W4FV_Option 3, AR Project Movie

PE6_Podcasting Praise!

Well, after perusing the internet for guidance counseling podcasts, I am pleasantly surprised to find few and far between, as that means it is still somewhat cutting edge.  And what I did find dispelled some worries that I had regarding the ethical nature of using students and families, actually stating that it fulfilled the American School Counseling Association standards.  If I have parent nights, I can recored them for parents that could not attend.  If we have a topic that we are addressing at school, the students and teachers can offer ideas for families and feedback about the work we are doing.  If there are some new concerns school wide, we could quickly publish a blurb about it.  I think this will be an interesting idea to explore for an ARP resource/intervention option.

PE5_web 2.0 tools

Podcasts...everything I find says that they are a web 2.0 tool, but I don't see how podcasts are interactive where the listener/subscriber can respond. Isn't that what makes it a tool? I don't totally get it, but podcasts would be an interesting additions to a guidance program.  There could be topics that both staff, students, and parents can speak and offer thoughts, support and advice.  Then the archives would grow and grow and be available for incoming families, and honor students that have moved or moved on.  Considering the computers we received with Full Sail's program, this would be a fun, easy, and quick way to distribute information and could be a great intervention for my ARP. What do people think, web 2.0 tool or not? This could be really fun, and potentially be profitable long term, right?

PE4_web 2.0 tools for counselors

I've been struggling finding web 2.0 tools that I can reasonably use with my students in the realm of school counseling.  Yes, I will use video, powerpoints, movies, interactive websites, surveys, etc., but what exactly constitutes a web 2.0 tool? I've read the definitions and understand that it requires being interactive in terms of information sharing, where there can be communication back and forth. So to being this assignment, I'm back to the research board to see what would be a reasonable tool for the counselor...

PE3_Google Docs

I must have three posts, but I have nothing else to say about my search! Sorry!

PE2_Google Spreadsheets

Well, I can't find the lynda.com password in my email from months ago, and woopid doesn't have any tutorials that apply to creating a survey through google spreadsheets, so that was a short lived search. It seems pretty basic, and I could always do surveymonkey instead.  I still don't know how you would disaggregate the data at the end.  I'm sure that the questions that I ask about the climate and culture of school will provide immediate feedback, but it would be great if I could get some true and valid statistics to see if my interventions so anything for kids.  I also wonder how realistic it would be to create something online, knowing that most likely, I will need a paper version for them to fill out.  I would hate to have to enter each survey into the computer...that would be a giant waste of time. My brain hurts!

PE1_Google Spreadsheets

The resource I am going to explore and hopefully use for my ARP is google spreadsheets.  I will be giving pre and post tests for my interventions, (or cycles).  I would like to know if I can use real scientifically based testing tools, and use/adapt them to google spreadsheets so that I can disaggregate the data correctly.  That's my goal, wish me luck!