CTAP 295 Final Presentation

1. CTAP 295 Final Presentation Vincent Gonzalez Chowchilla High School

2. Introduction • I teach the Occupations class ( Leader Academy) at Chowchilla High School. • I am also the Athletic Director. • I was in Law Enforcement/ Probation field for 11 years. • My website: http://chowchillahigh.k12.ca.us/schools/cuhs/teacher_sites/gonzalez/public_html/

3. Expectations • Before coming to the first work day of the project, I was nervous. I had a little internet experience, but I was hoping to gain more knowledge. • As I began the project, I found it was quite interesting being able to create your own website for students to access. • As a result of this project, I plan to try to include more web based lessons into my curriculum.

4. Actual Learning • I learned how to create a website that had internet based student activities and assessments. • I learned how to create links between my pages and make the website easy to access. • I learned how to use spreadsheet to create graphs to showcase my student’s performance. • I learned how to create a power point presentation to present to fellow teachers.

5. Successes and Shortcomings • Overall, the lesson was successful. Students showed improvement in the knowledge of the pillars of character. • One of the shortcomings was to get everyone to participate and show their true self. • Another shortcoming was finding scenarios that represented the pillar I wanted to work on.

6. Shortcomings in a nutshell • Not enough library time to teach my at risk students to access the internet and my website. • Students were more interested in finding websites that did not correlate with their task at hand.

7. Successes in a nutshell • Most students were able to navigate through the lesson and complete the activities assigned. • Most students were successful in using the internet to find the resources required to complete the lesson. • The website allowed the students to work at their pace to complete the lesson.

8. Student Data

9. Student Data Summary • The data represents the student’s pre and post knowledge of the features used to discuss the pillars of character. • Most students did significantly better on the post test.

10. Summary of Revisions • The data was significant because it told me how well the students understood the the pillars at the beginning at end of the lesson. • The following revisions were made during CTAP 295: • I had to revise my instructional objectives so they each had a criteria, a measurement, and a criterion. • I also had to add a few days on the timeline to acquaint my students with the internet. • Lastly, I am thinking about finding some websites for the students to access before we start the lesson, I think it would help for them to have samples of appropriate websites.

11. Suggested Revisions

12. Conclusion • Participating in this process has provided me with a base of skills I had not thought of to bring into the classroom. I will definitely continue to use web based lessons to enhance my student’s learning. Technology integration improves delivery strategies because it allows students to work at their own pace.