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Integrating Technology to Enhance the Elementary Curriculum iTec Team Adams 12 Five Star Schools General Integration Tips How? Why? Ahhh! To be transparent! Chalkboard technology When? If the use of technology allows the students to • do something that could not be done before • do something in a better way If it’s the right tool for the job Don’t reinvent the wheel! Who else is using technology in teaching in your building? What lessons could they share? Sample lesson plans are only successful if the plans are adapted to fit the context of YOUR classroom Adapted lesson plans give the teacher a feeling of ownership and increase the chances for success Things to consider… • Learning Styles • Teaching Styles • Past experience • Resource Availability Five Categories of Classroom Computer Use (Tom Snyder Publications, Inc.) More General Integration Tips What? For YOU: Software & Hardware • • • • Use what you have Assess your needs Examine curricular ties Give it a trial run Is that it? After completing a technologyenhanced activity • Reflect on the outcomes and revise while the experience is fresh Technology may not change the way you teach • But it will change how children learn and work Computer Fundamentals Troubleshooting Basics Local Support (District, Building, Team, Grade Level) Specific software practice Web-based favorites storage www.ikeepbookmarks.com www.backflip.com K-5 Integration Tips Physical Layout Student workstations Teacher workstation Presentation station Computer Lab… • • • • • • Open times Set up, boot up, and log in Record glitches Print directions prior to lab work Establish a BUTT-ON TEN rule “Play” has always been part of learning… • There’s no more “underlife” in a lab than regular classroom, it’s just more visible • All the activity doesn’t mean you’ve lost control just that more learning may be taking place Presentation Saving…take the time to know where! Controlled search strategies • • • • • Save websites for offline viewing Bookmarks/Favorites Gateway Pages 3 M list Limit layers of search Plan activities with time limits and goals More K-5 Integration Tips Supervision AUP Tech buddies Peer Scribe Buddies Timed Station Rotation During reading time Designate a “whiz” for each area of troubleshooting Not too early to start citation practices! • MLA Online, http://www.mla.org/ • Slate Citation Machine, http://landmarkproject.com/citation_machine/cm.php Evaluation Understand copyright yourself • Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use, http://www.techlearning.com/db_a rea/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright .html • A Visit to Copyright Bay, http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyr ightbay/ • MidLink Magazine, http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/citin g.html • Noodlebib, http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/i ndex.php Use a rubric, even a basic one! • Rubistar, http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ • Teach-nology, http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ • Kathy Schrock’s, http://school.discovery.com/schrockguid e/assess.html Determine whether lab time/station time was successful What made you least comfortable using the technology? Remember: Teaching and learning are the key factors, not the technology! K-2 Lang Arts Riddle Book with Similes (PowerPoint) Alphabet Book (Kid Pix) ABC Surf! (Published web exploration activity) Controlled Search Strategies (Web Exploration) http://www.adams12.org/glacierpeak/insects/ Disney’s Surf Swell Island, http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html Starfall, http://www.starfall.com/ K-2 Science Phases of the Moon (Kid Pix) Plant Life Cycle (Kidspiration & Email with buddy class) K-2 Social Studies Travel Projects Establish KeyPals then plan a fictional trip (Teacher-Guided MS Word) Months of the Year Holiday Book (Kid Pix for presentations) K-2 Mathematics Word Problems (PowerPoint) Stamped Math Problems (Kid Pix) Graphing Weather Data (Kidspiration, Graph Club & Excel) National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_1.ht ml K-2 The Arts SFS Music Site http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp? pageid=1 Physical alphabet with digital photography Computer Tag Paper Making: Email & videoconference with Mead Paper, Chillicothe 3-5 Lang Arts Switching to Outline with Inspiration to use sentence strips for paragraphs Controlled Search Strategies (Web Exploration) http://www.adams12.org/eagleview/weitzel/index.htm Effective Internet Research Skills (PowerPoint) Holes Timeline (TimeLiner) Progressive Pass-Along Stories Progressive Stories Pass-Along Email Stories 3-5 Science Fourth: Colorado Wildlife Project (Published web exploration activity using MS Word) http://www.adams12.org/coyote/wildlife.htm Fourth Grade Planetary Studies (Web exploration , Excel, & PowerPoint) Third Grade Weather Project (Word & HyperStudio) 3-5 Social Studies Colorado History modeled after Ohio SchoolNet’s Project with OETNC (http://www.historyhunt.org/attic.htm) 50 States Email Project (HyperStudio & KeyPals) Using free service from teaching.com: http://www.iecc.org/ 3-5 Mathematics Calculation Fun (Inspiration) What Do We Do All Day? (Excel) Word Problem Workbook (PowerPoint) National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_2.ht ml 3-5 The Arts Animal Artists Video Conference Claymation Club (iMovie & PowerPoint) Safe Searching Project (Published Web Project) Wrap up Want to play with some software? Need help? Check out our Adams 12 iTec Center Training Resources http://www.teacherweb.adams12.org/ad12learnin gcenter/train.htm