1. + Salisbury Township School District Allentown, Pennsylvania Jennifer L. Aponick, Supervisor of Special Education Lynn Fuini-Hetten, Instructional Coach Nora Perron-Jones, Director of Special Education One Size Does Not Fit All: Fostering 21 st Century Learning

2. + Poll: What is your role?

3. + Our Presentation Wiki http://case.stsd.wikispaces.net/

4. + Our District Salisbury Township School District Allentown, Pennsylvania 1800 students district-wide 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school Technology & Learning Implementation Plan

5. + District Implementation 2006-2007 Piloted one interactive whiteboard in 5 th grade Learning Support classroom during 2006-2007 school year 2007-2008 Learning Support in 5 th grade in both elementary buildings Grades 10-12: 10 Classrooms for the Future classrooms (150 laptops / 10 interactive whiteboards) Grades 6-9: 3 classrooms (15 laptops / 3 interactive whiteboards) District-wide workshops in the implementation of authentic literacy strategies and technology integration

6. + District Implementation 2008-2009 Grade 3: interactive whiteboard, projector, teacher laptop Grade 4: interactive whiteboard, projector, teacher laptop, 4 student laptops Grades 5-9: interactive whiteboard, projector, teacher laptop, 8 student laptops Grades 10-12: 1 additional cart of 30 laptops, interactive whiteboards in all core instructional areas Special Education, Grades 4-12: interactive whiteboard, projector, teacher laptop, 4 student laptop Focus group sessions with parents, students, and teachers Workshops—Integration of 21 st century skills, Literacy and Technology, Meet my mac, Google Docs, Skype,1-1 sessions etc.

7. + District Implementation 2009-2010 All teachers and administrators with laptops K-2: interactive whiteboard and projector ESL and World Languages: interactive whiteboard and projector Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) Self-directed enhancement of best practices with literacy, technology, and 21 st century skills 2010-2011 All instructional areas (K-12) with interactive whiteboard and projector

8. + Change in Philosophy From teaching content to teaching students Inquiry-based Collaboration Authentic learning and assessment Realization about what’s important Essential questions Big ideas Overarching ideas

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10. + Poll: What 21st century skills are most imp...

11. + Differentiated Instruction Flexible approach to teaching with varied approaches to content, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differences in readiness, interests, and learning needs (Tomlinson, 1995) Technology Integration serves as an excellent vehicle to help educators achieve the goal of differentiating instruction

12. + www.challengeyourstudents.org

13. + Differentiated Instruction Principles Acceptance and respect of differences Materials and tasks at varied level of difficulty Motivates students to work to their highest potential Meaningful learning that emphasizes essential questions Teachers who serve as facilitators of learning and use an array of strategies that connect instruction to student needs Instruction is guided by on-going assessments Integrating technology can meet these differentiated instruction strategies

14. + Wordle.net What does DIFFERENTIATION look like?

15. + How can this benefit my students? Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Opportunities to work with appropriate concepts and technology tools and in groups of peers with a range of backgrounds and abilities Develop strengths and apply creativity to material and products that interest them

16. + ADD/ADHD A student with attention deficit disorder applies strategies for coping with the syndrome by gathering and organizing information during the research process.

17. + Blind A blind student uses screen reading and voice recognition software to research and write a narrative essay from the point of view of a blind hurricane survivor

18. + Dyslexic A dyslexic student who has never liked school becomes the class’s foremost expert on desktop publishing and looks forward to a career in graphic design.

19. + Math Disability A student who dislikes math because of computation difficulties uses a spreadsheet application to conduct a sophisticated analysis of survey data and creates charts that illustrate relationships among the data.

20. + Cerebral Palsy An augmentative communication device allows a student with cerebral palsy to lead a group of students in the design and production of a newsletter on career opportunities for people with disabilities.

21. + Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 Web 2.0 is the term used to describe the use of web technology to create, share, and collaborate with others. Web 2.0 applications allow users to do more than just retrieve information. Web 2.0 allows users to participate and interact. Web 1.0 vs. 2.0 Comparison Chart Web 1.0Web 2.0 ReadingWriting CompaniesCommunities Client-serverPeer-to-peer Home pages/Personal websitesBlogs PortalsRSS (Really Simple Syndication) WiresWireless OwningSharing NetscapeGoogle Dial-upBroadband Hardware costsBandwidth costs Britannica OnlineWikipedia Content management systemsWikis Directories (taxonomy)Tagging (“folksonomy”) Read onlyRead/write/collaborate Individual intelligenceCollective intelligence StaticDynamic Commercial/ProprietaryOpen source/shared

22. + Web 2.0 Wikispaces blogger.com edublogs.org RSS Feeds skype.com Google docs twitter.com surveymonkey.com ustream.com delicious.com ning.com Diigo.com

23. + Wikis

24. + Discovery Education Video library 80,000 video clips Tied to state and national standards Teacher Center Calendar Lesson Plan Library Classroom Tools Assignment Builder Quiz Builder Writing Prompt Builder Professional Development Discovery Education Webinar Series www.discoveryeducation.com Passcode: STAR-4321 Active for 60 days Annual site license: K-8: $1570 9-12: $2095

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26. + Google Docs Edit anytime, from anywhere Choose who can access your docs Share changes in real time www.docs.google.com Free Collaborative Creation, Accessibility, & Peer Review

27. + BrainPop Educational website with short Flash-based movies for students in grades K-12 All closed captioned Multi-modal Interactive Motivational BrainPop Jr. (K-3) BrainPop Jr. BrainPop (3-12) BrainPop BrainPop Educators Username: case Password: guest Active until November 7 Free Trial Classroom Subscription: $195

28. + Animoto Create 30 second videos from still photos with music Really easy for students Animoto Example 10 th grade student Animoto.com Free

29. + Create your own social network Can join other nings that interest you Ning.com Free

30. + Schedule an event Schedule a meeting Determine the best time/date for all participants Create a poll Doodle.com Free No registration required

31. + Concept mapping and interior design tool Flowcharts, diagrams, floorplans, and technical drawings www.gliffy.com Free for 5 maps Registration is required

32. + Questions ? Jennifer Aponick japonick@stsd.org Skype: jenniferaponick Lynn Fuini-Hetten lfuinihetten@stsd.org Skype: lynnfuinihetten Nora Perron-Jones nperronjones@stsd.org Skype: noraperronjones japonick@stsd.org lfuinihetten@stsd.org