Name: Danielle Carafos

Class Activities/Primary Work Work Submitted/Due Next Steps (on my own, in

professional development, to extend
work done in and for class)
8/25 Explore delicious Look over syllabus
Introduction to the class
Registered for a delicious account
(9/8) Take Alan November quiz Add additional RSSS to delicious
Register for wiki Rss
(9/15) Turned in Ticket number 2 Look up my own RSS feeds and look
We reviewed and revised the syllabus and (Alan November quiz) at anything that may be interesting
wrote down important dates. bout education.
We reviewed the learning log and all of its Ticket number 3 due next class
components.
Became familiar with RSS feeds and
subscribed what we found was interesting.
Learned how to use “easy edit” on our class
wiki.
(9/22) Turned in Ticket 3 (posted Subscribe to more RSS feeds.
Anchor DI quiz on the Wiki)Differentiated Check the RSS feeds I have
Homebase groups Instruction Homework subscribed to, and see if there is
Auto summary on word RSS commentary. any new and interesting
Watched a video about a classroom where information.
the teacher used Differentiated Instruction
and my particular homebase group took notes
on how the teacher assessed her students
with Differentiated Instruction. Other
homebase groups took notes on other aspects
of the video.
(9/29) Ticket 4 (DI quiz) Catch up on all homework on angel
Left our home base groups and became experts Finish last week’s and our wiki.
on what we learned and then taught it to our new Homework Start working on ideas for project
formed group. Web review drop box on wiki.
Gave blackout dates Pick one tough vocabulary
Went over homework word to teach
Read my chapter in the
book and become an
expert on it so I can make
a good page on our class
wiki.
(10/6) All back work was due Start to think about how we are going
Went over project. including all tickets. to teach our “slice”. Make a planner,
Met with others who are becoming experts on the next week is drop in time or
same chapters as us, and divided up who was independent time.
going to take what slice of each chapter. Continue to work on my “slice” of
I ended up selecting the section on reading the chapter for our class wiki.
comprehension guides.
10/13) Prepare for the project.
We didn’t meet as an entire class. However, if we
had any questions about our assigned project, we
could go and see her at the time of our class.
“Drop in time/ Independent time”
(10/20) No work was due Complete tickets
Paired off in two’s and taught my partner the For next class do 2 tickets Become familiar with new sites I
vocabulary we chose. including a post to the wiki signed up for in the lab.
Organized strategy, by which we learned the term and a quiz on survey
in a graphic organizer on the board. monkey.
Watched Marzano’s Six step video on how to
learn new vocabulary. Each group had to focus
on one of the six aspects of the video.
Answered homework (secession 8 on wiki)
Reviewed information on secession 8 in the lab
to complete the quiz for our next class.
(10/27) Redo tickets that have the Make sure to complete classmate’s
We got together with safety nets to talk about LL. opportunity to be handed quizzes before Sunday at midnight!
Went over how the learning logs should look in again. Revise Alan November quiz by next
like. time if needed.
Talk at internet postings Learn the basics about the big 6
We looked over graded tickets as a class. We research model.
went over the rubric for ticket # 5.
First group of people presenting on the wiki
went today, their focus was phonemic
awareness.
(11/3) Quizzes were due from Re-submit D.I Quiz
We met in the distance learning lab for class. previous class. Make sure to take classmates
Talked about projects for next class. Alan November ticket quizzes by Sunday at midnight.
Went over quiz submission deadlines. deadline.
Filled out a flash card if you were presenting Review Blooms Taxonomy
your wiki project next class. information.
Showed the literacy instructional resource guide Revise WebQuest ticket #1,
drop box. if needed.
We went over the Differentiated Instruction Play with Big 6
quiz and talked about the opportunity to redo information on the wiki.
the quiz.
Went over the Big 6 Model
We became familiar with the smartboard
using “Walk in the Woods” virtual field trip.
(11/10) Ticket number 10- Complete Complete ticket # 11 to replace an
Students that were presenting gave a brief over a comparison table on excel entire ticket grade.
view of their wiki. on a literacy concept. Do a Complete quizzes for chapters 12 and
We got into groups so we would work out of our screenshot on all of your 13. (7 total)
comfort zones. online postings to the wiki. Set up your wiki page for portfolio
We watched a video review guide on a web quest Deadline for re-doing and invite Professor Gradel.
and wrote down answers to the questions that WebQuest 1. Read the chapters for the students
were written on the board. Explore a virtual field trip who are presenting their wiki next
site and post it for extra class.
credit.
(11/17) All the quizzes from Start your E portfolio!
 Students that were presenting gave a brief over
view of their wiki.
Dr. Gradel suggests seeing her during lab hours if
any questions, Except December 1st.
We made a house keeping list of all the due dates
of tickets and final projects.
Went over the E portfolio briefly.
(11/24)
We didn’t have class because of thanksgiving
break.
(12/1)
Students that were presenting gave a brief over
view of their wiki.
We talked about what needs to be fixed on the
wiki’s to improve our grade.
Looked more in depth on what to do for the E
portfolio.
Went over Cinnamon’s portfolio reflection log
for reference when we have to do ours.
Talked about the copyright of our assignments
that are posted on the internet.
In the lab we took quizzes pertaining to
spelling in chapters 6 and 20.
12/8
Discussed any final questions anyone may
have had concerning the e-portfolio and what
should compromise it.
12/15
Exam Week
students wiki pages were
due by Sunday night(11/23)
Any tickets that were
incomplete (zero’s) needed
to be done by November 30th
at 11:59PM.
Any tickets that were
incomplete (zeros) needed to
be done by November 30th at
11:59PM.
Same as the previous week.
(Incomplete Tickets needed
to be done by November
30th)
Talk to Dr. Gradel for any
clarifications or questions
during the lab hours.
Most students went to the
lab and completed
everyone’s quizzes.
Finish e-portfolio by final
exam date.
E-portfolio due 11/18 by
midnight
Make sure that the tickets being used
in the portfolio are done well and
something you are proud of.
Read chapters for the students who
are presenting their wiki next class.
Prepare for E portfolio
The final project is very time
consuming, make sure to start putting
things together day by day.
Figure out what exact tickets you
need to use for your portfolio.
Make your wiki reflect on how well
you have done throughout the
semester. Add any other work from
other classes that you are proud of
that would make the page reflect
more on whom you are as an
individual.
Read the chapters for the students
who are presenting their wiki next
class.
Make sure to take classmates
quizzes by Sunday at midnight.