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1st, 2nd and 4th periods

Scheduled co-teaching time with Mr. Curry

He had to cancel

Did class observations with Innovators and Participants

Used the digital form I created for the admins to gather evidence of STEM

Ms. Germosen

Ms. Cabrera

Mr. Thomas

Visited Ms. Seymour to see if she still wants to continue as a participant in the program

3rd period students & 7th period planning with Ms. Thomas

Observed and worked with 3rd period STEM students on projects

Showed one group how to take digital images of their projects as evidence in their digital notebook.

5th period

Mrs. Cabrera was doing crime investigation lab from Project Lead the way.

Students visited the crime scene

Ask questions about temperature and death.

Used probes to determine temperature

Unable to finish the lab in one day.

See Padlet for images

6th period

Ms. Lane is working on the final materials for next Friday STEMTastic Friday. She also had to take over Media Center responsibilities today and did not have time to collaborate.

Mrs. Nelson - absent today

Ms. G - unavailable due to taking over Math class for 2 weeks

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1st & 2nd period

Ms. Cabrera needed to help with the Science Fair

One of our participants (Karen Spencer is the lead for the Science Fair)

We helped her set up the remainder of the projects

Judged a presentation project on tornadoes

Judged two more projects independently

Ms. Cabrera’s 7th period ClassNotebook is not showing up for the students

troubleshooting showed that I can not find it easily either

will rebuild notebook if not solved by 6th period

3rd period students & 7th period planning with Ms. Thomas

Observed new “career” focus for class entry and dismissal

Students are much more efficient about getting right to what they need to do and expressing their goals

I showed them how to take the data in the Dream House and Chair Design stations and make a table.

One student created the table, the others read the data to her.

The same student sent an email to each of their teammates with the copied and pasted the table. each of their team.

Each teammate pasted the data into their own evidence tab.

Mr. Thomas rearranged the stations and it was more efficient.

4th & 5th periods

Troubleshooting Mrs. Cabrera’s 7th period Class Notebook

Observed and took images of DNA testing

Students were given detailed directions to follow before being able to do the procedure.

All students were successful at testing their DNA.

Images are in the DSCV Padlet.

6th period

worked with Ms. Nelson on an EXCEl project for iReady

7th period

Discussed Mr. Thomas’ changes to his stations

Reviewed the student log progress

Experimented with grading by rubric once a week at the completion of each station

The rubric is in the Content Library and can be copied and pasted into the student notes section and then color highlighted for the students’ scores

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1st & 2nd period

Mr. McCurry (6th grade math) wanted to experiment with using the iPad version of One Note to connect with One Note Classroom Notebook with his first period

Challenges and successes

App version of One Note doesn’t work until students log into their online version of Office 365.

iPad held previous users account info

needed to reset in settings each time

Students used the drawing tools to create their solutions to math problems.

They drawings and text were visible on my laptop as they were working. Amazing.

Mr. Curry decided to try the digital problem solving with his 2nd period.

Quickly created a One Note Classroom Notebook with Mr. Curry as co-teacher.

Students were added.

All students were able to connect and synch their drawings to the online Class Notebook.

3rd period students & 7th period planning with Ms. Thomas

Practiced their new “career” focus for class entry and dismissal

All students were successful at adding their goals for the day and getting to their activities.

Most students added to their log at the end of the class to record their accomplishments.

Tried the cup system (turn your red cup to blue) when notes were completed, but it became a distractor more than an enhancement.

Met with Mr. Thomas to discuss management system.

He agreed to try it each day through Christmas to see if he will implement it with the rest of his classes.

4th period

Reviewed our STEM Formation classroom notebook with Mr. Dunn

Invited Mrs. Nelson (Media Specialist) to join our cohort and she accepted.

6th period

Reviewed our STEM Formation classroom notebook with Ms. Nelson.

She will be officially join our cohort at our Wednesday night training 12/7/16.

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1st & 2nd period

Ms. Cabrera was unavailable (absent)

Contacted all PD participants by email

Created a Padlet for PBL III SAMR models by participant teams (https://padlet.com/tuesdayswithkar/c32lrxc9oiml)

Final preparations for Mr.Thomas’s 3rd period class

3rd period students & 7th period planning with Ms. Thomas

Introduced the students to their new “career” focus for class entry and dismissal

As the student arrive, they log into their 3rd period STEM Classroom Notebook

They write one sentence describing their goals for the day specific to their station and date it.

Mr. Thomas approves and allows them to go to the center they are assigned to for the week.

At the end of class, they clean their center areas, return to their notebook and enter what they accomplished.

During planning, discussed the pros and cons of this classroom management system

We decided to get them color coded cups as their tables to indicate when they are ready for Mr. Thomas’s approval.

Mr. Thomas will experiment with just 3rd period until Christmas break and then implement the system with all of his classes if it improves efficiency.

4th period

Met with Veronca!

Introduced her to our STEM Innovator Classroom Notebook and made her a co-teacher

5th period

Worked with Mr. McCurry to experiment with One Note on iPads with his students for 1st period tomorrow.

He created a Class Notebook, entered all his students and we did a few trial and error experiment to get it to work

Our goal for tomorrow is for his students to take notes in One Note on the iPad while he teaches the lesson.

We will meet in the Media Center with Mrs. Nelson, the Media specialist who is interested in learning how also.

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1st period planning & 5th period Medical Detectives with Ms. Cabrera

Ms. Cabrera was unavailable during planning after absence

Observed Medical Services class

Students learned about pedigree through teacher presentation

Students then researched the rest of the information on their own in collaborative groups

Interviewed one group of students to ask their learning preference

Most preferred teacher lecture instead of researching because they don’t always know if they get it correct or if the information is the best.

2nd period

Designed a rubric for Mr. Thomas’s STEM stations

Rubric categories include: Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving/Self-Directed and Station completion

3rd period students & 7th period planning with Mr. Thomas

Observed student work ethic in the stations

Most groups are working independently

They really need the whole week to complete the tasks

Worked with two groups - one functional and one dysfunctional

Uploaded the rubric to Mr. Thomas’s 3rd period STEM Notebook

students will copy and paste rubric into their student area and evaluate themselves at the end of each week’s rotation.

Mr. Thomas will color highlight the rubric in their student notebook for proof of their grade.

4th, 5th & 6th periods

Reviewed STEMFantastic materials with Ms. Lane and Ms. G.

Supplied all STEM ideas with Ms. G by email since she has to take over one of the math classes vacated by a teacher as of yesterday.

Ms. G will be able to send out the STEM choices for STEMTastic Friday and have the teachers make their decision by this Friday in order for materials to be purchased and plans to be finalized.

Observed an 8th grade class writing their argumentative essay outdoors. So STEM - creative, critical thinkings, and communication.

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1st period planning & 5th period Medical Detectives with Ms. Cabrera

Ms. Cabrera was absent today

Added evidence digitally to STEM Classroom Notebook

Made arrangements to meet with Mr. Dunn and Ms. Lane

2nd period

Review Year 1 and Year 2 materials previously delivered

Organized all evidence from Years 1 and 2 in Class Notebook and Padlet format

Worked with Ms. Lane, our newest Innovator, to catch her up on the big picture and vision for STEMformation.

3rd period students & 7th period planning with Mr. Thomas

Reviewed his STEM 3rd period Classroom Notebook and helped him to upgrade

Students will begin their new system of logging in this Thursday

Enter class and log in

4th, 5th & 6th periods

Brainstormed STEMtastic Friday possibilities with Ms. G and Ms. Lane

Created a shareable document for Ms. G to advertise possibilities for the teachers

Activities from Discovery Education (with directions)

The above link is a folder that contains the activities below:

Aerospace Engineering Tech

Civil Engineer

Coding Student Journey Challenge

Emergency Shelter Student Challenge

Film Editor

Forensic Anthropologist

Hazmat Specialist Challenge

Materials Engineer Challenge

Paper Cup Student Challenge

Sound Amplification Student Challenge

Industrial Design - Puff the Magic Car

Boat Building Inspector

Miner – Cookies

Food Innovator Chef

STEM foil – Contractor & Materials Engineer

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11/18/16 - Coaching day for admins and Innovators

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1st period planning & 5th period Medical Detectives with Ms. Cabrera

Ms. Cabrera expressed interest in creating Classroom Notebooks for each of her sections because she has 11 activities they need to complete when they come back from Thanksgiving.

The notebook will afford them the ability to be self-paced, creative and to collaborate with others.

We created the shell for each class, added the students and the following categories:

RAFT strategy*

Puppet

Poster

Newspaper

Mini children’s book

Skit or diary

Shirt

Song

Video

Quiz

The remainder of the semester (3 weeks) will be driven through student input into the Classroom Notebook.

We added the Brain dissecting video to the Medical Services Notebook.

Cabrera brain video

Students labeled the parts of the sheep brain and dissected!

Role of the Writer: Who are you as the writer? A movie star? The President? A plant?

Audience: To whom are you writing? A senator?  Yourself? A company?

Format: In what format are you writing? A diary entry? A newspaper?  A love letter?

Topic: What are you writing about?

2nd period

Worked with Mr. Ramos, the principal.

Reviewed all the evidence of STEM Formation in our Class Notebook.

He loved it so much that he shared the link with the Assistant superintendent, Mr. Allen

Introduced our newest Innovator, Molly Lane to the program.

Molly is the new LRS at DSCV and is in charge of the new teachers with Ms. Kastanis

We stepped through the STEM Formation Classroom Notebook where she can add her PD notes, evidence of STEM with her teachers and initiatives she is a part of.

Determined that Mr. Dunn, assistant principal and I would do some walkthroughs and review overall goals, but he had a major issue with a student, a post conference with teachers and had to leave early.

Ms. Kastanis, assistant principal was unavailable.

4th period

Worked with Ms. G on her Classroom Notebook for her math teachers.

Reviewed the STEM Formation notebook

3rd period students & 7th period planning with Ms. Thomas

Discuss a few ideas for class structure during

Mr. Thomas will be designing 6 new stations for January and upload all the directions into his Classroom Notebook

Each student will log in daily to their notebook and set their goals for the day BEFORE they can start and their station work.

Before they can be dismissed, they must clean up their area and enter what they accomplished into the log.

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Challenge to the students in Ms. Cabrera's class:

Digitize all projects (physical and digital) and place in the Medical Services Class Notebook as an electronic portfolio for the year.

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Image was quickly synched from the app to the desktop.  The students made up this system on their own.

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Used the One Note app to upload the image to the Class Notebook.

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Taking an image with cell phone camera.

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Emailed the image to school mail and placed it in student's personal tab of the Classroom Notebook.

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Media specialist Ms. Nelson created a tutorial in Frames on how to use Frames. Students are learning to use the program by teaching themselves through her video.

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Created a digital "look for" form in Microsoft Forms per Mr. Ramos's request.

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Admin PD 10/14/16 - How to Support Transdisciplinary Units in Practice

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1st period planning & 5th period Medical Detectives with Ms. Cabrera

Ms. Cabrera and I  experimented with the power of the Classroom Notebook we created last time.

During 5th period

Introduced the Medical Services Classroom notebook to the students and described the importance of using Office 365 for professional use only. Students were able to log in immediately to explore the Notebook.

Gave them this challenge:

Digitize (take a picture of everything you create) or hyperlink any digital projects in their personal space in the Medical Services notebook to create an electronic portfolio.

Creative solutions:

Took a picture with their phone and emailed it to their school account.

Downloaded the One Note app and inserted it directly to the app. It was synched immediately!

Downloaded the One Drive app and uploaded the image.

Learned keyboard shortcuts because right click solutions weren't working.

4th period

Worked with Ms. Giordano to show her the power of One Note Classroom Notebook as a Math coach. We designed one with all of her 11 math teachers as her students. She will think about using it and let me know next time Friday when I return.

2nd & 3rd period students & 7th period planning with Mr. Thomas

Observed class structure and took images for the 3rd period Class Notebook

Add sections and images to STEM 3rd period notebook to be introduced to 3rd period

Introduced the Notebook whole class as one student demonstrated on the projected computer screen.

Defined the importance of writing online and their new permanent record.

During planning, we reviewed the potential of the Classroom Notebook for classroom management and setting goals. Mr. Thomas will upload all his station directions and next Friday, I will help him use the Classroom Notebook for student input.

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Guiding lesson enhancement through the lens of the 5 STEM Essential Elements

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1st period planning with Ms. Cabrera

Ms. Cabrera shared some of the projects and her focus for her semester classes

She demonstrated evidence of

student boards

Padlets

variety in assignments

student independence

Made arrangements to meet with Mr. Thomas 7th period planning - 2:25

2nd period

tried to meet with Ms. Kastanis

met with Lare Allen (dean)

met with Ms. Giaordino

first day of rotational classes in 6th, 7th and 8th grade math

will go with her 6th, part of 7th and 8th periods

3rd period

made arrangements to meet the rest of the Innovators and Participants with Mr. Dunn and Ms. Kastanis

Ms. Kastanis - 2nd half of 6th period (1:50 - 2:11)

Mr. Dunn - last half of 7th period (2:45 - 3:02)

found all teacher planning periods from Gisselle (phone tree)

DSCV Classroom Notebook

added all planning periods and room #s

added Ms. Cabrera as a student

4th period

Ms. G set up in Ms. Mathsion’s room #5-108

rotational stations model lessons by Ms. G today in 6th, 7th and 8th periods

transferred Mr. Thomas’s account from KOA to DSCV

created digital format of STEM indicators for walkthroughs

5th period

STEM visitation to Ms. Cabrera’s Medical Services class

Bellwork - students copy medical terms that they will later research in the lab area on their own.

Two-part lesson on hearing and seeing experiments and findings

Through the STEM indicator lens:

Standards: CET standards

Real World examples

Medical service investigation

STEM Careers

developing

Transdisciplinary Tie-in

emerging

4 Cs

Creativity - emerging

Communication - emerging

Collaboration

developing

swapping medical terms

helping each other solve problems

Critical Thinking

high level independent research and findings.

6th period

Ms. G with math class rotations in Ms. Mathison’s 6th grade (5-108)

Bellwork opener (If you want a pencil, you’ll give me your shoe. You’ll get it back when I get my pencil.)

Introduction to rotational stations (pattern of 3: teacher-led, computer-generated i-Ready, independent student activity

STEM real world connection to real scenarios and real people at DSCV.

Ms. Kastanis walkthroughs (1:50 - 2:11) (didn’t have enough time)

Went through the STEM Formation Classroom notebook

brainstormed ways to use it with Innovators

asked for Teacher name and date on STEM form

7th period

meet with Mr. Thomas on his planning

discussed possible areas he wants to work on

classroom management

signals

timers

voice levels when working independently in groups

Will stay with Mr. Thomas 1st and 2nd period on 11/10 and debrief on 4th (lunch) or 7th (planning)

8th period

Mr. Dunn walkthroughs with innovators and participants (2:45 - 3:02)

Innovators: Andrew Keech, Karen Spencer

Participants: Corrine Conley, William Jones, Jamie Germosen, Cyndi Nolan, Brandon McCurry, Laura Rojas-Gotay, Sheena Seymour

checked in Ms. G with math class rotations in Lisa Rivera’s math class

2 out of 3 model lessons were successful with teacher buy-in.

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1st period planning & 5th period Medical Detectives with Ms. Cabrera

Ms. Cabrera and I created a collaborative teacher One Note Classroom Notebook as an experiment

added all students (couldn’t find one)

added a few sections, documents and images

Goal for Nov. 10th

Karen will introduce the power of the Classroom Notebook to the students

Determine required sections: Projects, Journals, etc

Ms. Cabrera will test the Classroom Notebook on 5th period with student uploads to determine if she will use it with her other classes.

2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th periods - Mr. Thomas

Observed 2nd and 3rd periods - Interviewed as many students as possible at each station

Students demonstrated how to code in 3 unique settings: Code.org, Minecraft coding and Scratch

Students explained how they are using a collaborative Word document to understand the research required.

Students demonstrated the steps of the engineering process to build a robot and a circuit to power a sound device

Met during lunch to suggest a One Note Classroom Notebook for organization of the student files and evidence.

Create the shell of a 3rd period Notebook.

Invited to return on 7th period planning to continue

Goal for Nov. 10th

Karen will introduce the power of the Classroom Notebook to the students

Determine required sections: Projects, Journals, etc

Mr. Thomas will test the Classroom Notebook on 3rd period with student uploads to determine if he will use it with her other classes.

Ms. Giordano

Unavailable today due to numerous absent teachers. She had to cover many other areas she was not expecting.

Goal for Nov.10th

Create a One Note Notebook for her coaching documentation with the math teachers.

Admin coaching (Mr. Ramos, Mr. Dunn and Ms. Kastanis)

Met informally to create goals for the Innovators and their coaching time

Multiple teachers were absent and the morning was complicated. Unable to meet much

Sent them a link to a digital form for their STEM LookFors.

gave them a Nov. 10th deadline to add a few walkthroughs

Goals for Nov. 10th

add numerous STEM Lookfor walkthroughs to the digital form

analyze the collected data

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10/24/15 - Coaching Day for Admins and teachers

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10/24/15 - Coaching Day for Admins and teachers