Please Observe A Moment of Silence

1. Please Observe A Moment of Silence

4. Technology Integration Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Want to follow along? PowerPoint available http://www.ivyrun.com Go to http://del.icio.us/witchyrichy and click on ITRT

5. Web 2.0 Library Thing: Create your own online library… Librivox: Help record books…

6. Three Goals for Today • Big picture stuff • Lots of group sharing • Chance to engage in project-based learning

7. Main Ideas • The ultimate goal is to get technology in the hands of students, but for now, you’ll be working with teachers. • Technology can support learning in all kinds of classrooms. The WIDE View • Teachers need help to negotiate the demands of integrating technology and that’s your job!

8. Keeping Up Virginia’s Community of Learning VSTE Forums

9. To Do: • Subscribe to relevant lists: Blue Web’n, MarcoPolo, etc. • Join an organization: VSTE, ISTE • Learn about research: CARET • Read weblogs: http://www.bloglines.com/public/witchyrichy • Find professional development resources: PT3Now, GLEF, NetFiles

10. Off the Top of My Head • Have a job aide available for every piece of hardware. • Hold “certification” classes for using hardware. • Hold “just in time” and “make and take” workshops. • Use students for development and troubleshooting work.

11. What Do You Already Know? What’s been your biggest success so far in terms of instruction? What’s been your best idea? A quick snapshot of your teachers and technology: Ask the THREE Questions Technology Coach Handbook, pp. 32-34

12. The Future Is Now

13. Two Views of the Present Overhead Projectors Lesson: Take the wide view of technology Lesson: Not everything is a nail…

14. The Purpose of Education

15. Technology and the Curriculum • Learning from (technology provides curriculum: drill & practice, integrated learning systems, textbook enhancements) • Learning about (technology as curriculum: “computer” lab or class, programming, skills taught in context) • Learning with (technology supports curriculum: may include some version of the other two)

16. The System Administrative and Vision Access Skills Time Technical Support What do your teachers need in order to integrate technology effectively?

17. Integration is… • It’s about reflecting on our practice. • It’s about solutions to problems. • It’s about meeting needs. Two Stories About Blogs: Reflecting on my own practice: The Secret Life of Bees Reality: Chris B’s Blog;Chris B’s Source,The rest of Chris’s class! EEK!! It’s also about objectives, appropriate activities and aligned assessment.

18. http://www.ivyrun.com/colonialinst/technologyintegration.htm Ideas About Integration • Doing the same thing we’ve always done…but better…transparent technologies • Communicate • Acess Information/Research • Practice • Present • Assess/Reflect

19. Professional Development Tool: Technology and Teaching Strategies Webquests • http://www.ivyrun.com

20. Sharing Your Lesson Plans What is the teacher doing? What is the student doing? Where are they doing it? How are they using technology? If you’ve done it, how did it go? Ideas for differentiation, different grades, etc.

21. Lunch Time

22. Thinking About Inquiry Project-based, inquiry-based, problem-based learning…

23. Getting Rid of Bullies

24. ACOT Stages: the long version

25. ACOT and LoTI

26. Handbook, p. 38 Handbook, page 38

27. Problem-Based Learning Activities (pp. 19-20)

28. Visioning • Vreeland on Projects and Standards • What’s her message to you? • Project-Based Learning Webquest • http://www.ivyrun.com

29. Technology and Assessment Let’s Take an SOL Test… PRS