Melissa+Ferris

PLC Hours (30 by December 31, 2011)
Conversations in the car about what that might have looked like in my classroom last year || 3.0 || Read Alphie Kohn's article on the Democratic Classroom which lead me to explore other articles on Democratic Classrooms Read a blog by Josh Reyes called Journal 1: The Culture of Thinking Democratic classrooms, community, and the definition of respect || 7.0 || Backtracked to log hours || 3.0 ||
 * Date || What did you work on? || Hours (example: 1.5 hours or .5 hour) ||
 * 2/28 || Familiarizing myself with the ning || 1.25 ||
 * 3/3 || Prepping for the ASCD Conference || .25 ||
 * 3/5 || Multiple Intelligences/blog || .5 ||
 * 7/3 || Bought and started reading Daniel Pink's book: Drive || 2.0 ||
 * 7/5 || Reading and talking about the concepts in Drive || 3.0 ||
 * 7/6 || Reading Drive || 1.0 ||
 * 7/13 || Convinced the husband to listen to Drive for his own business
 * 7/15 || Audio-book: Drive || 1.0 ||
 * 7/22 || Finished listening to Drive || 2.0 ||
 * 9/6 || After PD about High-Trust, discussed motivation and detriment of tangible rewards with peers || 3.0 ||
 * 10/8 || Talked with classmates and professor about Game-based learning and its use in our classrooms || .75 ||
 * 10/23 || Watched Digital Dossier.
 * 10/29 || Responded to forum prompt: Developing Creativity, Innovation and Invention
 * 12/8 || Discussed today's panel of students and questions I still had about their learning. Blogged! || 2.0 ||
 * 12/30 || Completed the Google Docs survey and read through some responses to the topic: Change || .5 ||

PD Prep Hours (15 by May 30, 2012)
Developed PD for Oct: PPT, Meeting Times, Game-based learning || 3.0 ||
 * Date || What did you work on? || Hours (example: 1.5 hours or .5 hour) ||
 * 9/15 || Outlined PD for staff for the 2011-12 school year || 1.0 ||
 * 9/16 || Helped develop e-mail bursts: what, when & who
 * 10/1 || Formatted, cut, distributed materials for Game-Based Learning activity to be used at Oct PD || 1.5 ||
 * 10/5 || Finalized PD information, presentation, roles and materials needed || 2.0 ||
 * 10/28 || Formatted e-mail burst, created distribution list, clarified staff questions about 21st century class || 2.0 ||
 * 11/17 || Worked with team to develop 2nd e-mail burst || 2.0 ||
 * 11/28 || Developed Jan PD || 2.0 ||
 * 1/2 || Prepped & finalized Jan PD || 3.0 ||
 * 2/6 || Wrapped up final topics for e-mail bursts || 3.0 ||