1C-Collaborate with Other Educators Within The School and District

1 C Collaborate with other educators within the school and district to incorporate contemporary digital tools and resources to maximize content learning in context; and

The opportunity for collaboration within our school surrounding digital tools is not something there is time allotted for in  the schedule. However, when we are in team meetings and educators discuss problems with lower level students not getting concepts, in Science and Math, I explained apps like  ShowMe  that  would allow for the teacher or  a group  of higher level  students  to explain those concepts using apps like  Showme and Educreations. I suggested they borrow the ipad from the  library and create the  mini presentations using  the apps, focused specifically on  those skills not  understood. These flipped classroom instructional  videos could also be saved  and uploaded right onto their  webpage for their class. 

Additionally,  I  discussed sites like Khan Academy, which already has many videos  that were created by other educators and they are free to use, if the teacher did not have time or did not wish to do  the videos themselves. 

In our  department meeting surrounding Common Core, I  have had the opportunity to share what  I do digitally in my classroom with other Language Arts teachers. I was able to  show them  my Haiku opening each day which has variations of : poetry, inspirational  video clips, quotes, short stories, examples of  literary conventions-taught  in  mini lessons, Google shared documents where students are finding and color coding  main ideas, and then creating a summarized paragraph.

When the social  studies department was requesting a cart of  laptops, I suggested Chrome books instead to circumvent the need to log in, wasting a great deal of  class time.  They have turned  out  to be a great investment that the social studies teachers  love. I had read  so many -positive things about  the Chrome books and passed that on to the social  studies department.



I presented at the 2011 Christa Macauliff Technology conference in Manchester, NH. Here is a link to my presentation overview:

Christa McAulliffe-2011 Presentation Description
  My presentation has been shared with my peers and they have always been able to observe my class, ask me questions about my Haiku site and the design of my class using technology as the hub, integrating-reading/writing/literacy with technology resources and tools.

Additionally, my Haiku site has been shared with Dr. Gail Paludi-Superintendent of Sau# 88, Dr. Shirley Ferguson-Assistant Superintendent of Sau# 88, Allison Mollica-Applications Administrator, Mr. Mellow-Principal of Lebanon Junior High, Ms.Martha Langill-Principal Seminary Hill School-soon to be LMS Principal., and Judy Klunder-Language Arts Coordinator. Liam Coyle who also has piloted HAIKU LMS, also has access to my site and I have access to his Haiku site. This provides an opportunity for each of us to learn how the other uses our Haiku Learning Management System, Haiku, differently.



I presented the Haiku Learning Management System to the Lebanon School District on a Technology Staff Development Day on September 19, 2012. Haiku offered a webinar for our district. Unfortunately there were technological problems at both ends of this live broadcast. I made copies of a handout citing the highlights of Haiku for some teachers. Due to the technology problems, some staff chose to go to another technology offering in our school. However, I did have some time with a few teachers who just wanted to see what the features of Haiku were that made it so very special.

I shared my Haiku site with attendees. I walked them through my site showing them the varied assignments that I create on Haiku. I also showed them the beauty of creating a test or quiz on Haiku and how this was different than doing the same type of activity in google as the comparative. In Haiku, I demonstrated, the students get automatic feedback after submitting their test/quiz. They immediately get a score. We can review their choice and why they could have made a better choice. I also can get statistical information regarding the questions including how many students chose each multiple choice offering and percentages.

November 21, 2012-Presented my Reading and Literacy program at the Christa McAuliff Technology Conference. Here is the link to my presentation: http://portal.sliderocket.com/BHXFH/Christa-MaCauliff-2012-21st-Century-Reading-and-Li