Proposal

“Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or an event.”
-Heidi-Hayes Jacobs, Educational Consultant

I am currently a third grade group director at Colegio Anglo Colombiano in Bogota, Colombia. The class contains 22 English as a Second Language students between the ages of 9 and 10 years old. Within the third grade team of professionals I work with 5 other third grade group directors, specialist teachers, and a Spanish teacher. Colegio Anglo Colombiano is an accredited IB school, I facilitate the Primary Years Program, including subject areas of math, language, reading, and the unit of inquiry. My personal comfort level with technology is at a novice level.

Goals
1. To become more technologically aware of applications that are available to enhance student experience in the classroom by reading educational articles focused on technology integration into the classroom. (Voki, VoiceThread, Prezi, Wiki)
2. To design and implement a class Wiki that parents and students will be able to access to further develop a sense of community within the classroom.
3. To have students complete one VoiceThread learning experience that will connect them to another part of the world.
4. To implement a daily planning schedule with Google Calendar to keep my classes, meetings, and commitments organized.
5. To become more open-minded about the importance of technology integration for students.

Inquiry Project Tools
Google Calendar
Wiki
VoiceThread
Prezi
Twitter
Blogs

Timeline
Oct.16-Oct.22
-follow Twitter, add one reading based on technology to blog
-start optional wiki collaboration with class
-start setting up Google Calendar

Oct.23-Oct.29
-follow Twitter, add one reading based on technology to blog
-continue with optional wiki collaboration with class
-continue planning with Google Calendar
-update personal blog with reflection about working with Google Calendar

Oct.30-Nov.5
-follow Twitter, add one reading based on technology to blog
-continue with optional wiki collaboration with class
-continue planning with Google Calendar
- have a Prezi for students as a starter for a lesson
-update blog with any personal reflection on learning so far
-add reflection about class wiki, what is working, what is not
-add reflection to blog about Prezi

Nov.6-Nov.12
-follow Twitter, add one reading based on technology to blog
-continue with optional wiki collaboration with class
-start preparing VoiceThread for class to learn and experiment with
-continue planning with Google Calendar
-add reflection to blog about experience with setting up of VoiceThread
-add reflection, if needed about any advancements with Google Calendar

Nov.13-Nov.19
-follow Twitter, add one reading based on technology to blog
-continue with optional wiki collaboration with class
-introduce VoiceThread to class as a learning experience
-add reflection to blog about students opinions and reactions to VoiceThread
-continue planning with Google Calendar

Nov.20-Nov.26
-follow Twitter, add one reading based on technology to blog
-continue with optional wiki collaboration with class
-update personal blog with reflection about working with Google Calendar
-make VoiceThread available to classroom in Canada
-add reflection to blog about class wiki, what is happening in it, how is it going, the good the bad and the ugly

Nov.27-Dec.3
-follow Twitter, add last reading to blog
-continue with optional wiki collaboration with class
-update personal with reflection on experience working with VoiceThread
- continue planning with Google Calendar
- add reflection to blog about any of the inquiry project as a whole