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Hello from SoCal Here is my innovation paper



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Here is my final project

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Here is the transcript and references page



Anne's Comment: Dona--this is really well-done! I really liked the fact that you included a strategy for dealing with the laggards and bringing them up to speed, mostly through mentoring, which for many of these is far less threatening to them than technology. Your visual design was good, although I could not get audio to play on either version (audio with PowerPoint in a wiki is a problematic thing even under the best of circumstances--I feel your pain! I ended up posting mine on an external site to get the audio files to transfer correctly.

Added Role of champion

Approach, key change agents, and critical mass



Derek's Comment: Nice PPT! Concise!

Adopters and attributes for critical mass

Derek's Comment: Good plan!

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Dona, Blogs, wikis, and podcasts have been researched ad nauseum since they entered the classroom. What innovative use of these web 2.0 tools are you going to use to sell your ideas for your final project? Would clustering the tools be useful for your job ( although Ning & LiveJournal have already clustered blogs, wikis, & podcasts)? ~Derek

Dona response: I have not actually seen any of these technolgies included in any of the K-12 educational settings in my area. This does not mean there are not any, just I have no knowledge of them. I was approaching the assignment from the point of view of clustering these tools as a beneficial adaptation for high school activities for pee-to-peer collaboration, as well as, connection to community resources for project oriented learning in regards to connecing content to the real world experience. The goal is to make learning more meaningful to the students without sacrificing the achievement of knowledge. As always I am open to any suggestions or input that will improve the overall process.



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Aracelis comment: Very good start. You have plenty of information and I think it is great since it will facilitates the development of your topic. Your presentation is very interesting so far. I seldom work on wikis due to time constrains, however, I consider wikis a tremendous learning tool.

Derek's comment: Have you used wikis in the classroom? Students sometimes misuse the synchronous collaborative space to make inappropriate comments to one another, using the wiki as a toy, not a tool. You may want to include the need for some type of student digital citizenship or NETS*S training as a separate functionality requirement for students. Just an idea...

Dona response: I have not used wikis yet in the classroom. My students have worked on team web pages together, and I understand that students can misuse technology in certain circumstances. I agree that a part of any educational situation should include appropriate training for behavior and skills. Students need to understand their responsibilities and the consequences if they choose to be irresponsible.

Anne's comment: In my last class, we got into a discussion about blogging in K-12, and even developed ideas for the pre-literate students to use video and audio inputs to blog about their projects and their classes. The concept of student portfolios should include the student's blogposts about what they did, how/why they did something, and what they learned as a result. These blogs can be used to demonstrate progress, and can be used as an additional feedback channel for teachers. Starting at the very beginning also presents the opportunity to teach about good on-line citizenship and behaviors--once you wait until they're older, they will have already learned bad habits and behaviors, which will be MUCH harder to correct after the fact!