Geoff+Hack

__**2009-2010 Reflections**__ **Project Facilitator -** I enjoyed working with Carrie Sheehan this year on the PLP project. Carrie’s self-motivation and eagerness to learn helped reinforce my own belief in the value of this program.I would share my technology integration experiences with Carrie.Then Carrie and I would discuss several ideas and possible ways to implement and incorporate use the technology with her Speech students. I look forward to continued learning and sharing use of technology.
 * __YEAR TWO REFLECTIONS__**

**Training -** This year I had the opportunity to receive Power Point and Smart Board training. The possibilities are endless and at times overwhelming.There are countless sites already created that are able to be directly incorporated into my instruction.While I have not had very many opportunities to utilize this technology, due to limited availability of a smart board, I have been able to enhance some student lessons and activities.I hope to be able to continue my technology training and have more opportunities to share with my students.

__Participating Class/Students__ I will be working with fourth grade AIS students.

__Blog Project Outline__ I work with a group of fourth grade students for 30 minutes each day. Using the story of the week from the reading series and Step Up to Writing techniques, I will engage my AIS students in an online blog discussion based on their weekly reading selection.

__Blog Outcome and Self Reflection__ I was somewhat apprehensive as I began blogging with my students, but as we delved deeper into the whole experience it was something that both the students and I came to enjoy. The students became interested in responding to the blog as well as reading their fellow classmates' responses. I also enjoyed reading student responses as well as monitoring their reading comprehension.

__Participating Class/Students I will be working with fourth grade AIS students.

Podcast Project Outline__ Using a play from Reader's Theater and Photo Story 3, I will have students create a podcast.

__Podcast Outcome and Self Reflection__ The students and I were able to create three wonderful podcasts. The students enjoyed the experience and asked to read and reread their lines without it seeming like work. I also enjoyed the experience and even created a podcast with one of my first grade groups. I plan to continue creating more podcasts next year with all of my groups.