Podcasting Workshop

I've done some research on podcasting and I am sold that this is what I want to do for my Action learning project. I still want to learn more about the process and how to implement it at my school, so I have planned a meeting with Chris Goodson our technology coordinator for hte county. I want him to show me how to set it up at my school and what would work best. I may see if he is available to teach a workshop at school to help with the education of the staff. I want to use podcasting mainly as a tool for creating book reviews (as a start). I want a "Reading Rainbow" kind of review. I looked at several schools that podcast and fell in love with their ideas. It could go sooooo far! I am excited to get this ball rolling!

Action Learning Project

I have gone back and forth on my action learning project ideas, and I finally decided that I want to teach a technology project. First of all, it meets the needs of the faculty and school. It also would be something that I am comfortable doing. I just need to narrow down the topic I want to teach. The following are my ideas for the workshop:
1. Podcasting- I would love to create a forum for book reviews that the children can listen to and record. The problem is, I would need to teach myself first!
2. Wikis- I really liked learning about Wikis but feel it may be too difficult for me to teach.
3. Document Cameras/projectors-I'm familiar with them because I have one in my classroom.
4. Smartboards (we are supposed to get some for every classroom, but I'm not sure when)-I'm not knowledgable about them....yet!

Case Study

I met with my group on Thursday and we finished our analysis of the case study. It is so refreshing to meet with two peers and be able to work cohesively as a group. The project seemed so overwhelming when looking it over at home, but when we got together we each were able to contribute so much. I thought it was interesting that we thought of things that the others haven't. What I didn't even consider, Rebecca or Jeri had elaborated on, and vice versa. I am so happy to have these women in my group!