{"id":61,"date":"2015-02-11T22:53:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jessicalindsay\/?p=61"},"modified":"2015-02-11T23:00:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T23:00:17","slug":"refining-the-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jessicalindsay\/2015\/02\/11\/refining-the-action-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Refining the Action Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

As with past Face-2-Faces, I left the third Cohort 21 session\u00a0at MaRS Discovery District<\/a> so incredibly inspired! Not only was being surrounded by a building focused on innovation inspiring in of itself, I am consistently amazed by the fabulous ideas of the Cohort 21 clan! Thanks to their input, I have made some revisions to my Action Plan.<\/p>\n

Narrowing the Focus<\/h3>\n

Taking the suggestion of a great Cohort 21 Coach, instead of taking a broad approach, I am going to be focusing on\u00a0two facets\u00a0of the Technology Integration Matrix<\/a>:\u00a0Constructive<\/a>\u00a0and Active<\/a>. I believe these resonate the most with my iPad documentation project\u00a0<\/a>, as I am eager to have \u201cstudents consistently have opportunities to select technology tools and use them in the way that best facilitates their construction of understanding\u201d (constructive) and have \u201cstudents understand how to use many types of technology tools, are able to select tools for specific purposes, and use them regularly.\u201d Although I am limited in my ability to grow to the Transformative stage for the environment, as the classroom teacher, it will be my goal to expose my young learners to the technology tools available to them, and guide them through the process of applying it to demonstrate their understanding.<\/p>\n

Sesame HQ<\/h3>\n

Sesame HQ<\/a> is a game changer. My initial plan of using iMovie to allow the students to produce a film of their learning would have been well received by my students, but as soon as I saw the capabilities of Sesame HQ, I knew that this would be a much more dynamic and interactive tool to use.<\/p>\n

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Each student only has one item in their feed so far, but I anticipate that they will all enjoy going back in time to see where they started! I also anticipate that they will find the app easy to use without my assistance once we get over some initial bumps.<\/h3>\n

Early Discoveries<\/h3>\n

I have begun this project with my students and here are some brief observations that I have made thus far:<\/p>\n