August4th,2014GAFECalendarintroduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHPzCckcmXg#t=26
Thespecialeducationteammetatmyhouse(unpaidtime)andpreparedforthe
upcomingschoolyear.
WesetasidetimetolearnthebasicsofGAFE,asmostofthemhavenotusedit
extensively(ifatall).
Theylearnedaboutthecalendarapp,importingtheHCPSSscalendarsothey
canviewdaysoffetc.
TheylearnedaboutthetwodifferentaccountsHCPSShasforeachteacher
(.organd.me)andthepurposeofeachone.
Theylearnedhowtocreateafileandspreadsheet.
Theylearnedhowtosharedocumentswithoneanother.
Theteamcreatedseveraldocumentsfortheirpurposes
Teacherschedules
Paraeducatorschedules
TEschedules
IEPcalendar

August16th,2014GAFEDocumentsintroduction&continuationofCalendarskills
Isetupanduploadeddocumentsthatthespecialeducationteamhadsavedtotheir
separatecomputers.Thesedocumentsincludestudentaccommodations,meeting
dates,studentdatasheets,caseloads,andclassprojections.Nowthesedocuments
willbereadytosharewiththeteamwhentheybeginworkonMonday18th.
Ialsocreatedanewcalendarforallteammemberstoaccessthatwillincludeallof
theirIEPmeetings.Thiscalendarwillbeavailableforthemtoaccessandedit
meetings.TherestofthestaffatFRESwillbeabletoviewonlythecalendar.This
calendarwillhelpkeepeveryoneonthesamepageaboutmeetingdatesandtimes.
Latermygoalistosetupemailremindersforeachteammemberinvolvedineachof
themeetings.

SeptemberAcquiringmaterials,planningandinterviewing/questioning
Theteamwasoverwhelmedwiththeadditionofmultiplestudentstotheschoolthat
requireextensiveneeds.
TheparaeducatorsreceivediPadminisattheendofthismonthfortheirownuseto
checkemailsetc.
Thesedonotneedtobeusedwithstudents

October9th,2014Datacollectiontraining
theteammetduringschoolhours(pertheirrequest)andweretrainedforanhour
(3:004:00)paraeducatorsprovidedcoverageandwedidnotscheduleanyIEP
meetingsduringthishoursowecouldmeetandtrain
interruptionshappenedfrequentlyduetostudentsincrisis,parentphonecallsand
admin.needs

foodwasprovidedbythepresenter(applesaucebars&cheezits)
thetrainingwaspersonalizedtomeettheirspecificneeds
Theyhadtimetocreateandpersonalize
Technologiesused/learnedKahoot,GAFE,iPads
https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/faae871820674f8096adc62a4550c151/done
Wedidnotgetthrougheverythingduetotheinterruptions
Specificsontrainingareincludedinagendadocument

October16thSetupGAFEdata/materialstorage
Trainedoneotherspecialedteacheronhowtosetupandstorefrequentlyused
materialsintoGAFEsothatmultiplepeoplecanusethesamekitwithoutneededto
possesstheentirebox.
WeuploadedthepicturesandmaterialsofitemsneededintoGAFEandorganizedit
accordingtothekit
TheteacherwasthentrainedhowtouseGAFEandthesematerialsinconjunction
withtheprojectortodisplayforsmallgroupinstruction(orwholegroup)

October21stTrainedparaeducatorsonhowtouseGAFEtoinstructstudents,store
materialsandcollectdata,provideiPadaccommodations,provideonthespot
accommodationsusingtheiPad
theylearnedhowtotrackdataonaspreadsheet
usethepowerpointequivalentofGAFE(presentation)toinstructstudents
theylearnedthebasicsofGAFE,howtoaccessit,logon,differencebetweenthetwo
accounts.meand.organdhowtoorganizethedocumentsthathavebeensharedwith
themontotheirowndriveinseparatefolders
thistraininglasted2hoursandwefoundcoveragefortheirstudentssotheywereable
toparticipateinthetrainingduringworkhours
theyalsolearnedhowtousetheiriPadstoprovideaccommodationstostudents
(DragonDictation)andmodifyclassroommaterialsonthespot

Nov.13thGAFEpresentationmode
taughtspedteam(teachers)howtocreateapresentationfromscratchandhowto
collaborateononeproject
howtosharepresentation
basicsofpresentationetc.
theteamcreatedapresentationforanupcomingtrainingwiththeirTEs

Nov.18thCollaborativedocumentmodelGAFEform
Demonstratedanauthenticexperienceforhowtouseadocumentwith8other
participants
Wecollaboratedtoshareandtakepartinapotluckforaholidayparty
itwasafuneasywaytogeteveryonetoparticipate(100%participationfrom8
teammembers)

 Specialeducationteacherslearnedhowtocreateaformandsendittoparticipants
whilealsocollectingdataastheformwasfilledoutbyparticipants
ParticipantsalltookpartinaGAFEformthatthespecialeducationteacherscreated

Dec.5thoneononeGAFEtraining
metwithoneparaeducatortotrainheronhowtoorganizeherGAFEaccount
shelearnedhowtotakepartinadocumentwith12otherparticipants

DecemberTheteamcocreatedapresentationusingGAFEandcreated3Kahoot
quizzesforastaffpresentationonJanuary7th.

OngoingGAFEnotesforTeamMeetings
WehaveintegratedtheuseofGAFEtokeeptrackofourmeetingminutesatour
weeklyteammeetings.ItwasntuntilDec.11ththateveryoneontheteamwasusing
itconsistentlywithoutneedingassistancetoaccess,shareoroperateit!Yay!:)