StudenttoStudent I

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Student-to-Student I
Project Focus

• Goals Reinventions
• Students use an online discussion board to
  develop new, collaborative peer mentoring models.
  In the first pilot, students are learning how to
  evaluate and provide reflective feedback in
  creating and assessing a multimedia project.
• Participants
• UVM Faculty (1) and Castleton Faculty (1)
• UVM pre-service teachers (14) Castleton
  pre-service teachers (14)
• Tasks/Activities
• Plaining
• Model Building
• Course Analysis Tool/Application Selection
• Tool Configuration Customization
• Staff Training
• Content Building Autobiographical Assignment,
  Discussion Groups
• Implementation
• Products UVM draft Feedback
  Sample Final Product.
• Products Castleton draft, Feedback
  Sample, Final Product
• Evaluation Student Feedback and Lessons Learned

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Student-to-Student II

• Goals Reinventions
• The focus this semester is about using the Team
  Project tool to let groups of pre-service
  students from different Vermont Colleges provide
  feedback about a peers reflection rather than
  the artifact itself.
• Our goal is to develop a deeper and broader
  understanding of the reflective practice process
  using groups of pre-service students as peer
  mentors to provide a wider range and more
  immediate feedback.
• Participants
• UVM Faculty Sandy Macleod and Castleton Faculty
  Deb Waggett
• UVM pre-service teachers (15) Castleton
  pre-service teachers (14)
• Tasks/Activities
• Plaining
• Course Analysis Tool/Application Selection
• Tool Configuration Customization
• Staff Training
• Content Building
• Assessment Tools Feedback Checklist
  Reflective Rubric
• Discussion Groups
• Student practice in using team project and
  assessment tools
• Students upload artifacts and reflections

Project Focus
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Video Case Study to Improve Cooperative
Learning (was CI)
Project Focus

• Goals Reinventions
• Enhance teacher preparation by using digital
  video to demonstrate and analyze best practices
• Participants
• UVM Faculty (2)
• UVM pre-service teachers
• Practicing Teachers
• Tasks/Activities
• Plaining
• Model Building
• Course Analysis Tool/Application Selection
• Tool Configuration Customization
• Staff Training
• Content Building
• Overall Graphic of Package created and made into
  image map.
• SIA Site for Status established
• Segments being combined with research links to
  create a complete packet.
• Discussion area created on SIA team tool to
  accommodate video, links, and class
  responses to vignettes and questions.

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Electronic (State of the Art) Portfolios
Project Focus

• Goals Reinventions
• Pre-service teachers and their site mentor
  teachers will prepare artifacts for professional
  portfolios that will be used when the new RE3
  portfolio tool is available for their use
  Targeted for Spring04
• Participants
• UVM Faculty (1) and South Burlington faculty and
  administrators (8)
• UVM pre-service teachers (6)
• Tasks/Activities
• Plaining
• Model Building
• Course Analysis Tool/Application Selection
• Tool Configuration Customization
• Staff Training (Target Sept 30)
• Training on use of Pinnacle for Digital Video
  Editing (S. Webster)
• More Planing (Dec 2)
• Marco Polo Training (Jan. 26)
• Phase II Training for UVM PDS side coordinator
  and So. Burlington technology facilitator/tech
  coordinator.
• TWP Overview (April)
• Potential migration to TWP tool to build
  portfolios.

Tier II
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Organizational Portfolio
Project Focus

• Goals Reinventions
• The pre-service teacher preparation program at
  the University of Vermont will create an
  electronic portfolio to assess their success in
  preparing teachers for todays classrooms.
• Participants
• UVM Assessment Specialist (1)
• Unit Assessment Committee (8)
• UVM Faculty
• UVM Portfolio Task Force
• UVM pre-service teachers
• Tasks/Activities
• Building Information management and
  organizational portfolio interface at UVM
• Connection to Alumni
• Model Building
• New Tool Configuration and integration
• Staff Training
• Content Building
• Assessment

Tier II