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Please put any information for all members in 7103 Leanding and Management Educational Technology. We can use this page to summarize any information we want all the members to see. Please don't edit each other's pages, just this page to communicate. --- Laurie, 8/18/10 1:56 PM

The timeline is mentioned in the intervention process of 6 months for Cloud computing. I could put in more in the evaluation process, plus all the graphics is now included in the appendix. SO it is larger. I am gaging results by cost savings in time to complete and hourly costs to lead faculty.

Marcia

4:13pm 8/16/10 Hi Donna, Does RTI come into play anywhere in your findings for the project you are proposing? ~Laurie

4:10pm 8/16/10 Hi Marcia and all, Mine's up. I attached the file in Word as well as a complete copy and paste minus the fancy formatting if you can't open the .doc. Marcia, I loved your project. The screen shots really add a touch of formality and professionalism. I hope they are a bit larger in the file you submit. The information was a tad hard to read in the pics. Something I didn't see, and that might be my fault, were performance indicators. I saw how the evaluation would proceed but you didn't mention before then what you might look for to gage results. Dr. Powley had me include them as a stand out item, so it is fresh in my brain. Also, the timeline projection ~ did I miss that too? Maybe I didn't get a full download. As you said earlier in this course, "not liking the new MS Office."~ me either. ~Laurie

9:10 pm 8/15/10 Marcia, Is there a length requirement for the paper? Oh goodness. I can't let my mind agree to it being done. So many details. 34 pages is understandable. I second Donna's sentiments that you will make a wonderful project manager. Hopefully, I can at least come to agreement with myself on this project. I will read others including your's tomorrow and finish mine up as well. Thankfully we had each other to bounce our developments off of along the way. Phew! ~Laurie

Thanks Donna! 8/15 4:45 Pm

Everyone I wish I could put up my almost finished project but it contains sensitive data, along with 2 PowerPoint presentations on faculty and the National Faculty Convention. I ahve 34 pages but it mostly in the Appendix for supporting documentation. That doesn't count on the length of the paper? Does it?

Marcia

Monica, I love your justification page. You have thought of everything as a project manager. I think you have said this is a project you are implementing this year. If so I think you will make a great project manager and good luck with everything. Donna

Marcia, 8/13/10 Becky is our curriculum director and is one of the ones that is involved in our discusssions on ways to help improve the ESOL reading scores. At this time no there are no incentives however they will have an endorsement on their certificates. This endoresement can lead to a new job actually being the ESOL resource teacher which is a great need in the state of Georgia. Donna Donna,8/11

Why does Becky Ratts say it will help?

Also, what is the incentive for teachers to go to training and travel a lot? Are the going to be reimbursed?

Marcia

8/11 Donna,

I also changed my original and surveyed only the lead faculty in CUGS r Center for Undergraduate Studies. Too many, a good small sampling size for statistics pruposes can be done though.

I will check it out later and see if I have any commnets. Marcia _-- 8/10/10 Hi I have uploaded module 4. When you read the intervenions they do not match my original had to chnage them. I will change the original interventions tomorrow. Donna

Donna, 8/9/2010 I understand and I have been working on updates also! Marcia

Hi everyone, 8/9/10 I have been out of the loop a little latley, first had a virus on my computer, then had a much needed vacation,and had to make some changes to my project as sugested by the professor. I will upload my changes soon and look over your projects and make commnets. I am sorry for not staying on top of things. Donna

Monica, 8/09/2010

How are you feeling? I notice that you are doing a lot as a project manager can you dish out the responsibilites a littlle and be more proactive? It looks like you are doing all the work? You are not just a manager but doing all the roles?

Marcia

Laurie, 8/6/2010

As Project Manager for this Intervention I will glean input in development and design from within district Admin, staff and students....where you asked to do a survey also?

Marcia

Monica, 08/4/2010 8:23 Pm

Project managers find themselves spending an overabundance of money to satisfy a project, I agree this happens but as every project increases in scope,time and resources, the budget also increases. Can't this also happen for your low cost strategy?

Marcia

Hi Marcia,

Does this mean that your project is being tested as a future model? Great job! Monica _

//Everyone, 8/02 4:20//

//I have been asked to e-mail all the lead adjuncts in the University. I have 465 names for lead faculty so I will be busy plus another 50 or so to the Assessment Council. I really think that I should put in the Course Name and section so that they are aware that this is serious project and the professor wants this information.//

//Marcia//

Laurie, 8/1 4:16 PM

Isn't there also benefits to out sourcing and should you mention them to the reader?

Marcia

Monica,

Hope you feel better!

Marcia

Hi Marcia, This has been one ride for me this summer. I do not want another summer like this again. My surgery went well, but I am in extreme pain. I would not recommend having tonsils and adenoids removed at my age.

In chatting with my advisor via internet, she has indicated that even if we were to receive a federal grant, they have become very restrictive in how they can be used. She indicated that we can not use it to fund a summer boot camp for students. Collegeboard is willing to conduct onsite trianing for a fee. They have indicated that it would be based on what courses and how many courses they would need to provide training.

I am not sure I will be able to get accurate costs. However, I like your suggestion and will do my best. Thanks, Monica

Laurie, 7/31/10 10:53

I wish the professor had liked my interventions. I had enough red on my paper for 10,000 Chrismases.As usual, Marcia is off and running... but in the wrong direction! I also have Office 10 but I don't like it.

Marcia

__Laurie, 07/30 1:31 Pm__

__I know in Illinois, most of the funding has stopped and we are in serious financial trouble in the state. This might be for the entire district but won't you need state funding?__

__Also, Integrations can be carried over for staff and students with future addition of community and township readiness.__ __THis statement is a great selling point for your project!__ __Marcia__

__Marcia,__ __I'm not understanding your comment about state funding. Could you give me your thoughts more in depth so I can see inside your mind's view better? This wouldn't be for a class but for an entire district. The hope is to increase collaboration to promote best practices and consistency across grade levels.__

__Thank you so much for your input ~ I really appreciate it.__ __~Laurie__

__Richard, 7/22/10 8:28 PM__

__What is the cost of your computer labs? It has to be phenomonal?__

__Marcia__

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=========================== Monica, __7/22/10 8:24 PM__ __Looks good to me but I am not the professor. Can't you get grants for summer boot camp? I know, I know...government moeny is tight right now.__ __Is College board off site and expensive? You might want to list or break down the prices on some of those?__

__HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER!__

__Marica__

__Hi Marcia, 20 July 2010__ __I am doing fine, just very tired. I have been attending conferences all summer and just returned home on Monday to prepare for surgery on Wednesday. I am trying to get caught up, so if you get a chance will you review my intervention strategies and let me know if I need to make any changes. I should be able to sit up on Thursday, providing everything goes well. I will check back for input. I have reviewed your work and it sounds great. You have put a lot of work into providing ways to modify the observation and input method.__

__Thanks for checking on me! Monica__

Really? because I thought I was #1 SLACKER in this class! Marcia

__Richard and Monica,__

__How are you doing?__ __Marcia__

Marcia, 7/18/10 I think I Iike option 1. However, having used Survey Monkey before as a participant not a surveyor I can see the potential for people not filling it out at all. Donna

Survey Moneky is cheap but not always does everyone use it or fill out it! 7/20/10 Marcia

__Laurie,7/18/10__ __I think that option number 2 the mid price option would be the best. The low option seems to not cover everything and the high one is very pricey.__ __Donna__

__Marcia, 7/18/10__ __I do not think that hiring a resource techer would be feasable at this time that is why I chose to put it in my high option catagory.__ __Donna__

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** Smart Lady! **

__Laurie, 7/17/2010__

__SO well developed, but again is this a mute issue with state funding? I am also from Illinois and MAPP grants are almost non-existent now. I just had a class that 1/2 of the students dropped out because of funding.__

__Marcia__

Donna, 7/17/10 8:16

__WIth funding the way it is today, can you really afford a resource person for a lab?__

__Marcia__ ___---__ __Laurie, 7/17/ 8:09__

__On your response of 7/15, the formulas...I have seen in IT classes before and server time for when I was a Senior Network/Systems analyst but never had to apply them. I did find them online though.__ __Marcia__

__7/15/10__ __I have finished my interventions tonight. I am battling a virus on my computer and it was a slow go last night.__ __Donna__

__7/15/10__ __Donna,__ __Have you seen this news about Apps possibly being allowed on 5 devices rather than 5 computers? This means that each computer can only share with 5 iPods and then have to re-purchase. Being that I have a designated computer that updates 40 iPods at a time this will cause a cost problem to myself and others in education as the licensing stated before seems to be changing (and not in favor of educational usage). The site I am sharing overall is the best place to go for information if anyone plans on using apps in education at all.__ __@http://www.iear.org/iear/2010/7/8/dear-apple-educators-seem-to-have-more-questions-than-answer.html__ __~Laurie__

__7/15/10__ __Marcia,__ __I would love to include mathematical representation within my Intervention project. Are you just good at that or did you come across the information? Other than making my own charts and graphs I haven't found much.__ __Thanks for sharing,__ __~Laurie__

__7/15/10__ __Donna,__ __I haven't forgotten about you and the wish to connect with my Kindergarten teacher who wrote the grant and got iPods. She hasn't responded to me yet. Don't give up hope though. She is exactly the type of person who loves to collaborate and learn with others no matter where they are located. She did a classroom blog project with the little ones last year that was a big hit incorporating global awareness at this young age. I have no doubts that she would welcome the opportunity to share and hear from you.__ __~Laurie__

Laurie, 7/14/10

__Did you try and load a Word Document for the Prject assignment? I can't see it?__

__Marcia__

I tried Marcia but ended up copy and pasting. The downloadable file is probably in the uploaded files section if you want it that way. I have the newest MS Office version that many find difficult to open so I opted for this view by all method regardless of platform

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~Laurie

__​ I have Word 2010 also and am not to happy about it!__

__Marcia__ _ 7/13/10 Anyone taken a look at my Interventions yet?

Marcia

7/14/10  I did, Marcia. It seemed very thorough. I really liked the math as it provided support and understanding of your analysis. The low cost strategy seemed slight in comparison. I agree with the Intermediate Priced Solution even though your deve lopment of the high cost strategy seemed more complete. I'm sure you will be adding and embellishing as this develops. Congratulations on all you have accomplished so far. I appreciate the opportunity to peruse others work of the same project in building my own knowledge. I liked how you shared a bit on scalability with the Intermediate plan too. Thanks for sharing, ~Laurie

7/17/2010

Actually, since it was the high price strategy, I chose to incorporate more information on why it was so costly!

Marcia

7/8/10 Monica,

Not to be rude but how can you miss in class the shift in population? I taught at a local college and immediately saw a shift in population occurring, when I taught face-to-face. Unfortuantely, the college is in jeopardy of closing now beause state funding is drying up.

Marcia

7/7/10 Hi Marcia, From an overt perspective, I think the staff believes they have done everything they need to encourage African Am. students to take the AP courses. However, I think administation was more to blame as they did not help the staff to recognize the shift in population which had occurred; hence, the missed representation. Monica

7/6/10 Hi Richard, Perhaps I need some clarification if you don't mind. When you explained the problem in Module 2's assignment you mentioned delivery and timeline of instruction. How will the weekly assessment deal with the teacher aspect of delivery and timeline of instruction? Thanks, ~Laurie

7/6/10 Monica, I like your idea of milestones to label your timeline. I wonder if that generates a better reaction to change. What do you think? ~Laurie

Laurie, Your project looks great and is a great idea. You do seem to have a very short time frame to meet your goals. Good luck!! Donna

7/6/10 Thanks Donna, The idea has been brewing over the course of this last school year both in my mind and group discussions at work. Doing it through this class offers me a chance to formalize, organize, plan, and really get a handle on everything. I'm hoping with the exploratory learning from this last year, that it will fit and go smoothly for this next school year. Thanks for the well wishes, ~Laurie

Richard,

Your ida if witing units is a grea way to get the teachers on the same page. We do tha at our school. However, You may want to include some accountabilitiy as well becasue even though we have units in place a lot of teachers resent them and do not use them. Donna

Monica, 7/6/10 8:12

I know you are not sayig this but could the performance gap for ethnic groups in AP classes also be racially motivated? We had a huge tax increase which was fought bitterly to build a math and science building fo AP, in which the population was predominantly African American.

Marcia

Donna, 07/03/10 8:31 Am It sounds like you have already selected a solution? Can everyone afford IPod's? Is there other solutions that would not be as expensive?

I only got an IPOD because it was given to me.

Marcia

Marcia, My proposal is for a clasroom set of iPods. The children will not buy the iPods that is what the proposal is for. I am sure there are other soulutions but I feel like this would be very beneficial to the students and a way to incorporate technolgy. I am not saying this is the soulution but for the purpose of the class I need to have an idea in mind on how to solve the problem. Donna

Laurie, 07/03/10 8:25 AM Well, it looks great to me now! What does everyone else have to say?

Marcia

7/6/10 Thanks Marcia. Classmate input helps get the best picture in the end. ~Laurie

Richard, 07/03/10 8:16 AM The team noticed that during their review of the school in the core academic area of subjects, that not all teachers were in the same point of instsruction.

Is this the problem that the team noticed or the real problem is that the instructors were at vaying levels of instruction?

Marcia

7/1/10 Marcia and others, How's it now? ~Laurie

Laurie, 7/1/10 Under **Why do you think this problem developed?** I am not seeing why but I am seeing a solution already. DOe anyone agree or disagree?

Marcia

Donna, 7/1/10

Out of surgery and feeling fine, It took 15 minutes if you can call that surgery? Let me see if I have this right. The performance gap is because of the influx of new students? Is there reading labs? Are the reading labs not equipped for a large number or is it the training skills of the faculty?

Marcia

Everyone, 6/30/10 10:20 AM

Don't forget to update with the second modules data so we can all communciate on each other's wiki page/pages.

**Cause Analysis**
The purpose of cause analysis is to discover why the present performance of employees and desired outcomes are not the same. If the cause of this performance gap can be identified, it can then become the focus to effect positive change in the workplace. To help you move forward with your intervention plan, conduct a brief cause analysis for your organization to find the answer to these two questions:
 * 1) Why do you think this problem developed in your company?
 * 2) Why does this gap exist?

**The Organization’s History and Background, Part 2**
In this module, you will also continue to compile the background information you began in Module 1 by including the following information: In order to understand the performance goals and objectives of the individuals in this organization, and the current performance level at this point in time, you must understand the history, mission, vision, and goals of the organization.What information about the company would be useful to help you plan an appropriate intervention? Indicators may include company reports, school “watch list” designation, test scores, or other resources. Determine where the organization would like to be in a reasonable period of time, and which people in the organization make those decisions. Based on the performance gap you identified, as well as its causes, you will be ready to develop appropriate potential intervention strategies to close this gap in Module 3. Post this assignment to your wiki by **Day 3** of **Week 4**. Respond to your learning community by **Day 6** of **Week 4**.

**The Organization’s History and Background, Part 2**
In this module, you will also continue to compile the background information you began in Module 1 by including the following information:

Hi Marcia,

I have access to the budget and data files. I am actually working with the director on this project. Monica

Monica, 12:01 PM

Nice work...where are you getting the financial records?

Marcia

Donna, 6/28/10 11:52 Pm Is using the Ipod a reasonable solution? Ipod Apps are so expensive? Are they giving out grant money for educational use?

Marcia

Marcia, It may not be the best solution but it is sometihng that I have become intrested in. Our school had enough money last year to purchase thirteen Smart Boards. So, I figred if for some reason we get that kind of money again this year why not have a plan of action to spend the money on a reasonable tool that could benefit our classrooms. I do forsee that this would need to start in a few classrooms as a pilot program first, which is what we did for the Smart Boards in the begining. Donna

Everyone, 6/25/10 6:38 PM It looks like everyone has been real busy! We are coming along fine!

I just spent 2 hours with Office 2010 and tying to make the font the same as my first page and finally gave up. I made a new page.

Marcia

Laurie, you are right we are close in the same projects. I look forward to seeing what type of ideas we both come up with. Your page looked very good. Richard 6/20/10 9:56 PM

Donna, 06/20/10 5:14 PM It looks nice! You picked a close location?

I am not sure if are you asking me if I picked a close location? If that is th question yes that is the shool I work at. Donna Carroll

Marcia Laurie, 06/20/10 5:11 PM You page looks great! You have been busy!

Marcia Lonetree

Everyone, 6/14/10 9:56 AM Nathan Grassi is not in this class but a previous one. I am trying to get a hold of him to see if I can drop the page

Marcia

Richard, 6/14/10 9:54 AM Great Start! How about adding some pictures also to liven it up?

Marcia Lonetree4

Donna, 6/14/10 9:52 AM I see that you are editing your page! Marcia

6/12 11:24 PM

Laurie,

I see that you are working away! I am going to leave Nathan's page for awhile and see if he gets back to me? What is your performance gap going to be about?

Marcia

Hi Marcia, Thanks for your appreciation. It looks like everyone is trying to catch their stride.

As far as my performance gap is going to be about, I am hoping to streamline, support, and enhance everyone's "work time." Through learning communities focused on curriculum, instruction, and assessment, my goal is to: 1) help teachers embrace learning rather than teaching as their school mission; 2) work collaboratively to help all students learn; 3) use formative assessments and a focus on results to foster continuous improvement; 4) and assume individual responsibility to take steps to create successful environments for all ~Laurie

Donna, I love that you are exploring iPod Touches with such little ones. There is a Kindergarten teacher I work with that won a grant to do the same. It would be great to get you both sharing experiences, ideas, etc. Let me know if you are interested and I will contact her to get collaboration started. I can't wait to see your project develop, ~Laurie

Laurie. I would love to know what all she did to get the iPods. You can forward her my e-mail (personal) tayreagdyl@yahoo.com

Marcia, Interesting idea for your study. How did this happen to come across your thoughts? I don't think I would have ever even noticed this issue. Thanks for sharing, ~Laurie

Hi Monica, You have me intrigued thinking about these AP classes. What might you have in mind to make them more inviting and rigorous? Thanks for sharing, ~Laurie

Hi Richard, Your project and mine might have some similarities. I will be interested to see your ideas to enhance, support, and streamline communication with the parents and community. Organization of a consistent collaborative structured learning environment to meet the needs of all learners is in my plan as well. Thanks for sharing, ~Laurie

Hi Laurie, I am looking at what barriers may be causing this lack of participation, is the fear of preparation the cause, how are students identified for participation and if parents are included in the decision. I am gathering information from system reports and data, as well as administrators from two schools which are part of this issue. My goal will be to see if I can provide workable solutions to cause a shift that is viable. Monica

Hi Donna, I am curious as to the outcome of your project. Is your system willing to provide iPods for class use or will the students have to provide their own? Has this been tried? Monica

Hi Monica, I really like your ideas for your poject. Are you currently personaly inovlved with this project right now? I teach first grade and am also an inclusion clasroom for ESOL students. THey are overlooked sometimes as to waht their potential is. This past year I had a Chineese girl who I refered to the gifted program. I was told she was the first to ever be refered not of American decnt.

As far as the way I came up with my idea. It is actually a spinoff of last quarter. I did a project on iPods and realized the potential for them. As far as obtaining them I would ask the school to purchase them. Becasue of budget it would probably have to start with a few classroms or a grant. Donna

Laurie, My shool currently participates in Learning Communites. Personally it was never presented to us in a structered way and a lot of people resent it. Each month a person from the team has to bring a video of a lesson and student work samples and the team evalutes it. The person who prsented the video is not present at the meeting. It can be very beneficial if done right but we were just given a sheet of guidelines and said do it. Donna

Marcia, My School uses the Survey Monkey program for many of our online surveys. The only problem that our district runs into is that many people do not fill it out. Many are not honest either becasue they feel like it could be tracked back to them. Do you know much about the progam? Donna