Integrating Technology to Enhance the Elementary Curriculum iTec Team Adams 12 Five Star Schools

General Integration Tips 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 How?  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.)Tom Snyder Publications, Inc

More General Integration Tips What?  Software & Hardware Use what you have Assess your needs Examine curricular ties Give it a trial run  Is that it?  After completing a technology- enhanced 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 For YOU:  Computer Fundamentals  Troubleshooting Basics  Local Support (District, Building, Team, Grade Level)  Specific software practice  Web-based favorites storage

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 Evaluation  Understand copyright yourself Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use, rea/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html rea/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html A Visit to Copyright Bay, ightbay/ ightbay/ MidLink Magazine, g.html g.html  Not too early to start citation practices! MLA Online, Slate Citation Machine, project.com/citation_machine/cm.phphttp://landmark- project.com/citation_machine/cm.php Noodlebib, ndex.php ndex.php  Use a rubric, even a basic one! Rubistar, Teach-nology, nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ Kathy Schrock’s, e/assess.html 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)PowerPoint  Alphabet Book (Kid Pix)Kid Pix  ABC Surf! (Published web exploration activity)Published web exploration activity  Controlled Search Strategies (Web Exploration)Web Exploration   Disney’s Surf Swell Island,  Starfall,

K-2 Science Phases of the Moon (Kid Pix)Kid Pix Plant Life Cycle (Kidspiration & with buddy class)Kidspiration

K-2 Social Studies Travel Projects Establish KeyPals then plan a fictional trip (Teacher-Guided MS Word)KeyPalsTeacher-Guided MS Word Months of the Year Holiday Book (Kid Pix for presentations)Kid Pix

K-2 Mathematics  Word Problems (PowerPoint)PowerPoint  Stamped Math Problems (Kid Pix)Kid Pix  Graphing Weather Data (Kidspiration, Graph Club & Excel)Kidspiration Graph Club Excel  National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, ml ml

K-2 The Arts  SFS Music Site pageid=1 pageid=1  Physical alphabet with digital photography  Computer Tag  Paper Making: & videoconference with Mead Paper, ChillicotheChillicothe

3-5 Lang Arts  Switching to Outline with Inspiration to use sentence strips for paragraphsInspiration  Controlled Search Strategies (Web Exploration)Web Exploration  Effective Internet Research Skills (PowerPoint)PowerPoint  Holes Timeline (TimeLiner)TimeLiner  Progressive Pass-Along Stories  Progressive Stories Pass-Along Stories

3-5 Science  Fourth: Colorado Wildlife Project (Published web exploration activity using MS Word)Published MS Word   Fourth Grade Planetary Studies (Web exploration, Excel, & PowerPoint)Web exploration  Third Grade Weather Project (Word & HyperStudio)Word HyperStudio

3-5 Social Studies  Colorado History modeled after Ohio SchoolNet’s Project with OETNC ( Colorado History  50 States Project (HyperStudio & KeyPals)HyperStudio KeyPals  Using free service from teaching.com:

3-5 Mathematics  Calculation Fun (Inspiration)Inspiration  What Do We Do All Day? (Excel)Excel  Word Problem Workbook (PowerPoint)PowerPoint  National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, ml ml

3-5 The Arts  Animal Artists Video Conference Animal Artists  Claymation Club (iMovie & PowerPoint)iMovie PowerPoint  Safe Searching Project (Published Web Project)Published Web Project

Wrap up  Want to play with some software?  Need help? Check out our Adams 12 iTec Center Training Resources gcenter/train.htm