2005).

**References**

Bissonette, A. (2009). //Cyber law//. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Davidson, H. (2005). Copyright primer for administrators. Technology & Learning, 25(11), S2-S8 Williamson, J., & Redish, T. (2009). //ISTE's Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leader Should Know and Be Able to Do.// Wahsington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education