Create 4.1.3 – Aggregating Lesson Material Quest

Create 4.1.3 – Aggregating Lesson Material Quest

Content Management Systems are frameworks that are pre-built that educators can customize for courses and classwork.

Three top Content Management Systems for online educators include the following:

1. Joomla- businesses like Ebay, GE, McDonald's, Burger King, Barnes & Noble use Joomia. It is very popular with the masses. It is user friendly for teachers to upload content and blog. It is an open source and free for users.










2. Wordpress- is one of the top CMS in the online community with heavy hitters like Ebay, Yahoo, Ford, Wall Street Journal. Users can add posts, edit pages, and download content easily. Lots of programmers are involved with Wordpress so glitches are automatically fixed. Lots of plug ins to social media. It works very well with Google. It is also an open source and is free to users.


3. Magento- is not free, but you can use the free trial before purchasing. This is a great tool for small businesses. Easy to use and content can be easily managed.

Create 4.1.2 – Principles of Building Portable Learning Objects Quest

Create 4.1.2 – Principles of Building Portable Learning Objects Quest

Graduation Rate Video to Share with our schools in Floyd County and at our Graduation Rate Celebration we had with our system administrators, principals, and board members. I used pictures and videos from the schools to compile this video in Magisto.

I am our system AdvancED/SACS coordinator. We are getting ready for our accreditation process. We have named our system chairs and need names from each school. I developed a Google Form to collect the information from our 19 principals and schools. This put it in a form for me to easily use. The Google Form I developed was sent to the principals for them to complete and make this task easy and uniform throughout our system.

Create 4.1.1 – Define and Explain Learning Object Authoring Tools Quest

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Create 4.1.1 – Define and Explain Learning Object Authoring Tools Quest

Free and Open Source Learning Object Authoring Tools

1. http://www.what2learn.com/ What 2 Learn

This is a great site for educators to offer educational games to students to enhance their learning experience and make it entertaining. 

2. http://www.jelsim.org/tools.html  Jelsim

This tool provides educators with a way to build simulations and virtual experiences for students. Teachers  must use Java to create. This is more for technological advanced educators. It is definitely not for a novice or beginner.

3. http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/ Hot Potato

Allows teachers to create various activities and experiences for their students including  interactive assessments for educators to use in the evaluation process.

Fee/Subscription Based Learning Object Authoring Tools

1. https://www.articulate.com/ Artculate

Offers a free trial! Provides various avenues for educators to create engaging and thought provoking online classes with enhanced technology tools.

2. http://www.magisto.com/video Magisto

Is a movie, video, slide show maker that can be utilized by educators to embed clips, videos, etc.. into course work or to be used by students for assignments. Very engaging.

Create 3.1.3 – Locating Resources Quest

Create 3.1.3 – Locating Resources Quest

Gifted Teachers need to know about Creativity. (Image from Openclipart.com)



Creativity does not need to be stifled in gifted learners. (Source is http://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=creativity&tbs=sur:fm&gws_rd=ssl&surl=1&safe=active&ssui=on)
I searched on Creative Common site and this can be modified, tweaked, edited for noncommercial use.

Creativity

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- Searched on Creative Commons and took me here.

Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and in some way valuable is created (such as an idea, a joke, a literary work, painting or musical composition, a solution, an invention etc). The range of scholarly interest in creativity includes a multitude of definitions and approaches involving several disciplines; psychology, cognitive science, education, philosophy (particularly philosophy of science), technology, theology, sociology, linguistics, business studies, songwriting and economics, taking in the relationship between creativity and general intelligence, mental and neurological processes associated with creativity, the relationships between personality type and creative ability and between creativity and mental health, the potential for fostering creativity through education and training, especially as augmented by technology, and the application of creative resources to improve the effectiveness of learning and teaching processes.

This Youtube video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1KHjKgh3j0&index=1&list=LL1BeL9-gur0sDYT68y1dXAw

Ted Talks- Sir Ken Robinson discusses How Schools Stifle Creativity.

How Do Schools Kill Creativity

Create 3.1.2 – Fair Use and the TEACH Act Quest

Create 3.1.2 – Fair Use and the TEACH Act Quest

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• How does an understanding of Fair Use affect one’s role as an online instructor?

The Fair Use Act can really an online instructor in their knowledge of what they can use by law in their instruction.

As long as it is directly related to classroom use and is factual or nonfiction in nature, along with not using all of the material but excerpts, an instructor should be able to implement the material in their classroom.

There are four main elements that should be considered when deciding if the material could be used under the Fair Use Act. Instructors should look at the purpose of the material in the classroom first and foremost. It is related to the instruction, factual, newsworthy, etc.. Second educators should consider the nature of the material- is it a published work? Nonfiction? Correlated with the objectives and standards of the class? Thirdly, teachers need to look at the amount of material that will be used. Is it pieces, excerpts or the whole book, etc...? And finally, what effect will using this material have on the market? Will it be significant and miniscule?

• How do Fair Use and the TEACH Act correlate to the delivery of reliable content?

Fair Use and TEACH Act correlate directly in the delivery of reliable, factual, and historical information for instructors. These laws and regulations equip online educators with resources that can be utilized for instruction without "breaking the bank."

Create 3.1.1. – Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons Quest

Create 3.1.1. – Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons Quest

Definition of Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources are FREE resources that teachers, parents, students, and administrators can use that are posted online. This includes but not limited too... lessons, videos, demonstrations, courses, quizzes, assignments, projects, games, activities, tasks, etc....

This wordle from ABCya! is a visual image of the definition for Open Educational Resources.

Creative Common Licenses
CC licences are not an alternative to copyright but instead they work with copyright and help bridge a gap for educators to be able to use videos, songs, images, ect.. in the classroom.
1. 

Attribution
CC BY

This is the most accommodating licenses- allows you to get credit for your work and share for others to tweak, change and alter.

2. 

Attribution-NoDerivs
CC BY-ND

This is allows folks to use but can not be altered or change and must give you credit.

3. 

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
CC BY-NC-SA

This is allows others to use and change as long as it is noncommercial and gives you credit.

4. 

Attribution-ShareAlike
CC BY-SA

"Copyleft" allows others to use even commercially as long as they give you credit.

5. 

Attribution-NonCommercial
CC BY-NC

Others can rebuild upon your work noncommercially and give you credit on the original work.

6. 

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND

Strictest of all the licenses. Allows others to use work, but can not change and must give you credit.

Create 2.1.3 – Using Web 2.0 Tools to Differentiate Student Assessment Quest

Create 2.1.3 – Using Web 2.0 Tools to Differentiate Student Assessment Quest

Educational Binders

iPads in Schools

Free Technology Tools for Teachers

Resources for Families: Addition and Subtraction Strategies

Common Core Middle Grades Math

LiveBinders - Your 3-ring binder for the web

• Collect your resources
• Organize them neatly and easily
• Make an impression

Livebinders is an excellent tool to use for both instruction and assessment.

http://www.livebinders.com/welcome/home


Teachers can use Livebinders to keep as resources for themselves, units, or even to use with parents.

Students can use Livebinders as portfolios to show their work for the year in the classroom or house all of their resources for their classes. Assignments, projects, games, etc... can be put in a livebinder for students.

Create 2.1.2 – Using Web 2.0 Tools to Differentiate Teacher Instruction Quest

Create 2.1.2 – Using Web 2.0 Tools to Differentiate Teacher Instruction Quest

Graduation Destination- Celebration of the Graduation Rate for Floyd County Schools using Web 2.0 tool Animoto.

Create 2.1.1 – Web Tools Quest

Create 2.1.1 – Web Tools Quest

Find the appropriate Web 2.0 tools to use to enhance your classroom can be an overwhelming and daunting task. The world wide web is filled with thousands of resources at your fingertip for educators to implement into their classroom.

Educators must weed through all of "junk" to find the "right" tool to use in their classroom. Web tools need to be interactive, accessible, and collaborative. 

In exploring the web for this quest I divided Web Tools 2.0 into 3 categories to help in this expedition. These are just a sampling of what is out there live on the web. However, sites come and go and some of your favorites may disappear, but rest assured something else will be there to replace it.

Category 1: Presentations

Many are familiar with Prezi- this is basically a storyboard powerpoint that looks like a piece of art. It can really help to give your presentations some flair.

Photostory is another great presentation tool to make slideshows from your digital photos.

280Slides is a another unique presentation tool for FREE on the web.

Glogster is a cool and creative presentation site that you can really make your powerpoints come to live.

Slideshare- is a very neat tool to use to share your slide show or powerpoints with anyone that has access to the internet.

Catergory 2: Video and Audio Enhancements

Animoto- is probably one of my favorite sites. This is a creative way to enhance your slideshow with editing.

Audiacity- is a great way to record and install sound into slideshows or assignments.

Audioexpert- is another way to incorporate sound into lessons or presentations for free.

Category 3: All that Jazz- Sites to make your classroom Jazzy and Glitzy!!!

Quizlet- flashcards that can be created and shared

Sharendepidty- a place to be creative and share and build games

Go!Animate- a place to make your own characters and cartoon strips

Blabberize- a place to make characters, animals, etc.. talk and insert them into presentations

Communicate Capstone

Communicate Capstone

Communicate 1.1.1 Definitions of Communication Quest:

http://govignonsopinions.blogspot.com/2014/10/communicate-1.html

Communicate 3.2.1 News Quest:

http://govignonsopinions.blogspot.com/2014/10/communicate-321-newsletter-quest.html

Communicate 4.1.2 Rubric Quest:

http://govignonsopinions.blogspot.com/2014/10/communicate-412-rubrics-quest.html

Communicate 4.2.2 Digital Feedback Quest:

http://govignonsopinions.blogspot.com/2014/10/communicate-422-digital-feedback-quest.html

The Communicate Module was highly informative and insightful for working in online education. This module really made me stop and assess how I communicate with all stakeholders as an educator. I had to really think about how to successfully communicate with students, parents, administrators, and colleagues when you are working online in an asychronous setting. It is very different and the needs are not the same as in face-to-face classes.

Create 1.1.3 – Appearance Quest

Create 1.1.3 – Appearance Quest

The following are 5 instructional sites that exemplify sound design ideals and are visually and aesthetically appealing in appearance.

1. National Association for Gifted Children- this is a very clean and simple home page. The website is very user-friendly.

http://www.nagc.org/

2.  Georgia Odyssey of the Mind- has great color, good graphics, and easy to find information. It has a simple home page with quick links.

http://www.georgiaodyssey.org/

3. Duke Talent Identification Program- has a simple, clean look for each section. It has embedded videos that easy to click on. This site is excellent in its design.

http://tip.duke.edu/

4. William & Mary- School of Education Center for Gifted Education- this design is outstanding and easy to you for anyone that visits. The home page has tabs on the left to click on the location you want to view. Easy to read and easy to use.

http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/

5. Khan Academy- very elegant, simple, and easy to use. Great color and graphics.

https://www.khanacademy.org/

The following are 5 instructional sites that DO NOT exemplify sound design ideals and are not visually and aesthetically appealing in appearance.

1. Hoagies' Gifted Education Page- it is too crowded, there is no rhyme or reason to the format of the webpage. It hurts your eyes to look at it and gives you a headache. This is unfortunate because there is a lot of valuable information on this page.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/

2. Georiga Association for Gifted Children- again it is not appealing to the eye. There is too much going on in the home page. The home page should be neat and simple.

http://www.gagc.org/

3. AP Central Collegeboard- This site is basically a "hot mess." It takes a parent, student or teacher 20 clicks before you get to your desired location. The font is extremely small and there is too much crammed in on the home page.

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/home

4. Georgia Professional Standards Commission- is horrible. The home page has too much going on. It hurts to look at this site. It takes you forever to figure out where to go to and how to go to it.

http://www.gapsc.com/

5. National Odyssey of the Mind- this has too much on the home page, words are too small, too much text. Not visually appealing.

http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/learn_more.php

Create 1.1.2. – Creating a Content Map Quest

Create 1.1.2. – Creating a Content Map Quest

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu    

Content Map for Gifted Endorsement Program in

 Floyd County Schools

Create 1.1.1 – Time Management Quest

Create 1.1.1 – Time Management Quest

5 Time Management Tools for the Online World

1. Schedule time for your online course in your day or week- specifically for the asynchronous sessions. We schedule time for having lunch with friends, going out with friends, so make an appointment in your daily calendar or schedule to get assignments or work done on your online courses. If your online courses do not have a specific time each day or week to login- it is easy to forget that you need to keep up with discussion boards and assignments, so you need to schedule it yourself.

2. Turn off the TV- Make sure to tune out outside distractions. Students spend anywhere from 5-8 hours a day watching TV, netflixs, etc...Get assignments done first or things on your to-do list to ensure you are reaching your goals.

3. Unplug from Social Media- Get off Facebook, Vine, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter or any other social media outlets. Again, you need to make your on-line course the priority and get that work done first before you play on social media. Once you log onto your social media accounts, you can loose valuable time and become easily distracted and your goals and tasks for the day will fall behind.

4. Make a list- Lists are a great way to stay on top of your goals, assignments and priorities for the week. The is an app for that! There are tons of apps that can help you keep up with your lists. I prefer the old-fashion paper lists that I can scratch through the items that I have completed. The busier a person is the higher the chance something can fall through the cracks- lists are a great way to help remind you of what needs to get done!

5. Set your own deadlines and goals. Online courses tend to be more asynchronous- therefore a lot of the assignments and work deadlines will be be determined by the student. Don't procrastinate or put off the inevitable. Set weekly goals and deadlines so that you do not get behind and have everything hit a one time.

Communicate 4.3.1 – The Synchronous Session Quest

Communicate 4.3.1 – The Synchronous Session Quest

How does integrating synchronous learning sessions within the online environment assist in developing a learning community for students?


Synchronous or "live" learning can be a factor that makes or breaks your online class. Students need a chance to "interact" with their instructor and their peers during the online course. Google Hangouts are a great tool for students to use for study sessions, group assignments, etc.... GotoMeetings, Adobe Connect, Wimba/Collaborate, Join Me, etc.... are other avenues to explore and utilize in the class. These interactive sessions allow for students to interact by asking questions in a chat box or with a microphone, raising their hand, giving a smiley face, and/or taking a "poll." This allows teachers a chance informally assess students knowledge of the concepts being taught to guide their instruction.
Skype and facetime can be immensely helpful for tutorial or help sessions for students that may be struggling or having a hard time with a new concept.

It is a balancing act to try to keep the online course with asychronous activities, assignments, etc... but give students the support they need with integrating synchronous sessions too.

Communicate 4.2.3 – Discussions Quest

Communicate 4.2.3 – Discussions Quest

• What role or purpose do discussion forums serve in the online classroom and are they effective?

Discussion forums or boards are an extensive part of the online classroom. Forums give students a chance to post their thoughts, reflections, reactions and comments on topics, questions, etc... Teachers are able to see from the posts which students have insight or those that are struggling.

• How do discussion forums function as a teaching tool?

Discussion forums function as a teaching tool as a place for teachers to formatively assess students understanding of ideas, concepts, and topics. It also can allow for higher levels of questioning with open-ended questions based on Bloom's higher levels of learning including analysis, synthesis, evaluation and creativity.

• How could they be used effectively and ineffectively? Furthermore, what are some best practices for facilitating forums online?

Discussion boards can be used both effectively or unfortunately ineffectively but both students and teachers. Feedback and responding to other posts can make the forum more effective and authentic. However, if a students responds or posts in a forum and no one looks at their post then it is highly ineffective to the assignment. Instructors need to respond in a timely manner to all posts made in the forum and require the students to respond to other posts made by classmates. Some best practices for facilitating forums online is to respond in timely manner to students' posts, give feedback on their posts, have students respond to each others posts, make the posts relevant and authentic to the course, topics, concepts, etc..., utilize higher levels of DOK or blooms, open-ended questions.

Communicate 4.2.2 – Digital Feedback Quest

Communicate 4.2.2 – Digital Feedback Quest

Feedback is such a crucial part of the evaluation process whether it is a face to face class, on-line or hybrid. Digital Feedback is taking it to the next level. This can really help in an online class to make sure students understand what points you are trying to stress to them. Sometimes in the written context- tone, emphasis, exaggeration, enthusiasm, is lost. With digital feedback of "speaking to students" this can clear up any misconceptions or confusion.

I look at a view programs that could be implemented in an online classroom to utilize digital feedback. Audacity, Evermore, Quicktime Pro and Voice memo are all great apps or platforms to use to introduce digital feedback to your classroom.

I also think you can take it a step further and actually create a video from your iphone, ipad, or smartphone to give digital feedback. When you are doing this you can see expressions, body language, and actually show examples.

I have utilized video and voice memo from my iphone to embed in this blog for you to watch and listen to- fingers crossed that it has uploaded correctly!!!!

Communicate 4.2.1 – Feedback Quest

Communicate 4.2.1 – Feedback Quest

Floyd County Schools

Gifted Endorsement Program

Transition Level 3- Differentiated Tool Box Instructions

Course 2- Methods and Materials for Gifted Learners

Assesses: Content Knowledge for Teachers Candidates

Dispositions: 2, 3, 5                                 Goals:     1, 4                           Proficiencies: 1, 3, 4                               NAGC Standards:  3, 6

Information:

• Activity is worth 20 points of your final grade.
• There is a rubric with 10 components worth 2 points each for the tool box.
• Follow the instructions below for the Differentiated Tool Box.

Instructions:

1. Read chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 in Winebrenner’s book.
2. Refer to Mile Marker Series- Exit #2- Exploring the World of Gifted and Talented.
3. See lessons and PPT’s on Moodle for Differentiation Strategies.
4. The Tool Box must be organized in a "Livebinder" or in google docs with tabs or folders for dividers.
5. Must have a Tab/Folder for the following sections:

• Grade Level Strategies- have  a TAB for each grade level represented
• Subject Area Strategies- have a TAB for each subject area represented
• Content Strategies
• Process Strategies
• Product Strategies

6. Place strategies that you have found, create, borrowed, researched, ect… behind or in the appropriate tab for your tool box.
7. Organize binder in a neat, creative, and authentic manner.
8. Post to class for session 10.
9. Be prepared to share with class your 3 favorite or most unique strategies.

Floyd County Schools

Gifted Endorsement Program

Transition Level 3- Differentiated Tool Box Rubric

Course 2- Methods and Materials for Gifted Learners

Assesses: Content Knowledge for Teachers Candidates

Candidate: _____________________________________________________________

Dispositions: 2, 3, 5                            Goals:    1, 4                          Proficiencies: 1, 3, 4                          NAGC Standards:  3, 6

Toolbox is worth 20 points, each component is two points each.

Criteria	Does Not Meet Standards- 0 points	Meets Standards- 1 point	Exceeds Standards- 2 points	Points
Live Binder/Google Doc   organized with Tabs/Folders for Toolbox.	Does not have toolbox organized into tabs/folders in an online binder.	Toolbox is organized with tabs/folders in an online binder.	Toolbox is organized neatly with tabs//folders in an online binder and is aesthetically pleasing to the eye and easy to use.
Differentiation Strategies	Toolbox has less than 5 strategies.	Toolbox has 5 to 9 strategies.	Toolbox has 10 or more strategies.
Different Grade Level Strategies: 3 different grade levels represented	Toolbox has less than 3 different grade levels represented.	Toolbox has 3 different 3 grade levels represented.	Toolbox has more than 3 different grade levels represented.
Different Subject Areas Represented.	Toolbox has less than 2 subject areas represented.	Tool box has 2 subject areas represented for middle and high school and 3 subject areas for primary and elementary teachers.	Toolbox has 3 or more subject areas for middle and high school and 4 or more subject areas for primary and elementary teachers.
Content Differentiation	Toolbox has no content differentiation strategies.	Toolbox has 1-3 content differentiation strategies.	Toolbox has 4 or more content differentiation strategies.
Process Differentiation	Toolbox has no process differentiation strategies.	Toolbox has 1-3 process differentiation strategies.	Toolbox has 4 or more process differentiation strategies.
Product Differentiation	Toolbox has no product differentiation.	Toolbox has 1-3 product differentiation strategies.	Toolbox has 4 or more product differentiation strategies.
Room for Growth	Toolbox has no room for more strategies to be added.	Toolbox has room for more strategies to be added to binder.	Toolbox has room for more strategies to be added to binder in many areas.
Authenticity to Classroom	Toolbox has no authenticity to candidate’s classroom.	Toolbox has some authenticity to candidate’s classroom.	Toolbox is highly authentic to candidate’s classroom.
Choice Menus	Toolbox has no choice menus.	Toolbox has 1-3 choice menus.	Toolbox has 4 or more choice menus.

0-9 points Does Not Meet Standards             10-19 points Meets Standards        20 points Exceeds Standards

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