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

2. 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

3. 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 www.ikeepbookmarks.com www.backflip.com

4. 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

5. 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, http://www.techlearning.com/db_a rea/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html http://www.techlearning.com/db_a rea/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html A Visit to Copyright Bay, http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyr ightbay/ http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyr ightbay/ MidLink Magazine, http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/citin g.html http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/citin g.html  Not too early to start citation practices! MLA Online, http://www.mla.org/http://www.mla.org/ Slate Citation Machine, http://landmark- project.com/citation_machine/cm.phphttp://landmark- project.com/citation_machine/cm.php Noodlebib, http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/i ndex.php http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/i ndex.php  Use a rubric, even a basic one! Rubistar, http://rubistar.4teachers.org/http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Teach-nology, http://www.teach- nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/http://www.teach- nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ Kathy Schrock’s, http://school.discovery.com/schrockguid e/assess.html http://school.discovery.com/schrockguid 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!

6. 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  http://www.adams12.org/glacierpeak/insects/ http://www.adams12.org/glacierpeak/insects/  Disney’s Surf Swell Island, http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html  Starfall, http://www.starfall.com/http://www.starfall.com/

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

8. 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

9. 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, http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_1.ht ml http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_1.ht ml

10. K-2 The Arts  SFS Music Site http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp? pageid=1 http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp? pageid=1  Physical alphabet with digital photography  Computer Tag  Paper Making: Email & videoconference with Mead Paper, ChillicotheChillicothe

11. 3-5 Lang Arts  Switching to Outline with Inspiration to use sentence strips for paragraphsInspiration  Controlled Search Strategies (Web Exploration)Web Exploration http://www.adams12.org/eagleview/weitzel/index.htm  Effective Internet Research Skills (PowerPoint)PowerPoint  Holes Timeline (TimeLiner)TimeLiner  Progressive Pass-Along Stories  Progressive Stories Pass-Along Email Stories

12. 3-5 Science  Fourth: Colorado Wildlife Project (Published web exploration activity using MS Word)Published MS Word  http://www.adams12.org/coyote/wildlife.htm http://www.adams12.org/coyote/wildlife.htm  Fourth Grade Planetary Studies (Web exploration, Excel, & PowerPoint)Web exploration  Third Grade Weather Project (Word & HyperStudio)Word HyperStudio

13. 3-5 Social Studies  Colorado History modeled after Ohio SchoolNet’s Project with OETNC (http://www.historyhunt.org/attic.htm) Colorado History http://www.historyhunt.org/attic.htm  50 States Email Project (HyperStudio & KeyPals)HyperStudio KeyPals  Using free service from teaching.com: http://www.iecc.org/ http://www.iecc.org/

14. 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, http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_2.ht ml http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_2.ht ml

15. 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

16. Wrap up  Want to play with some software?  Need help? Check out our Adams 12 iTec Center Training Resources http://www.teacherweb.adams12.org/ad12learnin gcenter/train.htm