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Integrating technology into the classroom. Presented by: Victor Rivera. Introduction.
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Integrating technology into the classroom Presented by: Victor Rivera
Introduction • The purpose of this training is to integrate technology into the classrooms. The training is designed to connect teachers with new ways to engage the students through technology. The training will introduce website and a variety of apps to enhance the student learning, while giving teachers more tools and resources for lessons. • A survey went out to the staff at Burr Elementary and the data collected from the survey will be used for this presentation • A final evaluation of the training will be sent out at the end of the training. • Staff will have 2 weeks to fill out the evaluation • Dead line is September 4th, 2013
Blooms digital taxonomy • Remembering • Understanding • Apply • Analyzing • Evaluating • Creating • As teachers this is how we can connect and engage our students. • Check for understanding through what the students create using technology.
Questionnaire • The questionnaire is available on line at our website • Click here to take questionnaire if you did not do so • Teachers will have their own user names and passwords for the website. • A follow up evaluation will be sent out via email.
What Burr Elementary has • The survey tells us that we have • 30 computers in the computer lab • Each classroom teacher has 4 – 6 computers in their rooms. • Computers in the classrooms • Computer lab • Tablets
Reflect on the survey that was taken • Questions 4-10 will be reviewed here. • As a technology user, I classify myself as: • Insert answers • I have the following experience using technology with students: • Insert answers • I classify my ability to design and assess lesson supported with technology resources for students as • Insert answers
Continue review of survey • I use a computer at home for professional work • Insert answers • I rate my computer access at school for professional work • Insert answers • I rate my frequency of professional use of technology • Insert answers • I rate my frequency of technology use with students • Insert answers
App resources • ABC Phonics Long Vowel Words free • The opposites • Spell til you drop from reading laboratory 2.0 • Sentence-opoly • The little red hen-a little golden book • Mathfight • InGeometry
Social media • Twitter • Follow (Edutopia, TCEA & Teacher lingo)
Take the next 30 minutes • The next 30 minutes will be for you to go back to your classrooms and get familiar with the websites and apps • Please make a quick lesson on how you will integrate these new resources into your classrooms. • You make work in grade level groups. • Please be back here at 3:30 so that we may share with each other our lessons
References • Dorsey, Jack. March 2006. San Fransico, CA: Twitter • Lucas, George and Arnold, Steve. 1991, the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF). Edutopia • Churches, A. (2009). Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. Retrieved from http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy • Random house digital Inc. 2011. The Little Red Hen- A little Golden Book App. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com
References cont. • Layne, Bill 2013. Sentence-opoly. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com • McGraw Hill Education 2012. Spell ‘til you drop from Reading Laboratory 2.0. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com • Mindshapes Limited 2012. The Opposites. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com • Abitalk 2012. ABC Phonics Long Vowel Words Free. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com • Class twist. Inc. 2011. Class Dojo. website retrieved from: http://www.classdojo.com/ • Socrative 2010. Socrative. website retrieved from: http://www.socrative.com • Wallace, Richard 1995. Pandorabots, website retrieved from: http://www.pandorabots.com/botmaster/en/home
References cont. • Dunn, Jeff. April 2012: 100 Ways to use Twitter in Education, by degree of difficulty. Website retrieved from: http://edudemic.com/2012/04/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty/ • Lenz, Sara. September 6, 2011. Deseret News “Data, Critics question value of technology in the classroom”. Website retrieved from: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700176771/Data-critics-question-value-of-technology-in-the-classroom.html?pg=all • Hertz, Mary Beth. March 13, 2013. Edutopia: How teachers use technology: the latest research. Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-teachers-use-technology-mary-beth-hertz