Integrating PowerPoint into the Classroom

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Integrating PowerPoint into the Classroom

• Lisa Barbieri

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Problem Statement   The problem in our school is
that we just received 33 new computers for our
computer lab containing PowerPoint, and we dont
have enough teachers who know how to utilize the
software into their curriculum. With no teacher
training, they will not be able to utilize or
assist with PowerPoint presentations in their
classroom. Benchmark 2-3 states that all
educators will participate in high quality
professional development activities and attain at
a minimum, intermediate proficiency level in
utilizing educational technology to enhance
student achievement.
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Description of Proposal

• Training teachers to use PowerPoint will help
  them utilize the software in the classroom.
• We would need to order 5 new laptop computers
  along with 5 projectors.
• The teachers in our school would need to come to
  workshops to train themselves on the software.
• The principal, vice-principal, and curriculum
  coordinator would need to be trained with the
  software as well.
• An evaluation plan would need to be implemented
  for the teachers at the end of the training
  session to see how we can improve on the project
  if needed.

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Background Information

• In a pilot program at a mid-western university,
  nineteen College of Education faculty members
  requested to participate in this study.
• Graduate students were used to train faculty over
  a 5 week period.
• The faculty is then advised to work on their
  slides at the computers in their offices or at
  home.
• Each weekly session can accommodate
  troubleshooting.
• Teachers were not intimidated by the graduate
  students.
• Teachers found the software to be beneficial and
  were eager to utilize PowerPoint into their
  curriculum.

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Situation

• Approximately 700 7th and 8th grade students in
  the school.
• The school is divided into 4 houses.
• There are two houses for each grade.
• The students get one marking period of computers
  per school year.
• There is a computer lab that the computer teacher
  utilizes for the majority of the school day.
• After school students can use the computers that
  are set up in the library, or they may use the
  computer lab if they make prior arrangements with
  the teacher.

• 54 teachers.
• 14 teachers have a bare minimum of computer
  knowledge.
• Approximately 27 teachers are at an intermediate
  level.
• The principal and vice principal are on the
  intermediate level.
• The curriculum supervisor is advanced.
• There are about 13 teachers that are more
  advanced in technology use and are able to
  utilize technology on a daily basis.
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In-Depth Description of Proposal

• The length of this technology plan will take
  approximately one year to train teachers how to
  implement and start using the software into the
  curriculum.
• The next year will consist of training the
  students to become familiar with the software for
  their projects and presentations.
• There will be monthly workshops to help train the
  teachers.
• After the initial lesson, teachers will meet on a
  monthly basis to train more on understanding the
  software.
• Our school has set up a website that has
  workshops that teachers can use for their 100
  hours. PowerPoint is a topic of these workshops
  with 3 stages of learning.
• By March, teachers should be proficient enough to
  start using PowerPoint presentation in their
  lessons.
• From March to June, teachers will be assigned a
  time that they can present their lessons using
  PowerPoint.
• To make the assignment easier, teachers will
  rotate the use of the software by department.

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Timeline of Activities 2004-05
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Recruitments The computer teacher and 4 other
volunteers from the advanced group of teachers
will be recruited to do the training. These
volunteers will be split up after the initial
training session to work with a different house.
Since there will be added preparation for the
teachers and coordinator, professional
development hours will be allotted for their
presentations and workshops.
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Budget Breakdown
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Evaluation Method  I would like to do a pre and
post evaluation for this plan. The first
evaluation will consist of questions geared
toward finding out each teacher's ability with
computers. This evaluation will be used by the
tech coordinator as well as the 4 volunteer
teachers to determine ability level. It will be
needed to group the teachers into ability
appropriate classes.  The post evaluation will
consist of questions pertaining to the workshops
as well as the software. From this evaluation,
we should be able to analyze and critique what
needs to be changed. It will let us know how the
faculty felt about the software and if it is
feasible for their lessons. It will also be
beneficial towards other presentations they may
need to give in the district.
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Summary  If this year is successful in the
training of our staff in PowerPoint, than the
next step would be to train the students. While
the teachers are in workshops for the year
2004-2005, the computer teacher could start an
introduction to PowerPoint within his 7th grade
curriculum. By the eighth grade, students could
start doing research papers on PowerPoint and any
teacher would be able to help them achieve their
goal. Teachers would also be satisfying 8.1 on
the NJ Core Content Curriculum Standards for
Technology in the Middle School.
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