April 6th -12th

15/5s

Resources	6 hours
Lesson Plan/Motorcycle	3+ hours
Site Review (2 Peers)	30 min
Team Meeting	1 hour
Research Tutorials/ Resources	4 hours
Symbolism Lesson/Routine	1 hour

This week the formative evaluation, including a screencast, was due. We met as a team on Monday and discussed tasks, to do lists, and modifications.  Documentation was approved for the treatment report and instructional strategy.  I can’t believe the end of the semester is nearing and will be here before we know it!

I attempted to create an essential grid to make a page of all videos.  Essential Grid is a plug-in for wordpress. I have had no success so I am relying on visual composer to create the format for the testimonials of thinking routines in action. This week was Spring Break, which I have been counting the days down until. Unfortunately, my entire family ended up with the stomach flu.

My main focus this week was finishing up lesson plans for submission in which i had to create, modify and write. I also had to work with a coworker on his lesson plan.  It is a tedious task, but I feel the more you write the more confident you become with the process. I almost have the ISTE and 21st century skills memorized at this point I have looked at them so many times.   I also edited the resources tab.  We wanted to add visual and scaffold the individual pages. There was a lof of information on a page and we wanted to make it visually appealing and inviting. We didn’t want to overwhelm the learner.  I have been researching and adding information and images throughout the week.

We have also received feedback from the teachers’ testing the site.  I have recruited two teachers and I have nagged them everyday since we are on vacation. I will be bringing them coffee at work on monday and forcing them to complete the survey if I don’t receive feedback by Sunday night!  The feedback we have received has been positive and some minor changes are being made on a daily basis.  We will be make changes to the very end and likely after. Every time I log in I’m making a change it could be as simple as spacing change to content.   

Next week we will be focusing on the showcase presentation for the upcoming week. We will follow a bi-weekly meeting schedule to create a to-do list and keep in communication through our Google community.