Met with prospective client

I met with my prospective client, Emily Whistleman, at Broadway High School.  I began my needs analysis.  She teaches World History in a collaborative setting (exceptional education students integrated).  While her Exe.Ed. students all have trouble keeping organized notebooks, so do some of her other students.  Not only does organization count as a test grade, but it is imperative for good study habits.  I looked at a few of the notebooks and was astonished at the number of pages of notes, maps, worksheets, etc. that filled the books.  The paper trail is excessive and I think I can incorporate technology to help reduce this matter.  I certainly think this warrants the use of an ID plan.  However, there will be too much red tape to interview students in the time frame I have.  Therefore, I will seek the input of their resource teacher to gain the closest possible student perspective. I think I am going to enjoy this challenge.

Adjustment to project

I will focus on ninth graders organization only for my project.  Another group will address the needs of the sixth grade class.

I found a client

At Broadway High School, in Broadway, VA there are two teachers, one a social sciences teacher and the other an exceptional education teacher, who teach together collaboratively.  They have a recurring problem of notebook organization.  Some students seem to have trouble with organization, and they have yet to develop an effective means/program that may help them achieve this goal.  An exceptional education teacher from Augusta County has also expressed this same concern with her students.  I hope to develop an instructional program, targeting 6th to 9th grades, that teaches notebook organization to be implemented in the classroom.

Introduction

Hey all, I am a junior currently working on a history major with a public concentration and a minor in educational media.