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 * Sidenote: Due to my current position as a Title One Reading Impact Teacher, I was only able to try-out a few of the lessons with select groups. For other parts, I have asked the Media Specialist at my shcool to look over the project and give any feedback or I have created the example myself. (Special thanks to Beth Haynes!) I will make note with each example to specify.

Teacher Feedback
Media Specialist response to overview: It was very complete with the 21st Standards and the Indiana Standards. Loved that you wanted to have Skype Pals, they are better than pen pals! I still think you should have included your Mimio lessons with the links to download the free software to view and use it. ​Based on Lamb's and her suggestions, I did add the links to the software and and put the mimio lesson back in. At first, I had taken them off for fear that noone would be able to view or use them, but I think it is worth it. Media Specialist response to kindergarten: ​ You need to rearrange the pictures and T charts on the MIMIO lessons for kindergarten so they can reach them and so there is more room for sorting. Your lessons are through, it makes me think I'm not doing enough. I had to agree with the images in the mimios. I found, in the field test, that I had to move some of the images for students and that they did not all fit. Her comment on the lessons made me feel good because she is one of the people in the building I know to go to for many different instructional and technology questions.

Samples and Examples
Teacher created example of the Greeting Card in 2nd grade lessons

Teacher created sample of primary/secondary sheet for 2nd grade.

Posters created by kindergarten students using shared writing.Students chose Christmas and each group picked a country to research. Students had to find pictures and information for the country selected. They had help writing and organizing information on the posters to display.

Field Test
Pictures from Kindergarten What are Resources? lesson taught to Title One small group students

I began with making a list of resources using student responses through discusion. We explored different resources and then had a very brief vocabulary lesson with the word resource. Then students sorted images of different resources using the MIMIO lesson. As one student took a turn, others used thumbs up or down to agree or disagree. If a student disagreed we discussed it.

I made some changes to the instruction of this lesson due to the difference in what I do now as opposed to how I would teach if I were in the media center. However, the students were very engaged in this lesson. Several of the students in this group usually have a hard time staying still, but only one needed to get up and move. (As evident in the pictue above.) Even when she was up, she was still actively participating. They had more previous knowledge than I had expected. I was impressed by the list they made. During the sort students demonstrated a good understanding of the topic. I was happy with the outcome. I know this does not showcase the inquiry of the unit on a whole, but ideally this would be worked into the unit better when followed through.