Online Learning Module with Deep

Today, I showed Mrs. Deep the Online Learning Module that I created for Practicum. I asked Mrs. Deep to pay special attention to the embedded sources and the assessments to ensure that the module was going to be effective. Mrs. Deep was very impressed with module. She stated that she had not really used Google Sites before, but she said that it looked wonderful! She remembered the teacher objectives that were on the syllabus and knew that they were also the ones that she approved for the Face-to-Face Staff Development. Mrs. Deep moved through each lesson on the module and she became REALLY excited when she got to lesson two. Lesson two is where I created the instructional screencast for the teachers that demonstrates how to create a Symbaloo. Mrs. Deep was ecstatic! She loved that I created a screencast of the steps and not just that I had screenshots of the steps. She stated that she has a room for teachers in the Media Center just for screencasts, but she can't seem to get teachers engaged in using them.

When she got to lesson 3 of the module, where I assess the teacher's understanding of the concepts, she was thrilled. The teachers are able to go back in the lesson from this page so that they can follow along with the video and create their Symbaloo. She was also very impressed with the evaluation page on the module. The Google Form that I embedded in the module allows teachers to give me feedback on what they believe went well within the module, how well they believe that the module was organized, as well as appropriateness of the staff development to them. Mrs. Deep asked about how I would receive the data from the evaluations (she's not very familiar with Google Forms). I told her that when teachers respond to the Google Form evaluation, I can access the form and it gives me anonymous data and the responses that each teacher gave.

Mrs. Deep did recommend that I add the steps in writing up under the instructional screencast for creating a Symbaloo. This is a fantastic idea! This way, teachers can watch, listen, and read the instructions to insure that they are able to fully understand how to create their own Symbaloo. I look forward to hearing from the teachers and seeing the Symbaloos that they create!