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Whoa! The Showcase is tomorrow!

I've tinkered with the website some more, lightening the color and graphics and categorizing video tutorials for easy access.

Here are the last three tasks I have to complete:
1. Completing the final version of the formative evaluation report
2. Completing the final cost analysis for the project
3. Writing the accessibility paragraph
4. Getting the project to Dr. Ike in CD form (which I plan to do on Tuesday, December 5)

I will have these items up on the website on Friday, Monday at the latest. This is a good feeling -- drawing the project development to a close. Now I'm going to be busy advertising this resource to my fellow faculty and staff members on the Athens Academy campus.

Posted by Ms. Hunt at 04:07 PM | Permalink

Hooray -- the Online Training Modules are completed!

Here's the portal: http://www.athensacademy.org/library/MovableType/index.htm

The Video Simulations, the Print Manuals, and the Featured Sites section are ready to roll! The Studio Dress Rehearsal is tomorrow, and I'm ready to share the project.

All that is left to complete is the final report for the Formative Evaluation (alpha and beta testing already completed) and the Final Cost Figures.

Posted by Ms. Hunt at 09:59 AM | Permalink

View the completed project -- MovableType Training for Athens Academy Faculty -- which includes eleven video simulations, print manuals, and links to faculty's blogs demonstrating "best practices."

http://www.athensacademy.org/library/MovableType/index.htm

Posted by Ms. Hunt at 03:29 PM | Permalink

Wow--a lot has been going on lately!

1. I've added a category (right-hand navigation bar) for the Formative Evaluation Plan and have attached a document outlining the methods for assessing the effectiveness of the training modules and the ROI for the client.

Please take a look!

2. By the weekend, I'll have finished all of the video simulations for the rest of the training topics I'm covering within the scope of this studio project (rebuilding files, modifying text, adding links, changing password, changing blog styles).

3. I've logged in my final hours on the 6210 project.

*Early in the semester, I researched other online educational media to make suggestions for modules the team would want to create for their online FFA handbook. That counted for two hours of work.
*This week, I proofread the documents to identify grammatical and style errors that needed to be corrected. Please see the attached editing suggestions (highlighted in yellow) I made for the 6210 team project: Download file

4. I've logged in all of my service hours, too. This has been an ongoing effort throughout the fall. Marion Marvel is the contact person here at the Academy for my service. I've worked with several faculty members on the following projects:

*I've worked with a teacher to transfer movies made in MovieMaker to DVD (rather than saving them as wav files).
*I've worked with an administrator to capture graphics on paper documents and load them into Word templates to be used by admin staff.
*I've trained a teacher in the ways to display photos of class activities effectively on the web.
I've trained admin staff in the use of Dreamweaver to create web pages.
*I'm also going to attend an Excel training session on Thursday, November 9 and will create some video simulation training modules for teachers interested in using Excel with their students.

Posted by Ms. Hunt at 12:20 PM | Permalink

Please see the attached plan: Download file

Posted by Ms. Hunt at 12:17 PM | Permalink

Wow, I've been busy!

1. I've worked on several service projects around the school, helping teachers with modifying media files and burning them to DVD, creating document templates with graphics, etc. I'm going to an Excel workshop next week, and then I'm going to create some training modules for using spreadsheets.

2. I've gotten the audio to work on my laptop with a new microphone I purchased. I've imported audio into five of the training modules. Now all I have to do is create the last five of the phase one training modules in time for the showcase.

3. I did two sessions of beta test observations with ten faculty members. I observed the teachers and administrators using the training modules, and I also asked participants to fill out a survey. See the attached survey: Download file

4. As a result of those sessions (during which I got some great feedback and useful, constructive criticism), I am modifying the web site according to the faculty recommendations.

5. I still have to post cost estimates. I'm going to use the formula in the text and will post this next week.

Posted by Ms. Hunt at 11:06 AM | Permalink