Solebury+Project

PLP Professional development needs for Solebury School

· Activ boards · Moodle · Teacher Access · webpage · Philosophical understanding that times are changing __Survey for faculty __ Develop survey to determine the faculty's knowledge and understanding of the various web. 2.0 What gets in the way of you using technology in your classroom? What gives you anxiety about technology in the classroom? Are you using technology and what? What are obstacles to you using technology in your teaching? Are you familiar with Social networking (twitter, facebook, ning) Blogging (edublogs) Screen capture (jing, screen toaster) Collaborative documents (wikis, google docs) Social bookmarking (delicious, diigo) Distance communication (1:1 and 1: many) (skype, elluminate) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Presentation software (prezi, flip charts) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Google
 * Problem:** Morale in the transition of incorporating web 2.0 technology into teaching and addressing the how and why of using web 2.0 technology in our teaching.
 * Question:** How do we improve faculty morale while our school transitions to utilizing web 2.0 technology into their teaching and address the how and why of web 2.0.
 * Procedure:**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And of these, what do you/have you used in the classroom? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Are you willing to facilitate on a particular pool you find useful?

Survey Questions: Faculty Use of Technology 1. What are some of the obstacles you experience to learning and using new technology in the classroom? 2. Does any anxiety that you may feel about learning and using new technologies stem from the fact that you don’t know how to use the programs and you are concerned that you will not be adequately trained? 3. Does any anxiety that you may feel about learning and using new technologies stem from the fact that you are concerned that effective traditional teaching methods will be thrown out as new web 2.0 programs are implemented? 4. If you are using any technologies, what are you using, what are you using it for and what are you most happy with? 5. With which of the following are you familiar? (Circle all that apply) a. Social bookmarking: Delicious, Diigo b. Social networking: Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, Ning c. Screen capture programs: Jing, Screen Toaster d. Collaborative documents: google docs, evernote, wiki e. Video capability: flip cameras, cell phones with video capability f. Distance communication: i. One-to-one: Skype, Oovoo ii. One-to-many: Elluminate, g. Presentation formats: Presi, Power point, Flip charts h. Instant messaging: AIM, gchat, texting i. Blogging: edublogs, 6. Which of the above programs do you use frequently? 7. Which of the above programs do you use in your classroom? 8. Are you onboard with incorporating some of these programs in your classroom? 9. Do you see any value in using these programs?

After a survey for the faculty maybe having 2-3 faculty members do a quick 2 minute blurb about how they have used technology specifically in their class. Either flip video the classroom or show the work that the kids have produced or shared with others. Sometimes seeing our own peers do something specific within their specialty may inspire someone else to try something.