ask a vet – lessons from the field. greg’s story and tip virtual education…..why not?

Ask a Vet – Lessons from the Field

Greg’s Story and Tip

Virtual Education…..why not?

The dawn of IDLA……..

• 2002 – can we do this?

• IDLA – let’s try!• New, exciting

challenge• Answers many

needs, including mine

My need

• It answered my question of how can I retire, travel and still be involved, still be a “teacher”?

It’s a small world!• I have had students in

such far-reaching lands as China, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Italy, and Saudi Arabia. I have taught from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Russia, Canada, Mexico , as well as other states like Hawaii, Florida, Texas, Illinois, North Dakota, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and California.

• The only obstacle has been with telephonic communication. But I have not seen this limit my success. We have developed so many new methods of synchronous and asynchronous communications, the telephone has become a secondary form! The IDLA format has been a real blessing for the students of Idaho with individual needs, as well as for educators looking for something that is new, exciting, and flexible. The only limit appears to be one’s imagination!

• I often have to give the same advice, explanations, and/or info to different students in the same class, or semester after semester.

My solution: a folder on my desktopwith often-used templates, like

• course start up checklist,• how-to-make-IdahoLive room for me, • lab report format with hints, • progress report template for announcements, • extension request format (no longer necessary?), • how-to-submit format, • course syllabus with common problems highlighted, • standard explanatory messages for how-to on other

troublesome assignments , • final exam expectations format,• how-to-do-Gizmo-Labs format, • graphics folder for announcements, • unit presentation PowerPoints 1 through 8, • teacher/principal photos, • extra graphics/websites for discussion boards and a • course calendar with all deadlines, events, reminders

posted.

• Every intervention that is likely to occur again in the future is filed here. It makes many of my efforts much quicker and easier. Of course, file naming is crucial to quick recovery of the proper message at a later date!

Tip #2 - extra emphasis

• The one item from the list that I would like to emphasize is the course calendar. I have it posted with the course syllabus and at the bottom of the announcements page for easy student use. It is also printable so that students can post it near their workspace for easy reference. Anything that is not pre-planned may also be added later by the student. I also consult this calendar for timely reminder announcements as well. The one thing my students should never be able to say is “I didn’t know………..”

SundayMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Jan. 20 ESB Unit 1 Opens

21

22 3:00 MT IdahoLiveUnit 1 PPT

presentation (Defines direction for test preparation)

23 Course officially begins

24 25 Open House; see announcement

26 27 Unit 2 Opens 28 Unit 1 due

29IdahoLive Unit 2

presentation

30 31 Progress Report for Unit 1

Feb. 1 2 3 Unit 3 Opens 4

5 Study Hall (no

presentation; time for Q/A)

6 7 8 9 10 11 Unit 2 due; Unit 1 closes for full credit work

12 IdahoLive Unit 3

presentation


15 16 17 Unit 4 Opens 18

19IdahoLive Unit 4

presentation

20 21 22Instructor flies to

Sacramento

23 24 25 Unit 3 due; Unit 2 closes

26 No Study Hall 27 Instructor in San

Francisco

28 Progress Report for Unit 3

29 Mar. 1Instructor in San Luis

Obispo

2 Unit 5 Opens 3

4 No Study Hall 5 Instructor returns to

Idaho

6 7 8 9 10 Unit 4 due; Unit 3 closes

11IdahoLive Unit 5

presentation


14 Progress Meetings; see announcement

15 16 Unit 6 Opens 17

18IdahoLive Unit 6

presentation

19 20 21 See announcement on Spring Break changes


25 Spring Break 1 26 27 Progress Report for Unit 5

28 29 30Units 7/8 Open

31

Apr. 1 Spring Break 2 2 3 4 5 6 7

8Study Hall

9 10 11 12 13 14 Unit 6 due; Unit 5 closes

15IdahoLive Unit 7

presentation


18 19 20 21 Unit 6 closes

22Study Hall

23 24 25 IdahoLive visit with an astronomer Dr. Ana Larson, UofW

26 27 Arrange final exam time/place with site coordinator

28 Unit 7 due

29IdahoLive Unit 8

presentation

30 May 1 Progress Report for Unit 7


6Study Hall

7 Seniors may take finals this week

8 Senior finals?

9 Senior finals?

10 Senior finals?

11Senior finals?

12Unit 8 due

13IdahoLive Review for

final exam (gives direction for final exam preparation)

14 Final Exam WeekExtension requests due

end of week

15 Final Exam WeekSenior final grades?

16Final Exam Week

17Final Exam Week

18 Final Exam WeekEnd of CourseInstructor flies to

Iceland

19Instructor flies to

Finland

20 21 22Final Grades due to

IDLA

Extensions?

Here is a sample of a typical course calendar from Spring,

2012

SundayMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Jan. 20 ESB Unit 1 Opens

21

22 3:00 MT IdahoLiveUnit 1 PPT presentation (Defines direction for test preparation)

23 Course officially begins

24 25 Open House; see announcement

26 27 Unit 2 Opens 28 Unit 1 due

29IdahoLive Unit 2 presentation


Feb. 1 2 3 Unit 3 Opens 4

5 Study Hall (no presentation; time for Q/A)

6 7 8 9 10 11 Unit 2 due; Unit 1 closes for full credit work

12 IdahoLive Unit 3 presentation


15 16 17 Unit 4 Opens 18


20 21 22Instructor flies to Sacramento


26 No Study Hall 27 Instructor in San Francisco

28 Progress Report for Unit 3

29 Mar. 1Instructor in San Luis Obispo

2 Unit 5 Opens 3

4 No Study Hall 5 Instructor returns to Idaho

6 7 8 9 10 Unit 4 due; Unit 3 closes



14 Progress Meetings; see announcement

15 16 Unit 6 Opens 17


19 20 21 See announcement on Spring Break changes


25 Spring Break 1 26 27 Progress Report for Unit 5

28 29 30Units 7/8 Open

31

Apr. 1 Spring Break 2 2 3 4 5 6 7

8Study Hall

9 10 11 12 13 14 Unit 6 due; Unit 5 closes




22Study Hall

23 24 25 IdahoLive visit with an astronomer Dr. Ana Larson, UofW

26 27 Arrange final exam time/place with site coordinator

28 Unit 7 due


30 May 1 Progress Report for Unit 7


6Study Hall

7 Seniors may take finals this week

8 Senior finals?

9 Senior finals?

10 Senior finals?

11Senior finals?

12Unit 8 due

13IdahoLive Review for final exam (gives direction for final exam preparation)

14 Final Exam WeekExtension requests due end of week

15 Final Exam WeekSenior final grades?

16Final Exam Week

17Final Exam Week

18 Final Exam WeekEnd of CourseInstructor flies to Iceland

19Instructor flies to Finland

20 21 22Final Grades due to IDLA

Extensions?

Of Greg’s Story and Tips

Theresa’s story and tip…

• Student SUCCESS through team-work and communication

PowerHour

• Achieving Balance…

• What the PowerHour is…

• The “office” door is closed – nobody goes in or out

• Timer– Whole hour, or

chunking

No Multi-Tasking!

• Phones off

• Other devices off

• Doorbell?

• House phone?

Last three minutes

• View

• Prioritize

Lisa’s Tips (and integrated stories)

• How to get kids to read the feedback…

MISSION POSSIBLE

Your mission…identify the movie reference(s) on each screen.

Feedback Treasure Hunt

• Make this your own!• Embed a secret

message in the feedback in a Unit 1 Assignment

• Post an announcement

• Be specific!

Feedback Documents

• Writing the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over…?

One document to rule them all…

Don’t forget to individualize…

• Don’t let them feel like droids.

• Individualize your comments, even if they are copied and pasted.

Your turn!

• Questions?

• Comments?

• Stories?

ask a vet – lessons from the field. greg’s story and tip virtual education…..why not?

Documents

typical course calendar

idla format

course syllabus

sample calendar

difficult course

lab report format

different students

students of idaho