Cooperative+Middle+School+Team+3


=12-14-09 Team Building7  = = = =Let's hear it for Gr8 Group (formally known as Team 3)!! =

[[image:Photo_26.jpg width="93" height="71"]] Ben Clapp- Grade 8 Science
Kristen Gauthier, Grade 8 Science

Angela Bellantone, Grade 8 English

[|etherpad] Good for brainstorming and keeping notes during class with class
 * 2.0 tools**

[|phone-casting] Call in a message and to this website and it will save it as an MP3 that you can use as for a podcast. Great for field trips of out of building observations

[|cha-cha] Free service that you call in any question you don't know and they will text you back with a response. Great for those questions you just don't have the answers for during class (or the questions that stump you at the bar)

[|Google Earth] With a little effort, students can post points of interest on a small group, class or pod map. Great for researching different areas that you can then leave info about as roll over text.

[|Jing] This is software that take a video screen shot up to 5 minutes. You can record your voice (perhaps directions) and then open different windows. Students can then view your video if you post it to Moodle say for homework. I have a coupe on my science page. (enrollment is fusion)

[|Audacity] Free download that you can use to create MP3s with for podcasting.

[|Moodle] Great for forum discussions, chats, links to websites...


 * Assumptions for our Team**
 * We will share ideas openly.
 * Everyone will pull their own weight.
 * We will try something that is unfamiliar and make make us uncomfortable.
 * We will be leaders at CMS.
 * We will find ways to apply what we learn to our classes (eventually).
 * We will be able to set aside time to explore web tools and practices.
 * We will grow exponentially as educators.
 * The collaborative environment will help close the physical distance among colleagues in our building.
 * Our product will be useful.
 * We will use what we learn here professionally and personally.
 * We will share things that work and don't work.
 * We will try new tech things in class (take risks).
 * We will balance content-area information with tech skills.
 * We will be able to teach others