integrating technology part ii

Integrating Technology Professional

Development September 2015 –

January 2016

Integrating Technology into Everyday Instruction

The Plan Identify when and how often technology should be

used on a daily basis

Distinguish what different technologies and programs best fit each subject for YOU and YOUR STUDENTS

Explore and understand how to use the technology

Implement and integrate into everyday instruction

What is Everyday Instruction? The daily curriculum, lessons and

interactions that build on each other to create an enriching learning environment.

Core subjects Mathematics Language Arts Social Studies Science

Technology should be used in ALL subject areas!

"We are at the ground floor of a new world full of imagination, creativity, innovation and digital wisdom. We are going to have to create the education of the future because it doesn't exist anywhere today." –Marc Prensky, Technology in Schools: Future Changes in Classrooms

Professional Development September 2015

Using SmartBoards for Purposeful LearningSeptember 1 Afternoon- Meet with grade

level teachers to review SMART Technologies and choose one subject area to develop an interactive SMARTBOARD lesson Next two weeks- Put together and develop lesson plan for SmartBoard lesson during agreed upon prep and after school planning time (this should not exceed 2 hours) Tech trainer will present her lesson at faculty meeting with 3rd grade teacher- other grade levels will present on scheduled day after school to prinicipal

Professional Development September 2015

Using SmartBoards for Purposeful Learning Guidelines for Lesson:

Lesson should be interactive allowing both teacher and students to directReview SMART technologies http://education.smarttech.com/ and use suggestions from colleagues to use the SmartBoard as much as possible without using paper materials Lesson should be approx. 40 minutes and teachers can add own creativity (e.g. Powerpoint, Word activity/quiz)

Get Creative and D

esign what w

orks for you!

http://education.smarttech.com/

Professional DevelopmentSeptember 2015

The Reasons for this:1. Our SmartBoards are not new to education,

let’s make sure we are getting the most we can out of them!

2. Our students love them and can interact easily with them and each other

3. We can access anything on them; The internet at our fingertips!

Professional Development September-October 2015

Project-Based Learning through www.edutopia.org

Last Week of September- At faculty meeting, staff will watch video from www.edutopia.org about how school in Maine incorporated technology into core lessons using different devices and software. Watch the remaining videos with your grade level teachers during chosen prep and planning times to see more examples to integrate different types of technology within the next week. (Monday-Monday)Choose a subject area to plan a lesson integrating technology as modeled in videos- can be same lesson as other grade level teachers or one you create on your own.

http://www.edutopia.org/

http://www.edutopia.org/


Guidelines for Implementation Using the videos as models for implementation, choose a subject

area where you could implement different software and/or devices into daily lessons.

See how these models show lessons and assessment techniques so you can replicate and track your students progress and success using them in place of traditional paper and pencil worksheets and tests.

Keep a log (Word, Google Docs) about student progress and what you see is working and what is not over a two week period.

Even if you choose to design your own lesson, meet with your grade level to see what they are doing and how you can help each other. If you work together, discuss how your classes are doing and see what you can change or maintain.


Why is Project-Based Learning Important?

“It is no longer enough just “know stuff” or to master the fundamental skills of reading and writing….but of equal importance is owning a set of complex skills that go beyond straight facts….that’s the primary benefit of project-based learning.” – ProjectFoundry.org

Professional Development October-November 2015

Game-Based Learninghttp://edtechreview.in/e-learning/212-gbl-checklist-for-

educators is the online educator’s checklist for game-based learning (no, you do not have to print it out ) Go online and play some games (Minecraft, World of Warcraft, FunBrain) to see what games are best suited to which subject areas and how your students can best use them to apply learned skills and sharpen ones they are learning to master.You MUST play the games (20 minutes or so per game when time allows) Play at least 5 games in two subject areasThe same game may fit both subject areas and can be used by students in both areas.Track student progress for one month (Mid October-Mid November) and see how the games are helping and keep learning to find news ones

http://edtechreview.in/e-learning/212-gbl-checklist-for-educators



Guidelines for Implementation Games should be relevant to subject area and must align

with lesson topic and corresponding core common standard

Games should be fun and interactive while promoting application of skills and critical thinking skills to solve puzzles, problems or situations

Teachers should make sure games are developmentally appropriate and will supplement lesson, not take place of it

Teachers and students can work together to continue to find and use more games that may build on skills and allow for greater differentiation amongst students.


Remember- GAMES ARE FUN! Game-based learning should allow

students and teachers to show creativity and allow for greater knowledge of skills.

Professional DevelopmentNovember-December 2015

Virtual Field Trips A virtual field trip uses the World Wide Web to allow students

to explore and discover specific topics within relevant subject areas without leaving the classroom.

They are cost effective because they don’t cost anything at all and every student can participate.

There are many different kids of virtual field trips and teachers can use google.com to search but http://teaching.monster.com/education/articles/8847-5-best-virtual-field-trips has five really cool ones to explore!

http://teaching.monster.com/education/articles/8847-5-best-virtual-field-trips



How to Plan a Virtual Field Trip Teacher teams will be given a subject area to focus on and

then will explore a field trip for their appropriate grade level (e.g. Social Studies- The Smithsonian Museum)

These teacher teams will present their trip to the rest of the faculty at a meeting to show what they have found and how it can help students to further grasp material in more hands on manner.

Students will then go on the virtual field trip with their class and will have a corresponding assignment (much like they would if they went on an actual field trip to show connections to learning)


Students and teachers can take more than one virtual field trip throughout the month but should focus on no more than two subject areas.

The same trip should not be taken more than once; if it is relevant to more than one subject area then align it for a more interactive assignment.

These trips should be fun and exciting and students should really feel as though they are part of the trip

Teachers allow your creativity to flow here- there are so many field trips available that not one could ever get boring! How many classes get to on a dinosaur dig?

Professional DevelopmentJanuary 2016

Time to Talk and Reflect Back from Winter Break already! Time to reflect on the

Fall and start looking toward the Spring What was your favorite professional development and

why? What was your least favorite and why? What subject areas do you find it easiest to work with

technology? Which ones are hardest? Where do you think you are the strongest? The

weakest? Neither? Both? Where did your students show the most growth? The

least? Why do you think that is?

Professional DevelopmentJanuary 2016

Time to Talk and Reflect These questions should be answered by the January

Professional Development Day for Staff on MLK Jr. Day. Please bring your progress logs and any other materials used

to track students so administration and teachers can work together to find strengths, weaknesses and what is working and what is not.

This is a work in progress! The Spring will focus on the subject areas you did not readily choose, so we need to discuss to know where to go!

Technology is great when we know how to use it best! Working together will help us help our students.

References Casco Bay High School and King Middle School. Project-Based

Learning in Maine. Edutopia- What Works in Education. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/stw-maine-pbl

Kumar, Dhiraj. Educator’s Checklist for Games-Based Learning. EdTech Review. Retrieved from http://edtechreview.in/e-learning/212-gbl-checklist-for-educators

Smart Education. Smarttech.com. Retrieved from http://education.smarttech.com/

Tenkely, Kelly. 5 Best Virtual Field Trips. Teaching Community- Where Teachers Meet And Learn. Retrieved from http://teaching.monster.com/education/articles/8847-5-best-virtual-field-trips

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-maine-pbl



http://education.smarttech.com/

