OpenIdeas: Integrating Technology into Instruction

Introduction

Welcome to Integrating Technology into Instruction! This training will give you the opportunity to understand how technology can easily be integrated into your instruction to make learning more meaningful and engaging for your students!

Process

Part I

Day 1

DO NOW

1) Skim and scan the article, 10 Jobs That Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago or view the video Top 10 Jobs That Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago.

2) Respond to the discussion topic, "Specify a job from the article that you think some of your students may be interested in pursuing. What skills would they need to possess to be successful at this job?"

Today's Big Idea: Understanding Technology's Role in the Common Core and Danielson Framework

1) As a whole group, watch the video, 21st Century Skills in Action. Be ready to discuss:

  • Why are these skills necessary for today's students to be College and Career ready?

2) Click on the link to take you to Common Core Standards, The Common Core Classroom. Select "Edit" and "Find" type in the term "Technology" then click "Done" to quickly see where technology is addressed in the standards for Grades K-5. Be ready to discuss the following:

  • At what grade is technology required to be used by students?
  • How is technology expected to be used from that grade on?
  • Who is responsible for teaching this standard?
  • What foundations need to be set to help prepare students to be successful at this standard? 
  • Who should be laying this foundation?

3) Conduct a similar search of the Danielson Rubric using the following link, The Charlotte Danielson Framework For Teaching. Be ready to discuss the following:

  • How are you evaluated on the use of technology?

Day 2

Today's Big Idea: Exploring ways to use technology to plan and deliver instruction

1) Go to the FREE website TypingWeb Portal and login using username: witter(last name) password: last name. Select "courses." Practice the homeroom keys. Explore the tabs at the top. Be ready to discuss:

  • How/when could we integrate a program like this? What would be the benefit of having students practice using TypingPortal?

2) Watch Inside the Active College Classroom video. In what ways can the idea of a "Concept Laboratory" be woven into your day?

3) Watch the tutorial on Twiddla. Think about HOW MANY WAYS you could use this in your classroom during a lesson.

4) Go to my Twiddla meeting. Be ready to participate in our meeting! *Note: To save a Twiddla meeting, you will have to create a FREE 30 Day Trial.*

5) Check out ClassroomFirst Calendar Planning  or Google Apps for Educators: Lesson Plans That Integrate Technology for ideas on how to tie in technology and current events to your instruction. These websites have thousands of educator-reviewed web resources, searchable by subject/grade or keyword. You can also find lesson plans/units, ready-to-go content you can share on student computers, a projector, or interactive whiteboard, and special topic collections of web resources!! Be ready to share with the group:

  • What is one lesson that interests you? How is technology used to enhance this lesson?

6) Be ready to respond to the following discussion topic in OpenIdeas: What was a resource that you looked at today that you would like to use in your class? How do you see yourself using it?

Day 3

Today's Big Idea: Exploring ways to use technology to deliver and assess instruction

1) Watch the video The Flipped Classroom as a whole group. Be ready to discuss: 

  • How would this benefit our students?

2) Watch the news broadcast on the Flipped Classroom in Action. Be ready to discuss:

  • How can I see this working in my classroom? What would be a lesson I know my students could use more direct instruction?

3) Follow the link Intergrating Technology Padlet Classroom for the program Padlet that was used in the Flipped Classroom in Action video. Double click on the wall, type your name, hit enter and respond to the question posed.

4) When you are done, create your own FREE login for Padlet

5) Watch the tutorial for how to create a Padlet Classroom

6) Create your own Padlet and post the link to OpenIdeas. Comment on a friend's Padlet Classroom!

7) All done? Complete your reflection and turn it in!

Additional Resources

Evaluation

Part II

Day 1: Using Technology to Foster Collaboration

Exemplary in 1D states, “The teacher’s plans and practice incorporates resources and technology in and beyond the school or district… on the internet…to enhance knowledge to design instruction and…enhance learning.”

1. Go to the website http://www.collaborativelearning.org/activities.html find an activity that you can use, or accommodate, to fit an upcoming lesson.

On OpenIdeas, post a comment that describes the activity and how it fosters collaboration. 

2. Check out this website to find a school that is looking for someone else to collaborate with http://www.cilc.org/collaboration_all.aspx

What is a project idea on there that you could get your students involved with?

What is an idea that you have to get your students to collaborate with others?

3. Go to the website www.cacoo.com and create a free login. You will be assigned a partner. You and your partner will create a mind map that shows what you understand about how to use technology to foster collaboration!

Directions:

Partner 1

  • Select the Diagram tab at the top
  • Select create a new diagram
  • Select the Mind Map template
  • Delete all of the text and pictures out of the bubbles
  • Click Save Diagram “Collaboration”
  • Press share
  • Type in your partner’s email address- invite

Partner 2

  • Partner will accept in the email
  • Click the diagram
  • Click on edit
  • Both of you can start typing
  • Use the text messaging feature to communicate

Part II

Day 2: Using Technology to Create an Inquiry-Based Classroom

Do Now:

Visit ToonDoo and PowToon. You can create a Free Account. With this website your students can create their own cartoon book or animated video! Spend about 5 minutes getting to know these easy to use programs.

Today you will dive into creating WebQuests. Once you are comfortable with the process this is a great strategy to help all types of learners, including your most ACTIVE ones! WebQuests can be designed for any subject or purpose and fosters self-directed learning and responsibility!

1. Visit the WebQuest to Learn about WebQuests site.

2. Read the Process section and select a role that best fits your personality.

3. Using the Worksheet begin to analyze the WebQuest examples (we will spend about 5 minutes on each site)

4. Be prepared to discuss the WebQuests that appealed to you the most and why.

5. Visit QuestGarden Search and search for a WebQuest that you might be able to use, or modify, with students in your class.

6. Be ready to discuss when you think you would be able to give students the opportunity to work on projects like this.

7. Watch the video the Future of Technology to see the future of technology in the  career world!

Part II

Day 3: Increasing Your Knowledge of Technology

Today will be our camera training. You will learn how to work these cameras which can be used to help you enhance your instruction. Possible uses are:

  • Creating a flipped or blended learning environment
  • Record real-world situations to create authentic Math Tasks 
  • Take pictures of real-world objects to add to WebQuests
  • Collaborate with classrooms around the world through video conferencing