Barbara Barr 2004 Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours...
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Barbara Barr 2004 Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Barbara Barr 2004
Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Barbara Barr 2004
So Little Time;So Much To Do!
Barbara Barr 2004
Welcome!
Barbara BarrDistrict Technology Resource
Teacher – Fayette County Public Schools
Corporate trainer – time management
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As your professional development provider
Life Time Guarantee
All courses, sessions, workshops, professional development and speeches provided by Barbara K. Barr have a “Life Time Guar-antee.” During my life time, if you ever have a question or comment, please feel free to contact me.
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Reaching me
Global Address List: Barr, Barbara (Fayette)
http://itech.fcps.net/trt4
This session: http://teach.fcps.net/trt4/TEC.htm
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Agenda
Getting to know you The world we live in Saving time Communication Data driven communication What works/what doesn’t Idea bank
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Getting to Know You
Please Raise Your Hand!
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Getting to know you
Classroom teachers, technology, media specialists, administration
Pre-school, elementary, middle school, high school, P/K – 12, college
Average classroom in your building/district: One, Two, Few, ? computers
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Getting to know you
Have a web site? Planning to have a web site? Teach others to make web sites?
In charge of district or school web sites?
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Getting to know you
Do you have enough time? Do you have enough to teach? Do you think the students have enough to
learn? Do you think there is enough time to
teach students everything that is required?
Do you have enough time to communicate effectively with parents and student’s families?
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The world we live in
Is your average day like this? Do you work, or know people who
work in similar conditions? Can you identify with the characters
in this scenario? Have you ever had a boss like this? Have you ever been this type of
boss?
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How Do We Save Time?
We all get the SAME 24 hours! Do things one time Have information at your
fingertips Effectively communicate
Specific directions/information Readily available
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Why Web Pages?
Action Research Did not expect to find a connection to
saving time and classroom web pages Hypothesis:
Web pages would increase email between home and school
Web pages would encourage more home/school communication
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Wrong!!!!!!!
Number of parents emailing teachers: Teachers with web pages: 1-5 parents Teachers w/o web pages: 1-5 parents
How often: Teachers with web pages: Once a month Teachers w/o web pages: 2/3 a month
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More Surprises
Families contacted through phone calls:
Fall Teachers with web sites: 11-15 families Teachers w/o web sites: 11-15 families
Spring Teachers with web sites: 11-15 families Teachers w/o web sites: 15-20 families
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Time on the phone
How often phone calls take place Fall
Teachers with web pages: 2-3 a month Teachers w/o web pages: 1-2 a week
Spring Teachers with web pages: 2-3 a month Teachers w/o web pages: 2-3 a week
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And even more time
Parent calls to teachers Fall
Teachers with web pages: 10-11 Teachers w/o web pages: 10-11
Spring Teachers with web pages: 6-10 Teachers w/o web pages: 11-15 Two teachers w/o web pages: 0ver 20
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Special Area Teachers
Email communications with families
Fall Teachers with web pages: 1-5 Teachers w/o web pages: 20 or more
Spring Teachers with web pages: 0 Teachers w/o web pages: 20 or more
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Special Area Teachers
Phone calls with families Fall
Teachers with web pages: 1-5 Teachers w/o web pages: 11-15
Spring Teachers with web pages: 0 Teachers w/o web pages: 20 or more
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Special Area Teachers
How often communicate by phone Fall:
Teachers with web sites: Once a month
Teachers w/o web sites: 2-3 a month Spring
Teachers with web sites: 0 Teachers w/o web sites: 1-2 a week
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Special Area Teachers
Calls from parents/families Fall
Teachers with web pages: 1-5 Teachers w/o web pages: 11-15
Spring Teachers with web pages: 1-5 Teachers w/o web pages: 20 or more
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Classroom Teacher Comments Positive feedback from parents Students are proud of the web site My own kids are proud of me Really helps in divorced families Papers get lost, but the web site is there Students and parents look at the site
together My child never brings anything home Puts the burden on the student or
parent
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Special Area Comments
Parents used web site for science fair information Participation up 20% Fewer parents at science fair meeting All information on line and no one called
Former students emailed the teachers Parents really used the online
information and thanked me for it!
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Student comments
I think my teacher is cool! Our web site is cool! My mom and I look at the homework every
night. It helps because my mom loses the papers. Other kids wish their teachers had web
sites. My mom is cool because she has a web
site.
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Parent comments
Until Mr. _ had his web site, I never even knew the school had a web site.
I want a list of the teachers with web sites so I can request my child’s teacher for next year.
We need the PTA information on the school web site.
I used it most when I emailed my ex husband and told him to look for our boys’ activities on the web site.
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Interesting Statistics
PEW Study (December 2003) Parents more likely to use
Internet than non-parents Southern Internet users more
likely to use Internet for news and information
87% U.S. Internet users access Internet at home.
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Interesting Statistics
The Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center and UK Survey Center (2000) 89% Kentuckians with bachelors degrees use Internet
78% Kentuckians with post secondary education use Internet
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My FAVORITE Statistic
During the 2003 National No Call List sign up time, which state had the most Internet sign ups????????????
K E N T U C K Y
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No computers?
Print copies of web pages and hang in your classroom.
Have your web site readily available on classroom computers (home page or shortcuts).
Provide parents/pupils lists of locations to use a computer.
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What Works
Introducing web site to the students in the lab or classroom
Making site available on classroom computers
Posting new information/pictures regularly and announcing it.
Including web address on newsletters and other notes home
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Effectiveness
Followed several teachers who had web sites but had done nothing to promote them and rarely added new material or pictures.
The web site that is not introduced to the students/families, is not promoted, is not interesting, does not have changing content or photos is equally effective to no web pages at all.
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Save time
Parent/pupil handbook or classroom information
Classroom management plan How to reach you Supply lists Spelling lists Units of study Syllabus Homework
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Examples
Classroom and school web page examples:
http://teach.fcps.net/trt4/TEC.htm
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Web Pages
When it comes to what we can do with technology and learning tools such as classroom web pages, we’ve only just begun………
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The best is yet to come…..The best is yet to come…..
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