PPDP

 ** “To Learn How to Edit a Teacher Edline Web Page” **
 * Personal Professional Development Plan for Mark Poole: **

 Who will find this endeavor of value or significant?

//-myself -students -other educators -administrators -parents//

In what ways will the stakeholders find this endeavor to be of use or significant?

//-access to classroom assignments -means of communication between parents, students, and myself -access to audio / video clips of various school ensembles -access to calendar of events -links to helpful music websites -access to helpful audio / video files for students -access to sample recordings for students to use as a reference//

How or in what ways will this be of use or of value?

//-better communication between myself and the “stakeholders” -gives “stakeholders” access to almost all things going on in my classroom. -access to links that may be of use to stakeholders -keeps stakeholders informed of up-coming events -gives stakeholders sample recordings to learn how music is supposed to sound// //-gives stakeholders access to possibly viewing / hearing past performances of student ensembles//

GOALS: **"To learn how to edit a teacher edline web page"**

Describe the overall project:

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//To begin, the above links are the Edline homepages for Washington High School and Washington Park Middle School. These are the pages that I will be making the following ammendments to underneath the "contents" column on the right. Under that "contents" heading, I will be creating numerous folders that will contain all of the materials embedded below.//

//This project will give me the skills needed to take my school web page and be able to edit it in various ways. It will enable me to be able to use this page as a place where students and parents can go to check out various audio and video files posted of various school ensembles, or of sample recordings that the students can use for practice or reference. It will also be a place where I can post all of my classroom syllabi,// //midi files, calendars of upcoming events, test date reminders, as well as all homework assignments. This might even be a place where students can post their make-up work. Finally, it will be a place where students and parents alike can have an easy means of communicating with me.//

//I plan on getting my information by://

//-researching this on the internet -talking to the school district tech personnel -talking to other teachers who have done the same thing -utilizing the edline and wiki tutorials// //-trial and error//

Describe the final product:

//The final product will eventually be a teacher edline page with all necessary information and files to keep students and parents up-to-date about all things going on in Mr. Poole's classes. At the moment, I do not yet have access to be able to make any alterations to my edline page at school, so I am hoping to just be able to show you via this PPDP, just how much I have learned throughout this process and what types of files I will post on my edline page or my wiki. So, I will post as many links / files as possible, as well as describe things learned throughout this process in detail.//

//Here's two of the midi files I use on a daily basis to warm up my high school and middle school choirs:

media type="file" key="chorus warm-up media type="file" key="chorus warm-up //

//Here's a couple of piano accompaniment midi files used to accompany my choirs for performances://

media type="file" key="Carol of the Bells (choir).MID"media type="file" key="It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas.MID"

//Here's a couple midi files of individual band parts that I use when teaching individual parts to my middle school bands://

media type="file" key="Carol Of The Bells (alto sax).MID"media type="file" key="Prelude To A Festival (1st clarinet).MID"

//And here's a midi file of a full band arrangement://



//I could also post my various classroom syllabi on my homepage://



//I could also embed video samples for students of some great jazz drumming://

media type="youtube" key="czOjnlvHrQU" height="344" width="425"

Objectives: What will you be able to do at the end of this project that you cannot do now?

//-Know how to edit a teacher edline web page -Know all skills necessary to be able to post assignments, possibly audio / video files, clip art, creating links, blogs, podcasts, etc. -Know how to use and create another form of communication -Be able to organize musical concepts being taught in my classroom better -Have better computer knowledge//

How will the objectives be achieved:

//Step 1: Internet research Step 2: Talking to various computer technicians// //Step 3: Edline / Wiki tutorials (link to tutorial from "edline" and "wikispace" shown below!)://

[] http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index

Step 4: Talking to other teachers who have done the same thing Step 5: Trial and error

1. How will we measure success and how will it be documented? //Success will be measured by me being able to describe in detail within this PPDP all steps necessary to make all edits that I had discussed being able to do by the end of the project. Success will also be measured by embedding, uploading, and pasting the very files I plan on adding to my edline and wiki pages to this PPDP. I plan on adding a wide variety of files and types of files to these pages once I get things set-up with the school district technology personnel.//

2. What does proficient success look like? //Proficient success will look like this PPDP, once all files, links, and embeds are set-up on my pages. This will become a great place for students to go and get various types of musical assistance. I am hoping that once it is completed on my edline page, that my students visit there often, and are exposed to numerous quality musical performances!//


 * Planning checklist: **

Is the scope reasonable and not too broad? yes Is there a rich task associated with it? yes Are the objectives clear and documentable? yes Is the assessment congruent with the objectives? yes Does the methodology effectively connect the objectives with the assessment? yes

 ** Personal Professional Development Action Plan **
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 * Date Started || Action || Target Completion Date || Date actually Completed || Deliverable || Misc. ||
 * Nov. 7, 2008 || Design a description of the PPDP and the goals of the project. || 11/21/08 || 11/21/08 || Written document describing the PPDP and the goals.

Email a copy of the PPDP description and a copy of the updated Action Plan to the mentor at: musictheory@cmu.edu || || musictheory@cmu.edu || || http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index Spend time at these two links acquiring a deeper understanding of the techniques necessary in order to make alterations to my //Edline// home pages. In reading these, I learned that the easiest place for me to create my own embedded files would be under the "contents" heading. || 1/30/09 || 1/30/09 || Email a copy of the updated Action Plan plus the deliverable work to the mentor at: musictheory@cmu.edu || || musictheory@cmu.edu || || musictheory@cmu.edu || ||
 * Dec., 2008 || Do rough draft of answers to listed PPDP questions, which will create a rough outline of what I plan to accomplish. This gave me at least some sort of sketch outline as to the format of what I was going to try and learn and the sequence in which I was going to learn it. || 12/30/08 || 12/30/08 || Email a copy of the updated Action Plan plus the deliverable work to the mentor at:
 * Jan., 2009 || []
 * Feb., 2009 || Begin looking at my own files, along with files on the internet that I want to eventually embed on my edline home pages. Look for youtube videos, midi files, word files (like classroom management and syllabus docs), and others. Download (or create) ones that I plan to use. || 2/28/09 || 2/28/09 || Email a copy of the updated Action Plan plus the deliverable work to the mentor at:
 * March / April, 2009 || Refine PPDP. Improve quality of layout, answers, timelines, etc.....also, embed all files that I plan to incorporate into both of my edline home pages. Get the quality of PPDP up to standard ready to turn in for a grade. || 5/06/09 || 5/06/09 || Email a copy of the updated Action Plan plus the deliverable work to the mentor at:


 * //__REFLECTIONS:__//**

First of all, I would like to note that at the time of this writing, I have not yet been granted permission to make any personal changes to either of my home pages on //edline// for the Washington School District//.// Our school district will be opening up //Edline// to all parents and students for the 2009-2010 school year. All of the work that is evidenced on this page will then be posted on my home pages in the fall of 2009.

In choosing my goal for my PPDP, I wanted to choose something that not only would be a topic that would be of interest to me, but also something that would be of great benefit to my students and their parents. I have been working with //Edline// now for the past five years, and I have always wanted to learn to use my homepage(s) as a tool for my students and their parents.

__**//"Design a description of the PPDP and the goals of the project"//**__ This was my first objective: to put into writing a rough draft of what I had wanted to achieve and learn through my PPDP.This took some time not only figuring out WHAT I wanted to learn, but also figuring out all of the parts needed to complete the entire project. I had to spend a great deal of time looking at my //Edline// homepage to see just exactly how it is laid out, and how and where I was going to incorporate the additions that I wanted to make to the homepage for students and parents.

Next I did my rough draft. This at least gave me the format and the procedure in which I was going to complete this task. I spent time answering the questions in the supplied outline. Next, I spent a LOT of time on the two supplied links listed in the table above. These two help links explained to me in great detail step by step of the process necessary to incorporate the items I wanted to embed in my homepage. I spent a lot of time reading the help pages, but haven't had the opportunity as of yet to actually try to modify these pages. Whenever I get the "ok" from the districts tech people, I will begin the process of incorporating all listed ideas into my //Edline// homepages. I spent time not only learning the steps and procedures for this task, but also spent a great deal of time just thinking about all of the types of files, links, etc. that i wanted to embed on these pages. I found out that I can add just about any type of file, from a //Word// file to a //Youtube// video to a //MIDI// file. So I spent time searching for many types of files that would be of use to me and my students to be posted on my home pages.

The final part of my table is where I definitely spent the most amount of time.........//**REFINING!!!!**// I tried to make my PPDP as clear, accurate, and as detailed as I possibly could. I looked over the material that I had wanted to incorporate in my homepages, along with the steps and procedures necessary in order to make the final product complete. I did NUMEROUS drafts and revisions, and by the time I had gotten to this point, I felt that I had included a great variety of file types to use, as well as expressed to the reader just exactly what I was trying to (and hopefully DID!) accomplish with this project. When this fall rolls around, I will be spending even more time actually embedding all of the things I have listed here in my PPDP. I am hoping that this becomes a very usable tool for parents and students, and that my "now-empty//" Edline// homepages become a regular place that students and parents visit often to learn things and discuss things in regards to all of my music classes!!!!