Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works

1. Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works

2. HYSHigh Yield Strategies • 1. Identifying Similarities and Differences • 2. Summarizing and Note Taking • 3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition • 4. Homework and Practice • 5. Nonlinguistic Representations • 6. Cooperative Learning • 7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback • 8. Generating and Testing Hypotheses • 9. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

3. I.What Will Students Learn? • 1. Setting Objectives • II. Which Strategies Will Provide Evidence of Student Learning? • 2. Providing Feedback • 3. Providing Recognition

4. III. Which Strategies Will Help Students Acquire and Integrate Learning? • 4. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers • 5. Nonlinguistic Representation • 6. Summarizing and Note Taking • 7. Cooperative Learning • 8. Reinforcing Effort • IV. Which Strategies Will Help Students Practice, Review, and Apply Learning? • 9. Identifying Similarities and Differences • 10. Homework and Practice • 11. Generating and Testing Hypotheses

5. Setting Objectives

6. Recommendations… • 1. Set learning objectives that are specific but flexible • 2. Allow students flexibility in personalizing the learning objectives or goals • 3. Communicate the learning objectives or goals to students and parents • 4. Contract with students to attain specific learning objectives or goals

7. Add a dose of technology… • Word processing • KWHL chart • http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm

8. The subject is the book Using Technologywith Classroom Instruction that Works • What do you know about it? (K) • What do you want to learn about it? (W) • How do you plan to learn it? (H) • (L) will come later…

9. Why? • 3. Communicate the learning objectives or goals to students and parents

10. Why? • 4. Contract with students to attain specific learning objectives or goals • Word processing • “Learning Goals Sheet”

11. My Learning Goals • Our class learning goal for this unit: • Complete the following sentences to set your personal learning goals: • I know… • But I want to know… • I want to know more about…

12. Data Collection Tools… • Collecting data guidelines… • Consider including some engaging background information on the topic • Be sure to include open-ended questions that will reveal any misconceptions that you might need to address • Keep your survey short enough to ensure a large response and give your students credit for completing it

13. Free or inexpensive online survey Web Sites • www.surveymonkey.com • www.pollcat.com • www.websurveyor.com/free-survey-tools.asp • www.profilerpro.com

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18. Identifying Similarities and Differences

19. Web resources • www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp • http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm • www.Bubbl.us

20. Summarizing

21. Recommendations… • Teach students the rule-based summarizing strategy • Use summary frames • Teach students the reciprocal teaching strategy

23. AutoSummarize • Summarizing with Auto Summarize • Tools>Auto Summarize • Then you have 4 options… • 1. Highlight the key points • 2. Insert an executive summary at the top of the document • 3. Insert an executive summary in a new document • 4. Hide everything except the executive summary without leaving the document

24. Providing Recognition • www.printablecertificateawards.com • www.americangreetings.com/ecards.pd • www.123certificates.com

25. Send an Audio Email • Windows • Accessories • Sound recorder

26. Have a wonderful afternoon…