MelanieWalling




 * Fall 2011 **
 * EDET650 **
 * Melanie Walling **


 * 1) My Final Presentation
 * 2) My Final Reflection
 * 3) Annotated Bibliography
 * 4) My Time Sheets
 * 5) Midterm Report

**My Reflections:**

 * November 22 Reflection**
 * I was able to do my presentation for my school at our faculty meeting on Wednesday, November 9. Most of the school's faculty was there. The teachers at my school range from nearly 30 years experience to first year teachers. We also have several teachers who are new to our district who have never used Enrich/Testview. I felt like I had to go slowly through the presentation because it was hands-on and each teacher had different levels of proficiency when using computer technology. I felt the session went well overall. I was able to walk even the least proficient teacher through the program. One teacher in particular who had never been able to use the program was able to access it and view student information. I had one teacher who did not have a user name and password. I was able to get to show the teachers how to produce the reports, which enabled at least one teacher to create a report and print for it her own use. **
 * I asked my supervisor and other colleagues for feedback and they responded positively. One colleague said she appreciated the screenshots so she would know that she was on the right track. I had made copies of the presentation and handed them out. I was pleased that several of the teachers took the initiative to begin working on the program before the presentation began. The teachers were asked to complete the same survey that was given prior to developing the presentation but I added one more item to include the teacher's name. I felt that was important to know who had given the responses if further instruction was needed. I had sixteen responses. Most of the teachers responded that they are now able to access Enrich/Testview and to generate reports. The results may be viewed here. **
 * I will post tutorials about generating reports and using Excel to the school webpage in the next week. Our students will begin taking Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) after Thanksgiving. Teachers will be able to view those test results when the testing window is over and the district uploads them. Teachers can generate reports to compare their students' progress. **


 * November 8 Reflection**
 * I have completed my [|handout] for my Enrich/Testview project. I expected to be able to present it at our Early Release Staff Development Inservice on Wednesday, November 2. I had been given about fifteen minutes in the last hour of the day. Our time was taken by other items. I have been given another time slot for tomorrow's faculty meeting. Tomorrow's time slot is longer and we will conduct the meeting in our computer lab. In preparation for the presentation, I had my supervisor review the project and provide feedback. I made changes based on her recommendations. She also had our library use the handout to navigate through the program. Our aide has a lower proficiency with computers, but she was able to open and navigate through the program. The feedback that I received from my supervisor verified my desire to make the project as simple as possible. Today, I was given administrative rights to the school website to be able to help my supervisor with the website and to place my tutorials on there for teachers to access. I plan to have the teachers complete another survey to determine the effectiveness of the tutorial and to determine whether further tutorials are needed. I have been able to assist my supervisor with various tasks this week such as producing materials for the website and writing a grant. **

**I continue to press forward with the completion of my project. I have discussed how I will present the tutorials with my supervisor. She agreed with me that it will be beneficial to present the tutorials live and upload recordings to the school's website for future reference. I am in the process of completing step by step directions for using Enrich/Testview and creating a handbook for teachers to have a concrete reference for those who prefer written to computer based. As I placed my screenshots into the PowerPoint for[| the handout], I found that some of the Jing screenshots did not have complete text boxes. I had to redo several shots and I created several more to fill in gaps that I had not made shots of. As I have spent many hours doing the PowerPoint now, I feel that I want to make sections within it to divide into the basics and how to make reports. As I have been working on this project, I have a teacher in mind who really is limited when it comes to accessing computer programs and learning how to use them. So, my project is geared primarily for the basic level. I feel like I need to do something to address those who already know the basics but are ready for the more advanced aspects of the program.**
 * October 25 Reflection**

(link to Mid-term report) I feel like I have made a lot of progress toward project development. I have gathered many screenshots of images within Enrich/Testview. I was able to be in the school when no one else was there in order to not have interruptions. A colleague of mine met me at the school to allow me to use her computer and log in since my view of the program is much different than a teacher's would be. It was great to have her help with some items. She showed me a way to edit so I could remove student and teacher names from the screenshots.  I had some initial trouble finding articles, but I was able to resolve that and find many resources to complete the first ten article reviews for the annotated bibliography. After conducting the research, I feel that the project, if used as it is intended, will help improve student success in our school. I think that I will try my search with "information management systems" rather than looking for "data warehouse" as I continue my research to complete twenty article reviews.
 * October 11 Mid-Term Report**

I developed a survey to see how much information teachers knew about Enrich/Testview ([|Survey)] survey was sent out through email communication on two different occasions. Only eight teachers completed the survey. I spoke with my supervisor about this and she felt that meant that most of the teachers needed to start at the basics to learn how to use the program. The results of the survey indicated that the majority of teachers know how to login to Enrich/Testview. The majority of teachers indicate that they do not know how to access their courses to view assessment data for students in their classes. The responses to the question, “ I know how to create reports using Enrich/ Testview” received a wide range of responses. Most of the teachers indicated that they do not have a strong knowledge of creating the reports. None of the teachers responded that they were able to confidently export information from Enrich/Testview into an Excel document. When asked to list what information you are interested in learning about your students using Enrich/Testview, teachers responded as follows: “I currently have no access and would like to use this tool to see what the students at JMS need.” <span style="background-color: #37e5ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">“I'd like to know more about the reports. All I know how to do now is look at them by the class they were in. Is there a way I can see all students in a grade level at once?” <span style="background-color: #37e5ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">“variety of reportsPASS Scores and MAP ScoresAccess all information to obtaining Enrich/Testview into an Excel document.” <span style="background-color: #37e5ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">“patterns of testing - and comparing testing with classroom grades” <span style="background-color: #37e5ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">“How to create USER FRIENDLY reports” <span style="background-color: #37e5ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">I have begun working on an outline of the tutorials and materials for the tutorials. I feel better about completing the project at this point. I will use another teacher's login since mine is different from most teachers.
 * September 27 Reflection**

<span style="background-color: #ebdbdb; color: #050548; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I think I am going to enjoy my internship. I have had a slow start but things will pick up when the teachers have completed the survey and I can determine which aspects of Enrich/Testview I need to focus on. My site supervisor is very helpful. She is learning to use Enrich/Testview along with other teachers and has offered suggestions for approaching the survey. She will be helpful in offering feedback to the effectiveness of the tutorial. This program is not available to access from home so I will have to complete all of it from my site. I hope the teachers are cooperative and complete the assessment in a timely manner so I can complete the tutorials for their use within my time frame. <span style="background-color: #ebdbdb; color: #050548; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Enrich/Testview is not accessible from home, so I will have to complete everything at my site. One of my colleagues will assist me with completing some of the tutorial videos because I have different rights to information than other teachers do. <span style="background-color: #ebdbdb; color: #050548; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> My next task will be to review the results of the preassessment (survey). I have used Google Docs to create the survey and it will provide the results in the form of a spreadsheet. <span style="background-color: #ebdbdb; color: #050548; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">At first, I was feeling overwhelmed with everything but I think I have paced the project so that its completion will be attainable.
 * September 13 Reflection**