Megan+Larsen

PLC Hours (30 by December 31, 2011)

 * Date || What did you work on? || Hours (example: 1.5 hours or .5 hour) ||
 * 2/28/11 || * Navigating the Ning
 * February/March Readings
 * Discussing focus of our time || 1.0 hour ||
 * 2/7/11 to 3/23/11 || Read "Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World" by Heidi Hayes Jacobs || 3.0 hours ||
 * 4/9/11 || * Watched 3 motivation videos
 * Posted/Blogged about motivation
 * Completed watching Activity 1 videos for inquiry and posted || 1.5 hours ||
 * 7/8/11 || * Wrote reflection on ASCD conference sessions Day 1 (Friday, July 1st)
 * Looked up sites that were discussed in the 3 sessions || 1.5 hours ||
 * 7/8/11 || * Wrote reflection on ASCD conference sessions Day 2 (Saturday, July 2nd)
 * Looked up sites that were discussed in the 3 sessions || 1.0 hour ||
 * 7/8/11 || * Wrote reflection on ASCD conference session Day 3 (Sunday, July 3rd)
 * Looked up sites that were discussed in the 3 sessions. || 1.0 hour ||
 * 7/31/11 || * Read information & watched videos on "Global Understanding"
 * Read information & watched videos on "Democratic Classroom"
 * Blogged || 3.5 hours ||
 * 10/15/11 || * Read information and watched videos on "Game Based Learning" || 2 hours ||
 * Oct/Nov. || * Read "Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner" by Persida and William Himmele || 2.5 hours ||
 * 11/23/11 || * Blob about "Total Participation Techniques" || 0.5 hour ||
 * 11/23/11 || * Watched a variety of videos from the last couple of topics || 2 hours ||
 * 12/10/11 || * Read some of the articles || 2 hours ||
 * 12/12/11 || * Read more articles || 2 hours ||
 * 12/17/11 || * Read discussion boards and blogs || 3 hours ||
 * 12/19/11 || * Finished reading articles/reread articles and some discussion boards
 * Blogged || 4 hours ||

PD Prep Hours (15 by May 30, 2012)
Final prep for Friday, the 7th's, presentation; walk through and assign roles
 * Date || What did you work on? || Hours (example: 1.5 hours or .5 hour) ||
 * 9/15/11 || * General outline of what we are doing throughout the year || 1 hr. ||
 * 9/16/11 || * Set up our email burst class
 * Discussed in more details our October PD & started setting up our PD
 * Started PowerPoint
 * Discussed the set-up of the email bursts & our meeting times to create teach email || 3 hrs. ||
 * 10/3/11 || * Watched Orange Alert Video & wrote out directions
 * Final touches to PowerPoint (Orange Alert Section) || 1 hr. ||
 * 10/5/11 || * Final prep for Friday, the 7th's, presentation; walk through and assign roles || 2 hrs. ||
 * 10/28/11 || * Worked with team to set up 1st email burst for school's PD || 2 hrs. ||
 * 11/17/11 || * Worked with team to set up 2nd email burst for school's PD || 2 hrs. ||
 * 11/28/11 || * Worked with team to set up January PD || 2 hrs. ||
 * 1/2/12 || * Final prep for January PD || 3 hrs. ||
 * 2/6/12 || * Wrapped up the final topics for email bursts || 3 hrs. ||