Technology Definitions

Formative assessment

When teachers take students were they are and  build upon what they already know. In formative assessment teachers will monitor the progress of students over a period of time.

• State Exams
• Poll the Class

Summative assessment De

Occurs at the end of an assessment. It allows students and teachers to be more analytical about assessment

• Benchmark assessment
• End of chapter assessment

Learning objectives

The outcome of what a student should learn  from a given lesson

• Obj.: To learn how to write in all four modes of writing effectively

                      To identify plot, character, setting and dialogue in narrative writing

Curriculum- Framing Questions

Questions that are designed to promote cognitive development throughout a given project.

• Open-ended questions or essential
• Unit questions
• Content questions

Gauge Student Needs

Performing different assessment methods to see what area student needs the most help

• Monitoring student performance through test
• Oral assessments

Encourage self-direction and collaborations

When teachers allow student to be a part of their own learning process. Allowing students to work with each other outside the classroom.

• Group projects
• Using Web based collaboration, such as blogs

Monitor progress

Staying abreast of students performance as an effort to help students’ continued growth

• Bench mark test
• End of the 9 weeks grading

Check for understanding and encourage metacognition

To assess students by asking for feed back on a given skill

• Informal test
• Question and answer sessions

Demonstrate understanding and skills

When student  show teacher how well they understand objective

• Giving students different assignments to show if they have mastered skill
• Keeping data profile sheet to monitor skill mastery

Review of Websites

Visit each site listed below then write a paragraph on each link below- stating how you could use the information in your educational community.  YOU MUST POST THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR BLOG.  AND  Please state your response in this section of the assignment.

RIGHT CLICK ON EACH BLUE LINK.

General Education Sites•        The Education Trust-- http://www.edtrust.org/ 

            The Education Trust web site was made to communicate with parents who wished to communicate with the financial program that is responsible for financing the college education of their children. Additional links on this website include the latest political stories concerning governor positions on primary and secondary education and “College for All”. Teacher news includes the latest positions for teacher merit pay. This site will be helpful for parents with school age children and for educators who wish to continue their education.

•          Teachers Support Network  http://www.teacherssupportnetwork.com/Home.do

 Teachers Support Network is a site that supports professional educators caught up in the pressures of balancing the No Child Left Behind mandate with Highly Qualified Teacher status pressures. A key point of this site is meeting the need of recruiting and maintaining highly qualified teachers for the classroom.This site can be used by state and local leaders of education who desire to recruit  and maintain the best teachers in the state.

 Copyright Information for Educators

            The Copyright Information for Educators site assists teachers in determining what information and materials can legally be utilized under the “Fair Use” provision of copyright laws. There is a copyright tutorial included with this site along with information on U.S. copyright laws and intellectual property policy.

 http://www.lib.byu.edu/departs/copyright/

            This site link brings up an identical page as the page entitled Copyright Information for Educators. It is chiefly designed to protect intellectual and written property using U.S. copyright laws as well as foreign courts for. It is chiefly designed to protect intellectual and written property using U.S. copyright laws as well as foreign courts for enforcement of copyright protection in the international arena. I would use this site when I find information on the WEB. This site will be helpful for teachers because it will help teacher stay mindful of copyright laws.

Technology Integration Sites

•          Multimedia and Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)

This site features connections to teaching sites in all major educational disciplines from science and technology, to social studies, to arts and education to humanities and business.  Materials include assessment tools, reference materials, case study materials, and presentation training.

http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

This site features a number of features listed on the original. This site is almost identical to the site found in the previous article. Student learning curves are examined and student mastery levels are supported with the use of this teaching tool. Chemistry, English, and biology mastery are among the highly sought-after student skills that are enhanced with proper usage of this site.   

Instructional Design - http://www.wideopendoors.net/  

This site features many valuable applications that run the spectrum from recommended book reading lists, to providing useful resources for web designers. This site would be helpful for me as a teacher should I decide to develop my own classroom web page with useful links for my students to utilize and become familiar.

http://www.innovativelearning.com/instructional_technology/index.html

The focus of this web page is to place relevant technology links in one central location to help teach professional educators about technology tools and aid in teaching and learning. Technology tools are abundant in today’s technology environment. The most effective teachers learn how to leverage the capabilities of the various learning tools to improve the learning experience for students and teachers alike.

Literacy Sites

  Alabama and Florida Reading Research Center Projects.

http://secc.sedl.org/resources/newsletter/spotlight/spotlight-v2n1.html

This site is very useful in helping students.  Through the collaboration of educational leaders, state and district leaders are able to better assist administrators reach the goal they have set for their school. This site gives leaders information on interventions for district schools in Alabama. I will use this site to  implement programs handed down by the state. Use method of interventions for my language class. Close any gap between teachers, administrators, parents and policy makers so that every stakeholder will be on the same accord when  implementing intervention programs.

http://www.readingrockets.org/research/sourcess

This site has a plethora of information that will be very useful to teachers and students.  It gives  of resources to help struggling readers. This site helps teachers understand why students struggle with reading and how to teacher students to read. I would use this website to get information on how to better asses students and use that assessment to begin the process of teaching struggling readers how to read with comprehension.

Avatar/Voki

Update your avatar to reflect who you are and the rules in your educational setting (classroom and school rules) Please state your avatar-voki URL here.

I change my avatar to say more and to give specific instructions to the class. I like the way in which I am able to use my own voice and record a message to my students. It allows my  students to hear the instructions in my own voice, and they are amazed at how I was able to record my voice. http://www.voki.com/php/viewmessage/?chsm=a248b9bb2d9847294d948cbadfedf5a8&mId=585603

Applications of technologies

Write  2 paragraphs how you will use a variety and application of technologies that are responsive to diverse needs of learners, learning styles and the needs of all students (for example, assistive technologies related to the topics in this module.

     There are several website that I viewed that would be very helpful in my classroom.  Much of this information I did not know anything about.  However, after I review the sites I have found that there are several sites that I could use for the students at my school.  One site in particular is http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html. This site introduces a variety of ways in which teachers may use to help students.   Some of the features includes podcasts, docs and spreadsheets in the classroom, Gone Google sample lessons, and Integrated Project-based lessons. I will use this site to help me and my co-workers better understand how to access and use Google applications.  To With the world using more technology than ever, it is necessary to use a variety new technologies to help educate a divers and changing world.

     These technologies will be useful for years to come. Students today, are well advanced in technologies and teaching new technology should be easy because of way in which student display a passions for new gadgets

Unit Plan

Unit Plan Template     

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Unit Author
First and Last Name					Frederica C. Willis
School District					Birmingham City School
School Name					Arrington Middle School
School City, State					Birmingham, Alabama
Unit Overview
Unit Title
Diverse Learning Communities
Unit Summary
My unit plan will design learning experiences that engage learning styles and multiple intelligences. I will administers valid, reliable learning style assessments and uses the results to design lessons and units of study that respond to the needs of all learners. My unit plan will provide learners with the  opportunity to choose learning experiences that build upon and enhance the effectiveness of their learning style strengths. My plan would also teach learners how to strengthen and/or compensate for learning style weaknesses.
Subject Area
Language Arts
Grade Level
7th Grade
Approximate Time Needed
3 -55 Minutes class periods
Unit Foundation
Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
4: Diversity 4d2:Designs learning experiences that engage learning styles and multiple intelligences 5.1: Collaborates with stakeholders to facilitate student learning and well being. 5.2Engages in ongoing professional learning to move practice  forward 5.5: Complies with local, state, and Federal regulations and policies.
Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes
To administer valid, reliable learning style assessments and uses the results to design lessons and units of study that respond to the needs of all learners. To provide learners opportunities to choose learning experiences that build upon and optimize their learning style strengths. To teache learners how to strengthen and/or compensate for learning style weaknesses.
Curriculum-Framing Questions
		Essential Question		What is the expected learning outcome?
		Unit Questions		Was this method effective for all learners?
		Content Questions		How can this unit be improved?
Assessment Plan
Assessment Timeline
Before project work begins Students work on projects and complete tasks After project work is completed ·    Students will write a summary of thier culture and what life is like at home ·    Teach will review all summaries and determine where the kid culture originates ·    Teacher will allow students to incorporate their background in the summary ·    Students may display work and include their background in the learning process ·    Review work to make sure that students are not getting off topic Give written test monitoring student’s ability to recognize different strategies taught in class.
Assessment Summary
Student are give several methods of assessment,including written, and audio. Students seem to be very vocal when they had a top in which they could relate to. Student performed well when given an activity that related to his/her own culture.
Unit Details
Prerequisite Skills
Knowledge of their own culture and how it may work with the classroom assignment
Instructional Procedures
Student used their own culture as a tool to help them complete assignment and test.
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction
	Special Needs Students		Students were given less question on the test and they were also allow to use their book for additional information.
	Nonnative Speakers		Some students used graphic organizers but there were no language barriers due to class being 100% African American
	Gifted/Talented Students		Students were given several websites to explore while at home to help familiarized them more with the subject.
Materials and Resources Required For Unit
Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed)

x Camera x Computer(s) x Digital Camera  DVD Player x Internet Connection	Laser Disk x Printer  Projection System  Scanner x Television	VCR  Video Camera  Video Conferencing Equip.  Other
Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.)
x Database/Spreadsheet  Desktop Publishing x E-mail Software x Encyclopedia on CD-ROM	Image Processing x Internet Web Browser  Multimedia	x Web Page Development  Word Processing  Other

Printed Materials	Glencoe,s Writer’s Choice and Write To Learn Resources
Supplies	Journal, pencil, computer, internet and copy paper
Internet Resources	http://pearsonkt.com/WritetoLearn/al/am
Other Resources	Parents were allow to help in the classroom.