On-Line Development

General Audience: The audience members are eight second grade teachers at Creek View
Elementary School.
Problem: The teachers are not educated, as a group, to use the shared folders and resources to
create lessons. They are not educated on technology tools to help with collaboration and research
to increase professional growth and productivity.
Goals:
Understand the access and availability of the district technology resources such as
shared resources.
Use technology tools to gather, organize, and share information.
Create a curated list of resources in Pearltrees.
Create an informational flyer with multi-media resources on smore.com.
Research and investigate RSS feeds.

Pre-Assessment: Questionnaire (Appendix A). Six teachers, two paraprofessional kindergarten

staff, and two Media center staff members were given a questionnaire about technology tools and
online collaboration
Post-Assessment: Questionnaire (Appendix B)
Standards: ISTE National Educational Technology Standards
I. TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS: Teachers demonstrate a sound
understanding of technology operations and concepts. Teachers:
A. demonstrate introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to
technology.
B. demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current
and emerging technologies.
V. PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Teachers use technology to enhance
their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:
A. use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong
learning.
C. apply technology to increase productivity.
D. use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community
in order to nurture student learning.
Objective 1: The ability to explore specific technology tools for use in professional development
and productivity.
Objective 1A: To explore smore.com and the possible benefits including collaboration.
Objective 1B: To explore pearltree.com and the possible benefits including collaboration.
Objective 1C: To explore the concepts of RSS feeds and possible benefits.

Introduction: Brief overview of the information. Use interactive white board. Share the
introduction PPT. Explain the overall goal for the lesson. Different teachers have different
strengths. One person may be better at phonics, another at incorporating math manipulatives into
lessons. Collaborating and sharing strengths can make planning and teaching easier.
Share technology ideas that may help in personal and professional life.
Introduce organization ideas to save time.
Introduce collaboration ideas to save time.

Lesson: Introduction PPT. Standards PPT

Assessment: Discussion Question. Name 3 tasks that you complete using technology. Has
technology improved this task for you? Example-google maps versus using a city map. Example-
Making travel arrangements vs calling airlines, hotels, etc. Example: search engine research vs
library. Your answer can be in the form of a paragraph, outline or graphic organizer. Must include
all portions of the question.
UDL Principles: The questions will provide multiple means of expression.
Objective 2: The ability to navigate and create in smore.com
Objective 2A: To create an account in smore.com
Objective 2B: To create a flyer/curation in smore.com.
Objective 2C: To save an edit a flyer/curated list in smore.com.
Objective 2D: Export
Introduction: What is smore? Smore is a digital format to share or curate information. You create
a flyer/newsletter/list. You can add all types of resources (video, audio, text, websites, etc). You
can put them all in one place.
Lesson: Screencast
Assessment: Ask the teachers to create a smore.com account. Discussion Question: How did you
feel using smore.com? Do you think smore.com is useful in your profession? Can you think of
any specific flyer you could create with smore.com in your current profession?
Objective 3: The ability to navigate and create in pearltree.com.
Objective 3A: To create an account in pearltree.com
 Objective 3B: To create a collection and add information to pearltree.com.
Objective 3C: To access the interest and networking sections of pearltree.com.
Objective 3D: Export
Introduction: What is Pearltrees? Pearltrees is a curation tool.digital file cabinet. You create a
collection and add resources to the collection. The resources can be files, websites, video, etc.
When I was working in a 5th grade classroom in Gwinnett County we had a required novel for all
of fifth grade. Collected resources to save and share.
Lesson: Screencast
Assessment: Ask the teachers to create a pearltrees account. Discussion Question: How did you
feel using pearltree.com? Do you think pearltree.com is useful in your profession? Can you think
of any specific unit or topic you could create a resource library for? Include one topic you
believe pearltree.com could help organize. Why do you think this would help you and how
would you organize it. For example: Common Core Resources with categories on math unit 1,
math unit 2, and math unit 3. How would you use it?
Objective 4: To research RSS feeds and choose a favorite tool.
Objective 4A: Define a RSS feed.
Objective 4B: Explain the functions of the RSS feed.
Objective 4C: Research RSS feed choices.
Objective 4D: Decide if RSS feeds are a valuable professional resource.
Introduction: What is a RSS feed? How does it benefit me? What can I do with it? Explain the
RSS feed concept. This is a constantly updating newspaper on selected information. RSS Feed
stands for Rich Site Summary. RSS feeds deliver current information from news-related sites,
weblogs, and other on-line publications. It is considered a content delivery vehicle
Lesson: Screencast
Discussion Question: What RSS feed did you choose and why? Do you see a RSS feed as a
valuable tool? Do you think you will use one in the future? Minimum of 6 sentences. Your
answer can be in the form of a paragraph, outline or graphic organizer. Must include all portions
of the question

Objective 5: To demonstrate the collaboration and resource abilities of the technology tools for
professional use and peer collaboration.
Objective 5A: The ability to list professional ideas for curation in peer collaboration
and/or individual use with smore.com.
Objective 5B: The ability to list professional ideas for organizing/displaying resources in
peer collaboration and/or individual use with pearltree.com.
 Objective 5C: The ability to list professional ideas for curation with RSS feeds.
Lesson: Closing Video
Assessment: Discussion Question: Create a list of 3 ways you can use each for professional
development. List a minimum of 1 idea for each to use in peer collaboration. Your answer can be
in the form of a paragraph, outline or graphic organizer. Must include all portions of the question
Survey: Appendix B

Appendix A
1. Have you used pearltrees.com?
2. Have you used smore.com?
3. Do you know anything about RSS feed tools?
4. Does your grade level collaborate on lessons and curriculum?
5. Does your grade level use technology tools to collaborate and gather resources?
6. Do you use technology tools to communicate with students/parents?
Which ones?
7. Are you interested in using technology to collect and collaborate?

Appendix B
1. Which technology tool is your favorite? Why
2. Will you use pearltrees in the future? Personal or Collaboration?
3. Will you use smore in the future? Personal or Collaboration?
4. Will you use RSS Feeds in the future? Why or why not?
Rate each portion on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 is the lowest and 5 is the highest.
____ Organization ______ Flow ______ Content accuracy
____ Readability ______ Representation of best practices
____ Effectiveness _____ Usefulness to the learner