1. Ariel McIntyre Rabia Shahbaz Angelle Whittington

2. Overview Context Goals Leadership Team Noyce Scholars: Planning Online PLC: Second Life Resources Research: Data Collection

3. Context To share the components of our online professional learning community(PLC) for the Noyce Scholars of Georgia State University To share the growth of the PLC

4. Goals of PLC Support Peer to peer mentoring Sharing of resources/instructional strategies Professional learning opportunities

5. Leadership Team-Professors Georgia State University Professors Dr. Christine Thomas Dr. Janice Fournillier Dr. Pier Junor- Clarke Dr. Draga Vidakovic

6. Leadership Team-Noyce Scholars Georgia State University Noyce Scholars Ariel McIntyreRabia Shahbaz Angelle Whittington

7. Leadership Meetings First meeting at Georgia State University Skype meetings Informal cell phone meetings Email UMEP-Leadership Google Group

8. Planning Topics Methods Goals/Objectives Set-up Online Meetings Reflections Data Collection Informal Phone Calls SL Meetings Emails

9. Second Life

10. Online PLC Meetings Inaugural Meeting- November 21, 2009 – 23 Noyce Scholars present – 1 Grad student data collector – 3 Georgia State Professors Goals Attendance Set Tone for future meetings Voice Chat Teleporting Break Out Sessions

11. First Meeting/ Reflections First Impression Frustrations Timing -90 Minutes Goal Accomplished Protocol Established Technical Assistance

12. December Meetings/Reflections Small Group Meetings Focused on training, familiarity with SL, and procedures – Standing when speaking – IMs – Response Time – Teleporting Google Group registration Same Subject Group Meetings

13. Spring 2010 Meeting Schedule Same subject meeting format – February: Math I, Math II – March: Trigonometry/Calculus, New Teacher/Other – April: Math I, Math II – May: Trig/Calculus, New Teacher/Other Meeting Times Driven by scholar input

14. All About the Math: Content Clarifying standards for recently implemented integrated math curriculum in Georgia. Identifying key skills required to meet standards. Discussed and modified tasks for classroom implementation.

15. All About the Math: Instruction Reflecting on effectiveness of various textbook resources. Sharing of how to facilitate student centered instructional methods. Sharing of experiences using technology in classroom to differentiate instruction. Sharing of Scholar endorsed math instructional resources (electronic format).

16. All About the Math: Assessment Sharing of content related formative and summative assessment resources. Reflecting on various methods Scholars were using to help students: reflect on how concepts are related prepare for Georgia End of Course Test.

17. Resources Online Professional Learning Community (PLC) is currently using the following online resources: Second Life Google Group Wikispace

18. Second life program is being used to hold online meetings with the participants of PLC. After the initial meeting in November, 2009 all meetings have been in small groups Second Life

19. Google Group A google group with name of UMEP-PLC Participants has been created for communication among scholars. All participants and leaders are members of this group. This group is used for discussions, announcements, and sharing resources

20. Wikispace Wikispace with the name of PLC-Math 1 has been created for participants to share notes, tests and quizzes.

21. Data Collection Chat Logs Online Postings Surveys Attendance Reflections

22. How do we reach scholars who expressed interest initially but have not participated? How do we continue value-added peer to peer mentoring between meetings without it being burdensome to scholars? How do we increase the frequency of discussions on math content? SL as a rich platform for professional development.

23. Reflection from Scholars “ Sharing ideas and lesson plans on the wiki site was a great help ” “ I liked sharing resources and information about our experiences in the classroom. There were several suggestions that I was able to incorporate in the classroom. Also, just being a support group for the many frustrations that we run into as teachers was most helpful. The one thing that did not work for me in the beginning was getting to second life. I will have to get a new PC ” “ What work is that we are able to meet online conveniently ”

24. Questions