Week+6

= __**Week 6**__ =

Resource Manager-Erika
3/4 (Mark) I copied your post (below) to the week 7 page Erika. Thanks for looking up those pages. The wiki page has great links.

3/4 Erika- I posted a blog and wiki in the resource page. The wiki had alot of strategies for how to incorporate our principle 1 into the classroom.

=== 3/4 (Hilliary) The team self evaluation is done and posted in our team forum. Feel free to take a look and let me know if you think any changes need to be made. I tried to represent everybody's ideas. ===

2/23 (Mark) I'm getting a jump on week 6 activities.

We are to do a team Self-Assessment this week. I've copied the Conditions of an Effective Workgroup rubric here ->. Please read it as this is what we each should use when filling in our self assessment document.

I'm going to recreate the Mid-Course Team Self Assessment template on our team Google Doc (link here ->) Midcourse Team assessment template for us to fill in with the date, our individual rating (of the team overall) and any comments you wish to add. Remember, according to Donna's directions for this activity we are NOT rating ourselves OR each other individually **we are rating the overall performance of the "team entity" on the scale of 1-4 based on the rubric above.**

**By** **Monday 3/5** the week's coach (Hilliary) should analyze the feedback from each member and assign an overall team rating with justification. Then post the URL to the template in the team's wiki (this page) as a new discussion thread titled: **Week 6 Final Team Evaluation**
 * By Friday 3/2 ** we should each have filled in our row on the template

thanks for all the hard (and great) work everyone has put into our team assignments.

2/26-(Erika)- Thanks Mark for getting a jump start! I have made some edits to my initial answer since I realized it was not due until next Friday. Just an FYI, I was talking to a girl in one of my f-2-f classes on Wednesday, and she said that not everyone on her team visits their team space and participates in the discussions. Which was surprising to me. I really felt lucky for having the teammates I do after that conversation. Thanks guys!

2/26 Thanks Mark for getting this set up. I went ahead filled in my row. I will check back and will start the overall rating as soon as it is all filled in. I am out of town this weekend, but should still be able to check in at least in the mornings and late evenings. Erika- I agree that it surprising that everbody doesn't participate. You guys are so speedy that it makes me want to do more. I am thankful to have such a hard working team!

2/27 (Maria) Hi Everyone, I just wanted to give you all a heads up that I will be traveling on Thursday to the NAIS conference in Seattle, Washington. I will there through the weekend and flying home on Sunday. I plan to check in each day if possible, but Thursday and Sunday will be really tough. If something comes up and we are close to a deadline, please contact me on my mobile: 410-299-5930. Thanks so much!

2/28 (Mark) thanks for letting us know about your availability Maria. I'm sure all will be fine. I'm hoping Donna will give us her feedback on the group project today or tomorrow in case we need to tweak it. Do you think she'll e-mail us or post it on our class "Team" site or here?

2/28 (Maria) Hi Team, Since it looks like the facilitator and coach have some team responsibilities this week, would you all like me to follow up with making the edits? I can do them tonight and send them back around for your review before my trip. That way, if you have any other thoughts or changes, we can get them in before the deadline. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

2/28 (Mark) I made some edit suggestions for our group project. See my email to you all. Any suggestions by any of us are more than welcome. If you (Maria) can make edits and send back to Donna by the end of the day tomorrow (Wed) that would be fantastic. Thanks.

2/28 (Maria) Thanks, Mark! It looks like Mark has addressed all of Donna's feedback. Erika and Hilliary, please take a look at his edits and please send me any additional thoughts. I will post the revised version to the ELC tomorrow after I've heard back from everyone. Thanks!

2/28 (Erika) Mark, you are quick. The corrections you made look fine. I can't think of anything else we would need to add. Thanks Maria for fixing and sending.

2/28 (Hilliary) Mark the changes look great. It looks like Donna was pretty happy with our plan...we only had organizational changes to make. Thank you Mark for fixing it so quickly and thank you Maria for fixing it up and sending it to Donna.

2/29 (Maria) Hi Team, I created a new forum for the edited version for Week 6 under the Team section on the ELC. Please remember I will be traveling all day tomorrow (Thursday), but feel free to contact me on my cell if we need something. Wish me luck! 410-299-5930 Thanks!

3/1 (Mark). Whew! I think we're good with the project now. **Hilliary, can you please follow up on the week 6 Group Self Assessment posting. See Activities under week 6 on the class website about analyzing our feedback and giving an overall score (with justification) and posting it. It should be posted by Monday 3/5.**

3/1 (Mark) **Just a heads up too, the week 7 group project is out there now. There is an individual piece for everyone to do and then there is a group piece where each team should choose a Principle/Scenario combination and do something with it. So if we can look at that and maybe get some ideas about which scenario we would like to tackle (look at it by Monday 3/5 ?). I know that's actually a day before week 7 starts but the group hosting that week has some things due by that Friday 3/9 (so things are starting to move even faster.....)**


 * The directions by the hosting group are: **
 * As a team, select the UDL principle and scenario that are of most interest to you. //For example, your team might select Principle 3, Scenario A. You would respond to questions posed in that scenario, with an emphasis/focus on ways to provide Multiple Means of Engagement.//**
 * create a standalone collaborative Web 2.0 presentation to respond to the chosen scenario with the perspective of the selected UDL principle. **


 * We might want to look over the week 7 stuff by the end of this week (if possible) to be able to choose the Principle/Scenario we want. **

[|UDL Principle 1: Provide Multiple Means of Representation] [|UDL Principle 2: Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression] Just my preference, however, clearly I'm willing to do whatever for the good of the group. Maria-Good luck! Mark-Thanks for pointing out that the week 7 info was up early. After reading all of the presentation info, im glad we started early. It seems like alot of work for the assignment. Also, maybe we could all be thinking about which web tool would be best for our presentation of this UDL scenario response. Just so you are aware, I probably will not be online much Friday or Saturday (the next 2 days) I am having out of town guests come that I will be entertaining. I will be back online by Sunday.
 * 3/1 (Erika) Well I just looked over all of the scenarios and found them all to be very intricately detailed with questions and points to include in the presentation, almost to the point where I was confused after reading all of them. If there was one that I was least confused by, it would be the **__4th scenario__**. I liked the first 2 principles the most:

3/1 (Hilliary) I will finish up the Group self assessment this weekend. I've had conferences and other meetings each night this week. I'm out of town this weekend, but will still have internet access and will be able to work on it in the mornings. I will try to finish it by Sunday late morning so you all have a chance to review it before I submit it. I just looked over the scenarios. I am good with the 4th scenario. I think the [|UDL Principle 1: Provide Multiple Means of Representation] will work well with this task.

3/2 (Mark) How about we put down (on the UDL group's site) that we pick Scenario D (#4) and Principle #1 "Provide Multiple Means of Representation" as our choice. I'll plug it in as a "place holder" so no other group picks that combination. We can start actually looking at it on Monday or Tuesday. Sound good? If you agree let me know, If I don't hear back by Sunday I'll go with this choice. I agree that we have to also figure out what tool to use for the presentation, but one thing at a time. : )