Working Smarter/Not Harder

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Working Smarter/Not Harder

• How can tech help you teach!

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What we call what we teach!

• Objectives, Benchmarks, Standards, Outcomes, Big
  Ideas, GLECs, Content Expectations.
• Learning Points, Differentiated Instruction,
  Project Based Learning, Data Driven Instruction.
• Critical Thinking, Problem solving, Engaged
  learners

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What we Really do

• Teach kids that come in all shapes, colors,
  sizes, backgrounds, levels, abilities, and
  attitudes.
• Encourage, monitor, assess, counsel, re- teach,
  communication, motivate, translate, and advocate.

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There are just so many hours in a day!

• Sooooooooooooo..
• First the Menu

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• Executive Office of the President
• Department of Education
• A New Foundation for 21st Century Learning
  Education Technology Investments in the 2011
  Budget
• Highlighting the role of technology in educating
  the next generation. The strategy outlined the
  role that educational technology could play to
  improve our quality of life and establish the
  foundation for the industries and jobs of the
  future. For example

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• ? Online learning can allow adults that are
  struggling to balance the competing demands of
  work and family
• to acquire new skills, and compete for higher
  wage jobs, at a time, place and pace that is
  convenient for
• them. It can also improve access to a quality
  education for students in underserved areas.
• ? Digital tutors can provide every student with
  immediate feedback and personalized instruction,
  providing
• them with the information needed to diagnose and
  correct errors, and providing challenging
  instruction.
• ? Digital learning environments can generate a
  large volume of data that, if analyzed properly,
  will support
• continuous improvement by providing rich
  feedback to learners, teachers, curriculum
  designers, and
• researchers in the field of learning science and
  technology.

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• ? Games for learning that are compelling and
  engaging have the potential to increase the
  attentive time on
• task that students engage in learning. Massive
  multiplayer games can support the social and
  team-based
• dimensions of learning.
• ? Simulations, such as a flight simulator for
  pilots or a digital human for medical
  professionals can allow
• students to engage in hands-on learning.
• ? Open educational resources can be shared,
  adapted, re-mixed, and re-used.
• ? Technology can increase parental involvement,
  provide new opportunities for students with
  disabilities and
• for English Language Learners, allow teachers to
  participate in communities of practice, and
  enlist
• professionals and retirees as online mentors.

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Then the Meal

• I use Curriculum Crafter to look up the student
  appropriate GLECs
• Language Arts 1st
• TLW write a complete sentence for a purpose and
  an intended audience.
•  TLW process write in legible manuscript at least
  three related sentences about topics, both
  narrative and informational.TLW read and write
  poetry.
•  TLW correctly spell words independently in
  written work.
•  TLW collaboratively research a topic using a
  variety of references, write a factual report,
  and individually create a visual response.

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Language Arts 3rd

• W.GN.03.01 Write a cohesive narrative piece such
  as a fable, folktale, or realistic fiction using
  personification, setting, actions and thoughts
  that reveal important character traits.
• W.GN.03.02 Write poetry based on reading a wide
  variety of grade-appropriate poetry.
• W.GN.03.04 Use the writing process to produce and
  present a research project initiate research
  questions from content area text from a
  teacher-selected topic and use a variety of
  resources to gather and organize information.
• W.GN.03.04
• Use the writing process to produce and present a
  research project initiate research questions
  from content area text from a teacher-selected
  topic and use a variety of resources to gather
  and organize information.

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Tech Tools for LA

• http//computerkiddoswiki.pbworks.com
• Tools for
• Digital Story Telling Tools- Geography
• Science, Engineering,

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Language Arts Tech Sites

• http//www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/
  student-interactives/
• Windows Moviemaker
• Photostory3
• GoAnimate
• Keerpoof
• Animash
• See Browser Based tools on the wiki

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Social Science

• Google Earth
• Map Quest
• http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
• All the Presidents
• America's Story
• Ancient Egypt
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Gov. for Kids
• Civil War Home Page
• Colonial Kids
• Culture Quest
• Department of the Treasury for Kids
• Early America
• Egyptian Mad Libs
• Fifty States
• Geography for Kids
• Government Information for Kids
• Greatest Places Online

• History Channel
• History Games
• Kids Next Door
• Map Quest
• Middle Ages
• Plymouth
• POTUS (U.S.Pres.)
• States Capitals
• Sturbridge Village
• The History Place
• U.S. History
• White House For Kids
• World Atlas

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Science

• PBS NOVA, online videos
• NPR Science Friday radio show's audio archive
• Annals of Improbable Research
• Blogs at Discover (try LOOM)
• Science and Invention
• Odd Music Devices
• Slate mag Science
• Science Tattoos
• Stereo World

• Lasers made from White Paint!
• Bionic Design at NAIR (.jp)
• Inventor of the Week Archive at the Invention
  Dimension
• The Scientific Method (from the founder of EDMUND
  SCIENTIFIC)
• Virtual Physics Demos (in Java, etc.)
• Smart-Tech Demos Alife, CAs, fuzzy, neural,
  genetic-alg, brains, etc.
• J. Cramer's Alternate View articles from Analog
  SF
• Fantastic Forest at Nat. Geographic
• The "Notochords" science music?
• Submarine Races

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How to create an Interactive Lesson

• Create a Wiki
• Copy and Paste GLECs from Curriculum Crafter
• Embed a video that gives a good over view of the
  topic
• List at least 3 good URLs that have correct
  content info- At least one is usually given by
  your text book company

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• Use an online tool for note taking like bubblus,
  mind map ect
• List 2-3 Choices for the students to display
  their learning
• Add on-line interactive games using the same
  content topic.
• Post the grading rubric on the page
• Include extension Activities for extra credit.

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Let Look at Some Examples