Millennial Survey #2

America's newest generation, the Millennials, is in this coming-of-age phase. Who are they? How are they different? How are they being shaped by their moment in history? And how might they reshape America in the future? The Pew Research Center constructed a survey that is designed to identify the distinctive characteristics of Millennials, the generation of young adults (ages 18-29) who are coming of age in the new millennium. The types of questions within the survey predict whether a respondent shares the same values, attitudes and behaviors or a typical Millennial. Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials – the American teens and twenty-somethings currently making the passage into adulthood – have begun to forge theirs: confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and receptive to new ideas and ways of living. The survey asks 14 questions pertaining to:

-Demography
-Identity, Priorities, Outlook
-Technology and Social Media
-Work and Education
-Family Values
-Lifestyle
-Politics, Ideology, and Civic Engagement
-Religious Beliefs and Behavior

After you've answered all the questions, your will be given a numerical score as well as a full report summary based on your answers. My Millennial Score was 89. Any score above a 73 falls into the "Millennial" category. This would be a great activity to bring into the classroom for digital age learning and experiences. I could compare my scores with my students scores and then encourage them to do the same with someone at home. We could then discuss and take a look at the different scores everyone received and talk a little more in depth about how our scores were generated. Then, maybe if have them create a little quiz of their own using Google Forms? :)

How Millennial Are YOU?

Excel 1 (Updated)

I wasn't happy with the way my scatter plot turned out yesterday so I decided to make another one today. My scatter plot shows the reading scale scores for all states and all students (both male and female). The National Public was 220.0259116 scale score. West Virginia falls below average and 41 other states with 214.3860242 scale score. My state is not doing so well considering WV is only above 9 other states in the US. The NCIS website is where I obtained the information for this assignment. And just because I love Jing so much! - Total Score Data Statistics Summary for All States:



From this assignment, I learned how to install an add on in Excel, the Data Analysis Tool, and I generated Descriptive Statistics with just a few clicks. (Imagine doing this all in your head or on a calculator.) Data and Statistics are SO important in today's world. With almost anything you do, you need data to back it up. I've learned this is just the short amount of time I've spent as a special educator. The total score data statistics shows that the average score was 220.4150705, the minimum was 200.6279879 and the maximum was 236.7738666. For this assignment, I was able to model and facilitate effective use of current digital tools to locate, analyze, and evaluate information about my home state and all other states in the US. I gained global awareness of reading scores and was able to compare the data to my home state in which I am employed.

Google Sites

For this assignment, I created a Google Site for my classroom to be used this coming school year. My students will be creating a website that they will use in my classroom too. On my classroom site, I think it would be very helpful to add instructions on how to go about creating your own Google Site so students can refer to these instructions as they are working on their own site. All of my other sites have been very teacher like and kid friendly. Since I am working with older students, I feel that the basic, simple tabbed navigation kind of template is a better choice for this site.

Self Grading Form

One of the books I plan on reading with my 7th grade students is by Gary Palsen called Hatchet! I loved reading it when I was younger and I think my students will enjoy too! For the self greading form assignment, I've created a short quiz about this book.

Google Forms

There were SO many ways to share this google form! All quick, easy, and right at your finger tips! I had the form sent to my email, shared it with friends, embedded into my blog, and linked it to my blog!

Rubrics

Ever since I started working with blogs, I have wanted my students to create and use blogger in my own classroom. Since I was hired in January of this year and it was crazy enough being my first time teaching, I didn't get this accomplished. This August I am making it happen! And already will have my rubric ready for grading! My 7th grade English students will create a blog and add multiple information and resources to it through out the year. For my rubric, the grading categories consist of layout, content, learning of material, and work ethic. This should be a good general rubric that could be used to assess a lot of the work students will be putting onto their blogs.
How much more engaging and creative than a regular ol' journal book the students keep in my classroom? This will promote students reflection by implementing their discoveries, ideas, and attitudes towards the information being covered in our classroom. This is also a great way to involve the parents to collaborate on the work being done in their child's English class. I thought about adding a "Copyright" category for grading but thought that it would be best to discuss the copyright laws and appropriate documentation of sources with students before adding it onto rubric. When ready, I can make edits to my rubric! Since I saved the file as an Excel document, I can print out the information for students and parents to see just how students are getting graded for their blogs. Another great use of collaboration! Before starting the blogs, students will be given a copy of this rubric so that they may become active participants of their own learning and work as well as manage and assess their progress through out my English class!



7th Grade English Blog

Power Restored!...Self-Assessment #2

After a very long and hot weekend, I finally have power again! I'm a little bit behind on my assignments but should be caught up in no time.

Self Assessment