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Selecting Technology TAP

Selecting Technology TAP. Kellie Hancock, Ashley Bonn, Haley Taylor, Payton Blankenship, Jessie Sokol , Alison Fountain. Context. Violet Middle School 8 th grade team Kellie- Pre-Algebra Haley- Social Studies Ashley- Special Education Ali-English Payton- Science Jessie- Algebra.

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Selecting Technology TAP

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  1. Selecting Technology TAP Kellie Hancock, Ashley Bonn, Haley Taylor, Payton Blankenship, Jessie Sokol, Alison Fountain

  2. Context • Violet Middle School • 8th grade team • Kellie- Pre-Algebra • Haley- Social Studies • Ashley- Special Education • Ali-English • Payton- Science • Jessie- Algebra

  3. Focus • Problem-solving skills • Critical thinking • Improve high-stakes testing • Succeed in high school • Improve research and writing skills

  4. Goals • Research • Problem-solving • Critical thinking • Using information they find • Approach tests logically • Improve test-taking skills • Express ideas effectively through writing • Improve writing skills • Help succeed in high school

  5. Needed Technology

  6. Netbooks • Goals met: • Problem-solving • Critical thinking • Research and writing skills • Testing skills • Acer, Chrome OS, 2GB memory, Dual-Core Processor, 16 GB SSD • Various Apps will be downloaded to assist in meeting goals • Netbooks will be shared between classes • Netbooks will be numbered and assigned to students • Teachers can monitor activity

  7. Cart • Store, transport, charge, and protect Netbooks

  8. Socrative Response System • Goals met: • Problem Solving • Test-taking skills • Writing skills • Online student response system • Students can use netbooks to answer questions • Answers come to teacher iPad or interactive white board • Easy to create questions, and to answer

  9. Netop vision • Goals met: enables teacher to be sure goals are being met without distraction from outside sources • Teacher can monitor students’ computers from their iPad • See what each student is doing • Make sure students are staying on-task • Picture of each students’ screen is transferred to teacher iPad for viewing • Stays updated with whatever is on student screen

  10. Ipad • Teacher use only • Use to collect answers fromSocrative • Use to monitor computers with Netop • Download apps for instruction • Research how to best meet goals • Find new apps for students to use • Administrative tasks • Indirectly meets students’ needs by supporting teacher

  11. Set-up/ IT • Why we need it • Updates, protection, trouble-shooting, set-up

  12. Basic Teacher training • Teachers need to learn to use and implement new technologies in their classrooms to meet diverse student learning needs. • Series of three training sessions designed for teachers teaches them to use new technologiesto support diverse learning styles. • Things to know: • How to maintain hardware (various devices) • How to download and support software (various devices) • How to use basic apps • How to determine which apps are most useful • How to close the digital divide and meet technology needs of all students

  13. Extended Teacher training • Research Lessons for students • Online session helps teachers discover technologies and strategies to help students learn to effectively conduct research. • Digital technology integration • Online session trains teachers to effectively integrate technology into their classrooms • Includes using wikis, blogs, etc.

  14. Expenses

  15. Goals met • Learn researching and problem solving skills • Learn how to approach tests logically with critical thinking skills • Learn how to express their ideas effectively through writing

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