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Group 1
This is where your group project will take place. Please be sure to keep the following criteria in mind as you and your team begin work:
 * 1) **Each member should contribute a resource that supports Professional Development for Teachers. This can be a digital resource, an article, or a model. (5 points)**
 * 2) **Each member will review one of your peers' contributed resources. This is simply viewing and rating another person's resource (this could be a summative or star rating ....i.e. 1-4 stars). (5 points)**

Be creative...this webliography can take the shape of a simple table, a google doc/presentation, or some other web 2.0 technology. To see a list of some cool web 2.0 Technologies you may want to use visit http://www.go2web20.net

Tamela Anderson Matt Wunderle Jodi Canale
 * Group Members**

Here is the site we used to post our Professional Development!

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Hi, Tamela, Matt and Jodi! I really love the Web 2.0 tool you chose. It was a new one for me and looks so professional. Thanks for sharin g it! ~ Andrea Riley

Ok. I redid the evaluation. Everything seems in order now. Thank you for your help, Jodi! Matt, looking forward to seeing your eval:) Have a great weekend guys, Tamela

Alright I think I pretty much have my part complete. Let me know if there is anything else that I can do or assist you to make our project better! Jodi

Ok, I will email you the name and password. It is very easy to navigate, I was not familiar with it before I started last night! A welcome page can be added very easily, I can add one and then you can add whatever you would like under that section too! I will change your source! I am all for getting this done as soon as possible so that I can enjoy the sunshine! My number is 330-281-1666 if you need anything! Let me know what your timelines are. I am going to try to write my evaluation and be done with that part by the end of my daughter's nap (1 or 2). Jodi

Sat. 9am Jodi, The spicynodes looks like a good start. I am not familiar with it at all, so it is perfect. I think you should give Matt and I the name and password so we can work on it as well. If we can't figure something out, we will defer to your expertise. Do you have a number where we can reach you? We wouldn't want to "dump" something on you last minute. I like giving people as much notice as possible if I have seriously tried to get some technology to work, but can't and __need help__.

There is one change that I see needed at this time. Matt is evaluating my second PD recommendation. It is a video found at the following link. []

I am all for a star rating with a short summative eval. I am looking at Jodi's resource now. I think we should post the rating first "4" and then why. Whoever posts first I guess can be used as the model. It should have consistency (titles, fonts, spacing, etc.) and look like we worked on it together. :)

My only complaint at this time with the spicynodes format is similar to my issue with a lot of newer technologies, there isn't a clear "Welcome" and "How to Navigate" our site/presentation (which is the reason I chose the video I did. lol) **It is fun and interactive though, and I love that part!!!

Let's try to get this finished today.**Then if we need to tweek something we can. Nice work so far Jodi.

Let's go team! Tamela

Fri Night-10pm I didn't see your comments either! Guess I was thinking backwards! Ok I have started a webliography for us. Let me know what you think? I will be glad to work on it if you two think I am on the right track. Also if you want to type up your evaluation I can stick it in or if you want to work on it to I can send you the name and password, just let me know! Here is the work in progress, I am not going to put a lot of time into it until I hear from you to see if you agree on what I have started. []

Ok- one more thing-- How are we rating the sites?? Are we each doing our own thing some stars some summative? If we rate it with stars do we have to explain why?? a little confused?

Jodi

Jodi and Matt, (Sorry Jodi, I didn't see your comments at the bottom here before I sent the email. I usually write the newest items on top.) So I've now seen Jodi's resource. I won't have time to seriously evaluate it until tomorrow. I hope you have both had time to eval your resources. Now we just need to decide how to display them as a webliography.

Matt, since you had my resource first, could you just start something and let us add to it? We are open to anything you think will work:) Right Jodi? We just all need to be able to access it and collaborate together on it.

If we need to discuss details because we are down to the wire, please feel free to call me at 330-256-5655. I'd like to get this done, but I also want it well done. :)

Have a great day! Tamela

Matt, we need to create a presentation of our evaluations in a web 2.0 form or Google Doc, something we can all view and work on. I think for evaluation purposes, you can evaluate my video model. But, I should evaluate Jodi's and she can evaluate yours. That is the easy part. The collaboration on the webliography is the real assignment. Guess it would help if we knew what a webliography was, lol. You can get started on your eval. I'll wait one more day. If Jodi doesn't chime in with a resource, I will evaluate yours and we'll go from there. We may be doing this on Sat. :( Tamela

Tamela,

I need to view this video you have posted and then rate it correct. I'll have my PD resource posted shortly and then do I evaluate yours on this page?

Matt

Okay, here is my the article I found. It is a good article on using blogs for English language teachers and I think it points them in a helpful direction.

ELT article

Matt

I sent an email yesterday morning about this assignment. This is the second one.

Jodi and Matt,

After reading the assignment again, it appears we need to use the provided web 2.0 links to create a presentation for reviewing the PD for teachers resource that we found and shared with each other for review.

Below is a link of a resource I found. The beginning seems basic, but it gets better at the components section and goals. Some of the links are no longer valid. Let me know if we are on the right track here. Then we can create our reviews/presentation.

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Tamela

Jodi and Matt, I have continued searching for something for PD that is really hands-on. I found this site. []

It is about a program that trains teachers for using technology in the classroom. The program is explained in a (15 min.) video. It is self-paced and fairly comprehensive across disciplines. But what I really liked about the program is the video that explains so clearly how to use the program. It is a perfect model we could use when designing our lessons for our students. It is probably more valuable in this aspect. The visual pop up screens, arrows, highlighted areas, and step-by-step audio make it very clear. I think since I deal with students with learning disabilities, I am always looking for great directions (or else the students will skip them.) Let me know what you think.

The program itself seems to be directed toward districts rather than individual teachers.

Tamela

Ok, I never received an email, but I am onboard now. I was just getting ready to email you two! I will catch up on everything you two have done so far and get with you! Sorry! Jodi

Tamela and Matt,

I sent out an email. Also here is my site, it is a slideshow. I hope this is what I need?? I thought this would help in my school because we have many teachers who are not familiar with technology and it explains all the different terms. [] So I am evaluating Matt's article?? Have we determined which web 2.0 tool we are using?

Jodi