Technology in the Classroom Rosie Bertles ESL Newcomer Academy JCPS High School 9 th and 10 th Grade Language Arts

The Lesson  Adjectives Before Nouns  Technology: SmartBoard, Clickers, Document Camera, Digital Projector, Laptop, Video Camera  16 Students speaking 6 languages  Activities: Interactive Clickers, Brain Pop with interactive quiz  Problem Solving: incorrect answers spoken, distinguishing parts of speech, accidently exiting clickers  Assessment: Pre- and Post- Test using clickers

Technology  Capabilities: unlimited interactive online or classroom based visual teaching tools  Limitations: time, penmanship, copyright issues, subscriptions  Potential Benefit: in the technology age, unlimited researching capabilities and visual cueing

Supporting Diverse Learners  Supporting Diverse Learners, Using Adaptive and Assistive Technologies  Visual presentations reach across all cultures. English subtitles support visual and textual clues.  brain pop adj  Print and Media offer visual and audio clues to meaning.

Managing Technology  Clear Directions on Use  Student Laptops  Replacement Cost  Flat on Desk  SmartBoard  No Writing Implements  Press Hard with Smart Pens  Clickers  Do Not Drop

Lesson Effectiveness CLICKER QUIZ

BRAIN POP Lesson Effectiveness

Students with Technology  The video to be inserted here contains images of students and cannot be posted on the internet due to privacy laws.

Lesson Effectiveness  Analyze the results of your lesson. ***add charts  Did your students learn?  Did the use of technology increase motivation or participation?  What did students know before the lesson and after?  Evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson.  What could you do differently to increase the effectiveness of the lesson?

Lesson Effectiveness  Did your students learn? YES  Did the use of technology increase motivation or participation? YES  What did students know before the lesson and after? WAS NEW CONTENT  How could I increase the effectiveness of the lesson? GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT, NO OBSERVERS, FILLER ACTIVITY FOR EARLY FINISHERS

Cooperative Learning  Brain Pop Online Interactive Quiz  Read  Voted  Selected  Laughed

Legal & Ethical Computer Use  Copyright Laws  Nothing was copied, only projected  Ethical and Legal Guidelines  Printed sources had been purchased  Online sources had valid subscriptions

Technology as a Productivity Tool  Teacher Laptop  Projecting  Word Documents & PDF’s, allowing ink layering  Grading: JCPS Online, Smart Response Charting  Demonstrating Smart Response: Virtual Clicker  Organizing  Data, Documents, Instructional Aids  SmartBoard System  Notebook Software  Hardware: Visual Clues: aids understanding in a new language

Technology as a Research Tool  By Year End, Learn How to…..  Gather Reliable, Accurate Data  Check Validity of Sources  Incorporate Sources  Cite Sources Technology for Distance Learning

Technology Set Up  SmartBoard angled in a corner  Projector sits on a table  Document Camera on lab desk  Computers set up on a wireless network  Clickers communicate remotely with desktop  Students are assigned to one laptop –responsible for repairs  STC maintains all technology for our school

Teaching with Technology Standards  Benefit of Teaching to Technology Standards:  College/Career Readiness  Increased Productivity  Peer Cooperation & Collaboration  Lesson Compliance with Current Educational Technology Research:  Critical Thinking  Enhanced Performance  Engaged Learning and Dynamic Presenting