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= **DeSales University Instructional Technology Specialist Certificate Program Internship ** = = **at Southern Lehigh School District ** =

I Preliminary Preparations

 * A. ** I met with Mr. Ken Jordan on March 21, 2012 to introduce myself and begin discussions about my internship for Instructional Technology Specialist Certificate Program. We began formulating ideas/activities for the Internship. He recommended reading the Acceptable Use Policy and Educational Technology Report from their SLSD Website (slsd.org). I read these and more.

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**B.** On March 28, 2012, I sent to Mr. Jordan a draft of the proposal based upon what we had discussed on March 21, 2012 as and included activities of my own. Once he amends and approves the proposal, I will forward the proposal to Dr. Amankwatia.


 * C.** On April 19, Mr. Jordan sent me his updated Instructional Technology Proposal.


 * D.** On April 25, 2012, I met with Dr. Amankwatia, my DeSales mentoring supervisor. We discussed Mr. Jordan's proposal and contributed some additional activities to share with him. We observed some emerging themes: ubiquitous or 1:1 computing, staff development, assistive technology for Special Education, and help desk.====


 * E.** The next day on April 26, 2012 Mr Jordan, Dr. Amankwatia, and I met to finalize the proposal. Here is the finalized version: Instructional Technology Proposal. (N.B. The proposal is a dynamic document that will be amended as needed.)

II Internship Activities

 * A**. On April 30, my first official activity was to attend a SLSD School Board Meetingat 6:30 PM. Here is the Summary of SB Meeting on April 30, 2012. It was a special budget session to resolve a tied vote over a budgetary increase to include 500 more computers to the 1500 already being replaced. A yea vote would bring the high school into a 1:1 computing environment. After discussions, the resulting vote was 5 to 4 in favor of adding the 500 computers.


 * B.** On May 1, 2012, I emailed Mr. Jordan a copy of Educational Uses of Wikis and Blogs for SLSD.


 * C.** The same week I completed a review on Universal Access with Apple Computers. Mr. Jordan had mentioned that SLSD would like to utilize better them these features in the future.


 * D.** On May 7, 2012, I attended a Second School board meeting . Here is the Summary of SB Meeting on May 7, 2012, which was mainly to vote about refinancing of the school's debt. The board approved my internship.


 * E.** On Monday, May 14, 2012, I briefly met with Mr. Jordan and gave him photocopies of the four clearances needed for the internship.He introduced me to Sarah Schurkamp, the Technology Facilitator for Hopewell Elementary School. Under her direction, I spent the day observing how technology was used as well as assistive technologies used for two vision impaired children. Here are my observations and recommendations: Observations at Hopewell. For the observation I utilized [|ISTE's Classroom Observation Tool] (ICOT). A 2011 version of ICOT can be accessed at [|ISTE's Website].

Administrators Evaluating Teacher Use of Technology. I also made a survey to assess teachers' use of technology: Administrators Evalauting teacher's Use of Technology.
 * F.** During the week of May 21, I completed working on the Google Docs survey [|Administrators Evaluating Teachers Use of Technology]. Here are my reflections on the activity:


 * G.** During the week of May 21, I completed researching on the doucument: Implementation of a Ubiquitous Computing Environment.


 * H.** On May 23, I met with Elizabeth (Liz) Tate, the Technology Facilitator at Joseph Liberati Middle School. I observed how technology was used. Here are my observations and recommendations: Observation at the Intermediate School. For this observation, I utilized Dr. Tonya Amankwatia's (2008) Classroom Technology Observation Protocol. This observation tool was used with special permission from Dr. Amankwatia. For further use, please contact Dr. Amankwatia at DeSales University.


 * I.** During the week of May 21, I completed the Cyber Safety Webpage.


 * J.** I met with Dr. Amankwatia for my first observation on May 25, 2012 at 2 PM. We discussed my progress, she observed two of my activities: Guide to Wikis and Blogs and Classroom Observation at Hopewell Elementary School. I also handed in my First Internship Report.

I had also made a survey for administrators to assess teachers use of technology called [|Administrators Evaluating Teachers Use of Technology]. To make this document I researched literature on observation tools and reported these findings in a paper called Classroom Oberservation Tools that includes my reflections on this activity.
 * K.** I made a survey "[|Assessing Administrators' Use of Technology]" in Google Docs. Here are my reflections on this activity: Administrators Evaluating Teacher Use of Technology.


 * L.** During the weeks of May 28 and June 4, I evaluated two technology surveys from SLSD K - 8 and 9 - 12 schools. Here are the results: Evaluating K - 8 and 9 - 12 Technolgy Surveys Results. The two PowerPoints that accompany the report: Survey Data K - 8 PowerPoint and Survey Data 9 - 12 PowerPoint. Here are my Survey Reflections on Evaluating K - 8 and 9 - 12 Technology Use.


 * M.** On June 6, I met with Joe Briesch, the high school Technology Coordinator to observe two summer Academy (PD) sessions. Here is the report and reflections of that day: Observation of Staff Professional Development .I also met with Mr. Jordan to discuss past and future goals. He signed my First Internship Report that I dropped off to Dr. Amankwatia on the same day.


 * N.** One of PDE requirements is to research and report on emerging technologies. In our initial meeting on March 21, 2012, Mr. Jordan shared that the school is investigating eBooks, an emerging technology. Here is my report The Case for eBooks, an Emerging Technology.


 * O.** During the week of June 10, I created a professional development video tutorial on how to Create and Share Google Calendar. I made a guide to accompany the Tutorial: Creating and Sharing Google Calendar.


 * P**. During the week of June 10, I created a Rubric for Evaluating Educational Apps.


 * Q**. During the weeks of June 10 and 17, I created a narrated PowerPoint presentation on Implementation of Ubiquitous Computing Environment based upon my research in Implementation of a Ubiquitous Computing Environment. I utilized Screencast-o-Matic, an online screen casting software.


 * R.** On June 19, 2012, I went to the Intermediate School to help with imaging computers and help prepare for new computers. Here is my Help Desk Report and Reflections.


 * S.** On June 20, 2012, I had a meeting with Dr. Amankwatia to hand in my Second Internship Report Form and time log. I chose for my observation to present my survey report on technology use in SLSD.


 * T.** During the week of June 17, I devised a Plan for Charging Laptops and Reporting Problems and included my reflections.


 * U.** During the week of June 24, I worked on my Annotated Resource List.


 * V.** On June 27, I met with Mrs. Andria Buchman, the Director of Special Education, to discuss assistive technology. Here is the report, Special Education: Assistive Technology Use in SLSD as well as my reflections.


 * W.** Based upon my discussion with Mrs. Buchman, I created a PD tutorial guide Universal Access: Vision and Literacy & Learning. Based upon this tutorial, I created 2 screencast tutorials on how to use various assistive technologies available to all students at SLSD. The first is: Universal Access On Apple Computers: Vision The second is: Literacy and Learning on Apple Computers: Text to Speech, Dictionary, and Graphing.


 * X.** I met with Dr. Amankwatia for my final observation on July 2, 2012 at 3 p.m. During this final observation, I reported on my meeting with Mrs. Andria Buchman, the Director of Special Education, and showed the tutorial guide and video on Literacy and Learning on Apple Computers. Here is the Third Internship Report Form.


 * Y.** During the weeks of June 27 and July 1, I created an ePortfolio for my Internship using Mahara.


 * Z.** I met with Mr. Jordan for our exit interview. We reviewed some highlights and future plans. Mr. Jordan signed a copy of the Final Internship Report.