March 2nd-8th

15/5’s MARCH 2nd- 8th

Email Contacts/MTVT Invitation	Emailed all contacts listed in Brainstorming list	Completed March 2 Silas Njoroage Todd Traughber Karen Welch Kate Helms Jim Judge Logan C.  Contact Info ????	1.5 hour
MTVT write a lesson plan	Familiarize with components of lesson plan	Idioms	3 + Hours updating
Update WBS	Tasks	Smart Sheet	1 Hour
Rough draft PowerPoint and tutorial	Section 2 Section 1 & 4 Section 3	Google Slides Researching/Draft	5 +hours
Content Analysis Draft	Rough Draft start	Google Doc.
Plugin	Social Media Research tutorials for implementation	Facebook Twitter	2 hours
Color Theme (Dazzle)	Blue	Site Format Wordpress Research	1+ hour
Team Meeting 2xs	Wednesday and Saturday	Discuss Curriculum Map To Do List Drafts	3 hours
Communication	Daily	Email/Text/Phone/Google+	2+  hours

This week we met on two different occasions for a total of three hours via Google Hangouts. We implemented a to-do list to guide our discussion which I find extremely helpful to keep on task. This week we delegated sections of the lesson planning section of the MTVT site. There were no assignments due this week except for the team and individual 15/5’s.

The tutorial I am focusing on for the lesson plan is section 2 which includes: Unit Goals,Learning Objectives, Curriculum Standards (State, District, CCSS, etc.),Bloom's Taxonomy Technology Integration (ISTE Standards), Framework for 21st Century Learning. I will be creating a google slideshare using a blue theme. I will provide a brief overview of the other sections listed above focusing on higher order thinking objectives and ISTE standards.  As a team we selected a blue theme and will be completing a screencast of our power point that describes an overview of each of the four sections. I will include visual and examples. I also need to further research each of these topics to develop a concrete understanding.

I think it is important to actually start developing the content of our site as time is flying by.  I am becoming quite intimidated by Wordpress. I have  created sites and feel quite comfortable with Weebly, Google sites and have even created blogs on Wordpress from scratch.  However the plugins, formatting and HTML coding has my head spinning.  I know Wordpress is rated the best for site development but I just need to become more confident with it and will learn as I go.  I have been watching various videos on youtube trying to understand the ins and outs.  I feel like each plugin has its pros and cons and just need to select one.

We are also debating which kind of plug in to use in Wordpress for the lesson plans.  The current layout seems somewhat disconnected.

In order for all members to have an understanding of the process of creating an MTVT lesson plan we each created and submitted a lesson in our Google + Community.  These lessons are intense and take about 6+ hours to complete. You are researching various components that are new so it definitely a process and often time consuming, but in the end you will have a final product that is supporting high level thinking and making thinking visible through the use of technology.

On Saturday we met as a team to discuss the curriculum map. Kim used the program Lucidchart.  Four objectives were created. We struggled with this assignment because we are providing resources and tutorials for teachers to use as a resource for MTVT and Dr. Mim’s conference.  After having a discussion we found that we were able to wrap our heads around the project and created 4 objectives, 1.) Goals and Objectives, MTVT Lesson Plan, 2.) How to facilitate learning with thinking routines, 3.) Technology Tools, and 4.) Social Networking for PLN.

The Smart sheet was also updated. I find that it is important to keep on top of this as time can slip away and we need to keep track of documenting the tasks.  

The next task is to complete the Content Analysis.  In addition, we are going to see if Fair Josey could be our SME? I will continue work on the content analysis with Kim and developing the Wordpress site.