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Marian University Masters in Educational Technology Ripon School District 5th Grade Co-teacher Technology Trainer, New Teacher Mentor Member of Innovative Educational Consulting Team for Naomi Harm Member of Math Curriculum Committee, Member of District Technology Committee

Member of Flipped Classroom Committee

My Blog: www.sharingtechnology.blogspot.com

Welcome to my educational portfolio representing work from a co-teaching fifth grade classroom in Ripon, Wisconsin from September 2009 to Present. All ten Wisconsin Educator Standards are represented in this eportfolio with an emphasis on technology. Each standard can be accessed through the links in the navigation bar. In addition to this eportfolio I also have a showcase of classroom projects and tools we have used on Scoop.it. [|Click here] to access our Project Showcase. SNAPSHOTS FROM OUR CLASSROOM Helping a student on their computer. Students participating in a Flipped Math Lesson.



A student watching a tutorial that I made. Facetime with students from another school.

Using Spelling City on an iPad. Using a QR code and QR code reader to compete a lesson.

ACTION RESEARCH FOR MY MASTERS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY Below, you will find attachments containing my Professional Development Plan, Dispositions Survey, and Action Research Project from my Masters in Educational Technology at Marian University.

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Action Research Statement: Teachers often acquire new information about their profession through communication with each other. One area that is growing in popularity in education today is the integration of various forms of technology in the classroom. Action research was conducted in a 3rd – 5th grade elementary school in Ripon, Wisconsin. The researcher sought to discover whether a blog would be a successful platform for sharing new technologies with teachers. Teachers in both an experimental group and a control group were presented with various forms of technology that could be used in their classrooms.

Summary  In conclusion, my research suggested that a blog is in fact a great way to share professional development with other teachers. The key to a successful blog was letting others know it was there and inviting people back often to take a look. I am convinced that a blog is a great way to share with teachers, but the most important thing isn’t that it is done through a blog, but rather that the sharing takes place. For those teachers who did not use my blog to gain new professional development ideas, I will continue to seek other outlets to hopefully engage them as a learner. The blog used for this study can be viewed at www.sharingtechnology.blogspot.com.