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Week 2: Professional Development Journal

This week is starting out well. The team members are in the process of receiving all equipment for the program. I am hoping they are not feeling overwhelmed with information, as several team members are new to the online format of virtual courses.

We've drafted a student survey, as shown in the attachment, in order to get a strong idea of student pre-existing knowledge. I am hopeful that the survey will be approved soon in order to get a better understanding of current student technology usage. I have attached a copy of this survey for your convenience. It is a draft, and is extremely long, but it was just a start.

We are starting to utilize more technology in the classrooms, and are in the process of designing, starting or completing various CGI based activities and projects. I saw an amazing CGI lesson the other day in a class. It looked like something that would have been on the video example at the Coaching Clinic. There are several other activities in process, including MovieMaker projects, the use of Senteo SMART Technologies, and even a project where students are creating their own surveys based on a real-world school-based research question. I've attached the brainstorming document from the last project listed.

I do have a concern though. I have not seen any communication from the other coaches in my cohort (#6). I thought there would be dialog on the progress of the different schools, and I have not heard of any. Also, when posting last week's Google Sites link, I thought that there would be other tech team members from other groups in our cohort. There were only two names of individuals not part of the Fostoria Team, and I found that to be unusual. Is there a way to determine what other schools are doing, or is there a reason access to other schools is limited right now?