GAETI 2018
FRIDAY
I cannot believe how fast this week has went by for GAETI participants! We have had so much fun! Thanks so much to Dr. Bracey, Mrs. Latham, and Dr. Lee for all of your hard work and encouragement. Today we heard from Jillian Smart and her explanation of growth mindset and the necessity of encouraging our students to a more positive attitude toward education as well as other aspects of life. I truly enjoyed her take on the whole concept of promoting and modeling positive thinking and active choice in how we approach life at all levels.
We have to thank Dr. Bracey's department head for lunch!
We had a hilarious time with the presentations of our songs for GAETI, and I have to admit that I cannot wait to blackmail Jason when we get back to school! Look for his video on YouTube at some point!
Again, I hope that we get to meet again in another instute!
Friday, July 20, 2018
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
GAETI 2018
WEDNESDAY
Today has been another fascinating day at GAETI! We started out with Ms. Agnew from the MSU library. She demonstrated how to prepare a conference poster in MS Publisher. I can see how I can use this in my classroom by having my students prepare a page in Publisher to explain a concept, explore a STEM career, or set up a timeline to follow the progression of a particular technology. Very informative! Next we heard from Dr. Elizabeth Downey on the evaluation of fake news. This particularly important to my students who are entering high school. They have not necessarily been taught how to differentiate between what is real and unbiased and what is not.
After lunch, Dr. DeeDee Baldwin showed us how to access Ancestry.com and other genealogy websites for free. She also showed us where and how to access different types of records. This was so interesting to me because I did not know all of my grandparents or great-grandparents as they were deceased before I was born. I had to call my mom about one grandparent's name, so now she wants me to teach her how to access all of this info. Actually, she probably just wants me to do it and let her sit and watch/read!
For art class, we worked on tracing our designs to our boards and beginning our painting of the boards. We also had to glaze our tiles in pink stuff. Unfortunately, two of my tiles exploded or were damaged when someone else's exploded in the kiln. C'est la vie! I am going to stay after final session with Dr. Lee to work on my board.
Dr. Lee, bless his heart, had to wait on us for a while because art ran long today. He was very gracious, though, and swapped his time to show us more about html coding. He demonstrated on the front screen just how easy it is to set up a webpage IF you know the basics of HTML coding.
WHEW!!! Busy day today!
WEDNESDAY
Today has been another fascinating day at GAETI! We started out with Ms. Agnew from the MSU library. She demonstrated how to prepare a conference poster in MS Publisher. I can see how I can use this in my classroom by having my students prepare a page in Publisher to explain a concept, explore a STEM career, or set up a timeline to follow the progression of a particular technology. Very informative! Next we heard from Dr. Elizabeth Downey on the evaluation of fake news. This particularly important to my students who are entering high school. They have not necessarily been taught how to differentiate between what is real and unbiased and what is not.
After lunch, Dr. DeeDee Baldwin showed us how to access Ancestry.com and other genealogy websites for free. She also showed us where and how to access different types of records. This was so interesting to me because I did not know all of my grandparents or great-grandparents as they were deceased before I was born. I had to call my mom about one grandparent's name, so now she wants me to teach her how to access all of this info. Actually, she probably just wants me to do it and let her sit and watch/read!
For art class, we worked on tracing our designs to our boards and beginning our painting of the boards. We also had to glaze our tiles in pink stuff. Unfortunately, two of my tiles exploded or were damaged when someone else's exploded in the kiln. C'est la vie! I am going to stay after final session with Dr. Lee to work on my board.
Dr. Lee, bless his heart, had to wait on us for a while because art ran long today. He was very gracious, though, and swapped his time to show us more about html coding. He demonstrated on the front screen just how easy it is to set up a webpage IF you know the basics of HTML coding.
WHEW!!! Busy day today!
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
GAETI 2018
TUESDAY
Today we worked with Dr. Lee with the Adobe Spark program to begin developing our videos for our final projects. We also had a presentation from Ms. Stephanie Agnew on protocol to be used in developing a presentation for an audience. She also told us about new facilities the library has, such as a Virtual Reality lab. I asked her if I could set up a time to bring over my students in STEM. She was very helpful. After lunch, Mr. LaFoe gave a presentation on 3-D printing at the MSU Library. He spoke on the different types of printers and what the library has available for student use. We then worked with Mrs. Latham on our tile project. We painted our display boards with gesso and chose our design for her to print for us. We will trace the design on our boards tomorrow, I think. Dr. Lee then went over basic webpage design protocol with us. I am glad to have the refresher course on this. Lashonda and Flo and I have to work on our song project this afternoon. Another great day!
TUESDAY
Today we worked with Dr. Lee with the Adobe Spark program to begin developing our videos for our final projects. We also had a presentation from Ms. Stephanie Agnew on protocol to be used in developing a presentation for an audience. She also told us about new facilities the library has, such as a Virtual Reality lab. I asked her if I could set up a time to bring over my students in STEM. She was very helpful. After lunch, Mr. LaFoe gave a presentation on 3-D printing at the MSU Library. He spoke on the different types of printers and what the library has available for student use. We then worked with Mrs. Latham on our tile project. We painted our display boards with gesso and chose our design for her to print for us. We will trace the design on our boards tomorrow, I think. Dr. Lee then went over basic webpage design protocol with us. I am glad to have the refresher course on this. Lashonda and Flo and I have to work on our song project this afternoon. Another great day!
Monday, July 16, 2018
GAETI 2018
MONDAY
I truly enjoyed this day! It is so wonderful to see several of the GAETI people from last year, as well as Dr. Bracey and Mrs. Angela Latham. We had a great speaker duo, the Funchess's , a husband and wife team, who spoke on the necessity of incorporating music into the classroom. These people have a passion for the use of music to reach all students at all levels. We then got to work on our art project, a clay tile project. Can't wait to see how it turns out! This afternoon we had Mr. Reggie Ware from Alabama, who spoke on his practical experience in different types of schools in the area around Birmingham. He is a wonderful speaker, a person who relates to his audience in his down-to-earth manner. He spoke about the use of the social contract to affect great change within a classroom or school. I am working with Lashonda and Flo on our final project. Our song is "Stir Fry." I will have to check this out tonight and get a copy of the lyrics/watch the video. Hope I don't have to sing!!!
MONDAY
I truly enjoyed this day! It is so wonderful to see several of the GAETI people from last year, as well as Dr. Bracey and Mrs. Angela Latham. We had a great speaker duo, the Funchess's , a husband and wife team, who spoke on the necessity of incorporating music into the classroom. These people have a passion for the use of music to reach all students at all levels. We then got to work on our art project, a clay tile project. Can't wait to see how it turns out! This afternoon we had Mr. Reggie Ware from Alabama, who spoke on his practical experience in different types of schools in the area around Birmingham. He is a wonderful speaker, a person who relates to his audience in his down-to-earth manner. He spoke about the use of the social contract to affect great change within a classroom or school. I am working with Lashonda and Flo on our final project. Our song is "Stir Fry." I will have to check this out tonight and get a copy of the lyrics/watch the video. Hope I don't have to sing!!!
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