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I hope this works! I went ahead and set up a wiki for Group 1! Please feel free to edit and make appropriate changes! My name is Angel Schwartz. I have been teaching Kindergarten for 4 years now. I have also taught 5th grade for a year and was a Title 1 teacher for a year. I am excited to continue to practice with this form of technology as it is completely new to me. It is also great to be working with teachers who teach a similar age group. I am hopeful that we can bounce some ideas and suggestions off of each other as we learn and work together! I am also working on my problem-based learning activity for next week, thinking something to do with Sun Safety, but that is all I have so far.

Hi, Angel ! Thanks for setting this up. I think you'll have to invite all of us, unless there's a setting to allow us to 'ask' for an invite/permission. I set up a wiki once and I was able to do that, but it was a different site, so this one might be different. THANKS! Melissa Dills ** You're welcome, just send me your email address and I will send an invite! **

I have taught kindergarten for 9 years and have loved every minute of it. I am attempting to get everything done and turned in. I am still working on some of my eportfolio things so I feel a little over whelmed : ) I am working on creating my problem based unit for next week. We're going to be digging through the lost and found. My students are so intrigued by it. I'm thinking our guiding questions will be "What is in the lost and found? and How can it be found by the other students?" I found a great book to guide us through the proces of prediction (what items and how much of specific items), then sorting the items and counting (with tally marks). Then I'm hoping to lead my students to want to create a movie of the items so others can see what is in the lost and found. Then they can recount after a few days to see how many items are 'found'. What do you think? The tech integration will involve the movie making. Any other ideas for integrating technology into the beginning of the lesson? THANKS! Melissa

Hi Everyone,

My name is Jessica I am a fifth year teacher in Prince Georges County, Maryland. I teach first grade atThomasS.StoneElementary School. It is a title 1 school and I just love it! I am a grade chair and enjoy working with other teachers in the building. I went to SalisburyUniversityfor my Bachelors in Education. I am excited to be better prepared to integrate technology into my lessons. Thank you so much for getting this Wiki started for group 1!

Thanks so much for setting up our groups wikis Angel. I really appreciate it as I'm sure we all do. Melissa, I really like your idea of the lost and found. What a great way to get this out to the students in the school to see if they have items in the lost and found. It is so hard to get students to claim their lost jackets, sweaters, hats, scarves, etc because so many of them never go look in the lost and found. If you created a video and it was shown to all the classes this would help drastically to find the rightful owner. Great idea!!! Just as an idea, you can have your kids role play a scenario of where someone loses their jacket and asks a friend or teacher where they should look to try and find it. They would be directed of course to the lost and found. You could record this and put it as part of a movie to start the process of showing items in the lost and found area. ~Leonor Estremera

Thznk you for setting this up, Angel! I have taught second grade for four years and am ex cited to try out this new technology with everyone. I like that we all teach grades that are. Lose to each other. This will be a great way to gather ideas and collaborate. -Stacey

Hey everyone, I am finishing up my 7th year of teaching and I really cannot believe it's been that long. I taught 1st grade for 3 years and then switched school districts, where I now teach 2nd grade. There are a lot of changes happening in our district, with new curriculum and grading procedures. It is exciting but stressful at the same time. My past experiences with wikis have been very minimal, so I am looking forward to becoming more familiar with this tool and working together with you to share ideas for our problem-based activities. Karla

Angel, you're the best. I consider myself to be computer savvy but I'm finding out differently the more I try to work a wiki :). I have taught 3rd grade for the past 1 1/2 years and now am being moved to 5th. I am somewhat apprehensive and somewhat excited. I will more than likely work just as hard to bring my fifth graders into the digital age as I did with the third graders. My school is warming up to technology, but very slowly. I am optimistic because this course has brought so many ideas and suggestions my way and I appreciate everyone. Robbie Dillard

Hello Everyone, Thanks Angel for setting up the wiki page. I have never developed a wiki page because I like blog pages so using a wiki is new to me. I have taught kindergarten for 8 years and I am currently teaching first grade for the first time. I am excited about being a first grade teacher. They are more self sufficient and I can give them a web page to look up and they can do it. I am on vacation right now at Emerald isle North Carolina and am having a very hard time completing work this week. But I will defiantly try!!Tricia

Hi, All! It seems we will need to have a page for each of us off to the side as we'll be using this the next few weeks. I copied the diretions below: In your lesson plan, include the following: Please refer to the course text for a GAME plan lesson template example. Sample lessons follow each of the content area chapters. Suggested assignment length: 1–2 pages I created a 'page' for myself. All you have to do is go to the top right of the screen and click on the '+' beside "pages and files". This will create your own page linked to our group's main page. I just named it my name so it would be easy to find! Does this sound OK? Melissa Dills Thank you Melissa, I did the same with my name! Angel Thanks for the instructions and assignment! I've created my page as well. -Stacey I think that is a wonderful idea for the individual pages for each of us to post our lesson plan it is clean and organized. Also it makes it clear and easy to read other peoples lessons. Jessica Morgan
 * Step 1:** Develop a lesson plan that introduces students to the problem you have selected and outlines the steps students will take once they understand the problem.
 * The grade level and subject area addressed
 * A brief description of the lesson
 * The learning outcomes, skills, and content area objectives or standards the lesson will address
 * The steps of the lesson including the problem you will pose to students and an explanation of how the problem is relevant to your students
 * How students will use technology during this portion of the PBL process
 * How you will customize the activity for diverse learners in your classroom
 * How you will assess student learning as a result of this lesson
 * Step 2:** Upon completion of your lesson for this week, copy and paste it into your wiki page by **11:59 PM** on **Sunday**. By **11:59 PM** on **Wednesday** of **Week 6**, please leave feedback on **two** of your learning community members’ PBL lesson plans. Make any revisions necessary to your final assignment based on your community members’ feedback before you submit your lessons to your ePortfolio in Week 7. **Note:** Do not submit your lesson to the Instructor at this time.
 * Step 3:** If you are implementing this lesson with students, do so prior to the end of Week 7. You will be asked to reflect on the process of developing and implementing the lesson as part of your final course Reflection. Although you may not be able to incorporate feedback from your learning community members, the implementation experience will allow you to improve and reflect upon your teaching practice.

Hello fellow group members! When we comment on each lesson, should we leave our comments at the bottom of the lesson or within the discussion post at the top? Or does it really matter? Just wondering! Thanks, Angel

Angel, I am leaving my comments on the bottom. Hope this is ok with everyone else. Karla

I think it would be better to leave it on the bottom of each page because it allows us to easily identify who the comment is to when placed at the bottom of their page. ~ Leonor

Ok, sounds good! I placed mine in the discussion section, but will move them to the bottom of the page. Angel

UPDATE: I added my second lesson ot the bottom of my page, and tried to noticeably mark it that it was the 2nd lesson. If that what everyone else is doing? Melissa

I went ahead and did the same. Angel