If you are not subscribed to comments on this blog, you missed an awesome comment from Linda McDonald, queen of VC in Katy, TX; creator of Math Marvels and other cool collaborative projects. Her comment was in response to a question about how to start your VC program.
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- Ask what about the critical target objectives based on testing data.
- Ask about areas of curriculum that teacher think are important but don’t seem to have time to teach.
- Ask which content students struggle understanding.
Help teachers build VC projects based on the answers above and you will have a “product you can sell.”
Do you ask teachers these questions? How do you follow-up? How do you help teachers see the connection between curriculum and potential content/projects/experiences?
Thanks for moving this comment to a post. Linda is THE queen of amazing curriculum projects. She is also the originator of the Landmark Challenge for second grade that we run each year and our teachers love!
Linda, thanks for sharing.
I’ve known Linda for years from several professional engagements. A great lady who is willing to help anyone better their professional understanding and knowledge.
I don’t have the equipment in the classroom. It’s informative but I can’t use it.
I don’t have this equipment in the classroom either.
I do not have this equipment in my classroom
I do not have this equipment in my classroom,
I don’t currently have the VC equipment in my classroom, but if/when I do use it, I will make sure to ask these questions.
We do not have all the VC equipemtn in my classroom but i will ask the IT of my school.
We do not have VC in our equipment in our classroom.
In our district we have an awesome Tech team. I am sure they can help me get set up to use more VC in my classroom
Our classrooms are not equipped with this technology, but we have access to video conferencing through our librarian.
I ask myself these questions, and my goal is to determine how VC can address state standards.
At our school it is necessary to schedule time with Tech dept to use VC
I didn’t know for sure we had this but is it available for classroom use?
I would try it, but we don’t have this equipment in our classrooms.
I don’t have this equipment in the classroom yet.
We use the library to use VC
I am very interested in using VC. However, I will check with my districts specific polices as well as my specific schools policies regarding the use of VC.
Wanda Poindexter
January 6, 2017
I could see trying to make products to help teachers, however, for now it can’t be my focus.
I have not heard of our district using VC, but if/when a teacher uses VC, i will be sure to ask questions about their experience with it.
We do have the ability to VC
I was a classroom teacher, but the technology aide at our school did a good job of helping us to find video conferences that aligned with our content.
With the ITs in my school and on the district level I think we could do a awesome job with IVC.
Our district has the ability to do VC whole group. All of my classes are different and I do what I can with each class that would benefit more effectively.
I don’t have the equipment
We have chromebooks in my classroom which I believe could function in the same manner as the VC.
Of course whatever VC you use has to be used with a standard you are teaching. I am not aware of the approved VC for my district
I would love to try this out.
This is great!
I follow up with a post – activity.
I would love this!
This would be a great teaching resource!
I would love to do this.
I am the teacher
I would like to do this with my classroom.
Currently not have this in my classroom.
i do not have the equipment yet. We are moving into a new building and I am planning to use it.
I would ask our on campus tech just how this would work using our I-pads?
would love to figure out if we have all the right components to bring this to our class, and to share with other teachers.
By now we ‘do not have that technology