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The Use of AlphaSmart Technology Integrated Into Curriculum to Improve Student Writing

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The Use of AlphaSmart Technology Integrated Into Curriculum to Improve Student Writing

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    1. The Use of AlphaSmart Technology Integrated Into Curriculum to Improve Student Writing Lori Heck

    2. About the Student: Lori Heck will teach 6th grade math this coming school year. She has experience teaching 5th grade and middle school science. She has also served as building Technology Coach and Distance Learning Coordinator.

    3. Alphasmart Masters Project Map

    4. AlphaQuiz Software Software application for designing, implementing, and grading tests using AlphaSmarts Teachers create/save multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay tests. Serves as a valuable time saver and paper saver!

    5. Sample of AlphaQuiz Manager Software:

    6. Intermediate Lesson Plans Home Sweet Home Grade 4 It’s A Rap Grade 5 Genres - POETRY WRITING Grades 2-5 I Want One - Persuasive Writing Grades 3-6 Vocabulary Hintlet Grades 3-8 Classic Book Report Middle School Level Growing Sentences Middle School and High School Levels Newsworthy Limericks Middle School and High School Levels Scavenger Hunt All Grade Levels KWHL Grades 3 & up Newsworthy Information Grades 3 & up Identify and Describe Middle School Level Pen Pal Punctuation Day All Grade Levels Mad Libs with AlphaSmart All Grade Levels Newspaper Articles With a Fun Twist Middle School and High School Levels

    7. GROWING SENTENCES Level: Middle and High School

    8. KWHL Grades 3 and Up:

    9. Writing Achievement with AlphaSmart Compare writing samples of 21 fifth graders using traditional pencil/paper and AlphaSmart The same writing prompt was given in both instances. No writing instruction was given between the two writing prompts Hypothesis was proved correct: Using AlphaSmart technologies does increase student writing achievement!

    11. Number of Spelling Errors:

    12. Number of Adjectives:

    13. Number of Grammatical Errors:

    14. Number of Punctuation Errors:

    15. Flow Score (out of 4)

    16. Paragraph Indenting Frequency:

    17. AlphaSmart Handbook Sample Page:

    18. Handbook Sample Page Continued:

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