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Elementary Instructional Technology Tools

Initiatives That Lead To More Robust Learning

Presentation to the Board of Education

March 19, 2013

Debbie Fallon-Computer Teacher

deborah.fallon@plainedgeschools.org

Elena Phillips-Enrichment and AIS Specialist

elena.phillips@plainedgeschools.org

Resources to Address RTI AIMSWEB and NWEA

AIMSweb

• 3 screeners (Fall, Winter, Spring)
• Progress monitoring probes (administered weekly, bi-monthly, etc..)

depending on Tier

• On-line screening & progress monitoring expedited process
• Formulates graphs to show Rate Of Improvement

NWEA

• Administered to all K-1 students
• Administered to Tier 2 and 3 students in grades 2-5

Ensuring Success

• Data meetings held often to discuss student progress and interventions

needed for success

• AIS/Reading/Math specialists have fluid schedules

eSpark

• iPad program
• Individualized programs

set up for students receiving services

• Based on NWEA scores
• Pre/Post- Tests
• Apps and instructional videos geared toward specific skills
• Student made video as culminating activity

ELA Common Core

• Highlight ELA Common Core Standards that directly entail the

use of technology

• Meet by grade level
• Review standards we are meeting and others we need to plan

further to address

ELA Common Core: Speaking and Listening

• 2. Comprehension and Collaboration -Integrate and evaluate information presented in

diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively and orally.

• Kindergarteners making a connection to a story read on Starfall.com.
• First graders asking and answering questions about key details in a text read

aloud or information presented orally or through other media such as the Think Central Journeys website, Tumblebooks, or BrainPop Jr.

• Second graders describing details from a text read aloud or information presented

through some other media such as Think Central Journeys, Storyline Online or Online Storytime.

ELA Common Core: Speaking and Listening

• 5. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas-Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of

data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

• Kindergarteners adding details to a creation at the

janbrett.com website and then sharing details about their creation.

• First graders teaching about math addition strategies
• Second graders creating audio recordings to promote fluency

with a reading specialist.

• Second graders creating a class multimedia presentation using

Smart Notebook highlighting their dreams by including text, an illustration created at kerpoof.com to clarify ideas, and an audio recording.

A whale sticks its tail out of the water and swings it around into the air. Then, it slaps its tail on the water making a very loud splash! This is called lobtailing.

WHALES

ELA Common Core: Speaking and Listening

• 5. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Third graders researching a country, “photoshopping” themselves into a photograph from their country and then creating audio recordings as if they were visiting the country.

ELA Common Core: Speaking and Listening

• 5. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
• Fifth graders creating a video about volcanoes in Enrichment
• Free Online Teleprompter

ELA Common Core: Speaking and Listening

• 5. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
• In collaboration with enrichment specialist and art teacher, fourth graders using

MovieMaker to create digital poems containing audio recordings, original illustrations and graphics found online.

• In collaboration with library media specialist and fourth grade teachers,

fourth graders creating public service announcement videos by working cooperatively to create scripts promoting nutrition, filming and then editing video using MovieMaker.

ELA Common Core: Speaking and Listening

• 5. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA Common Core: Reading for Informational Text and Literature

• 7. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas -Integrate and evaluate information presented

in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively as well as in words.

• Second graders reading along with a non-fiction audio book at

BookFlix, taking notes and sharing the author’s purpose or reading a fiction ebook and creating a web of the characters, setting and plot.

• Second graders using Enchanted Learning and other related websites

to briefly research Christopher Columbus.

• In collaboration with library media specialist, fourth graders

interpreting online information related to explorers which includes interactive elements, timelines, graphs and diagrams.

• Fifth graders using Google Earth and related websites to record

information about plate tectonics and landforms in a specific area and sharing research by creating a clay model.

Read to Succeed

• Great Adventure’s K-6 Read to Succeed program encourages recreational

reading

• Students reading for 6 hours recreationally receive a free ticket to Great

Adventure

• Family members receive a discount on ticket purchases

ELA Common Core: Writing

• 6. Production and Distribution of Writing-Use technology, including the Internet, to

produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

• Kindergarteners using Microsoft Word to writing about

their dreams for the world or publishing Love Lists.

• First graders using the drawing and text tools at Disney’s

kerpoof.com to create Valentines for veterans.

• Second graders using bubbl.us to brainstorm what makes their

community unique and then using web to compose an essay.

• Second graders researching and writing about places in their

community and the creating a Plainedge Tour in Google Earth.

• Third graders publishing survey results by creating graphs using

Kids’ Zone Create A Graph.

ELA Common Core: Writing

• 6. Production and Distribution of Writing-Use technology, including the Internet, to

produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

• Fourth graders researching various

aspects of Algonquin and Iroquois culture, publishing research using Microsoft Word and then copying and pasting their essays into Wordle to analyze their own writing.

• Fourth graders creating PowerPoint

presentations to highlight their Digital Memory Box collections.

• Fifth graders publishing essays using

Microsoft Word vividly depicting gifts they wish they could give to the world.

Publishing Proficiently

• Kindergarten and First

ABCya Keyboarding Zoo Focus on using two hands Publish several pieces

• Second

Dance Mat Typing ABCya Keyboarding Challenge Use yarn as visual reminder to use two hands Posture

• Third

Dance Mat Typing

Highlight Word Count in Word

• Fourth and Fifth

One Minute Typing Test Nimble Fingers Free Typing Lessons

Collaboration Experiences

• First graders communicating with author Robert

Munch using the online form at his site.

• Second graders participating in a Read Every Day

webcast with Taylor Swift presented by Scholastic.

• Students celebrating reading and learning respect

for another community by participating in a Read Across the Planet videoconference. Classes compose and share a class presentation highlighting reading in some creative way during the videoconferences.

• Third through fifth graders participating in an

interactive webcast with the National Constitution Center.

• Students communicating in a free videoconference

with NASA.

ELA Common Core: Writing

8.Research to Build and Present Knowledge-Gather relevant information from print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

• Third graders using various websites to locate information

about Roberto Clemente, paraphrase, and take brief notes about him as an extension to a recent Journeys selection.

• Third graders researching various countries and then

creating a tour in Google Earth.

• In collaboration with the library media specialist, fourth

graders gathering relevant information from digital sources, taking notes, categorizing information, and creating a list of sources used as they learn about nutrition.

• In collaboration with library media specialist, fifth graders

conducting research to locate information regarding the 5 themes of geography as related to a certain area in the Western hemisphere.

ELA Common Core: Language

• 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and

phrases based on current grade level reading by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

• Second graders using glossaries and beginning

dictionaries such as Little Explorers Picture Dictionary to clarify the meaning for words and phrases.

• Third graders using glossaries or beginning dictionaries

such as Word Central, to determine and clarify the precise meaning of key words or phrases.

• Fourth graders consulting print and digital reference

materials such as digital thesauruses, dictionaries and glossaries to clarify the meaning of words as they research Native Americans.

World Education Games

• Free online Literacy, Math and

Science international competition

• Provides live results to teacher

and performance data

• Interactive world-wide during

practice and competition

• Optional Computer, Reading,

Enrichment and Library

• pportunity
• Home-School Connection

Digital Citizenship

• Free CyberSMARTZ CAPS program
• Digital citizen wellness-coach
• First graders watching BrainPop Jr.’s free Internet

Safety video and then using the free Drawing About It activity to highlight a favorite website they recommend for other first graders and discussing why they recommended it.

• Second graders discussing Professor Garfield’s

Cyberbullying video.

• Fourth graders working cooperatively to watch

and take notes on a BrainPOP Digital Spotlight video, conduct further brief research about the topic and then create a Notebook file teaching

• ther fourth graders about the topic and giving

advice about the topic.

Webkinz

Digital Citizenship

• In collaboration with library media specialist and enrichment

specialist, fourth graders creating public service announcement videos promoting wellness including online safety using MovieMaker.

Wellness Film Festival

Dignity For All Students Act

• Acceptance video
• Professor Garfield’s Infinite Learning Lab- Diversity video
• Cartoons - Second graders using the Professor Garfield’s

Comic Lab or the Read Write Think Comic Creator to create comics promoting dignity

Dignity Quilt

SMART Notebook

Dignity Desktop Images

Dignity For All Students Act

Martin’s Big Words

• In collaboration with library media specialist, third graders reflecting on

Martin Luther King Jr. quotes portrayed in Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport and then using Microsoft Word to publish the meaning of the quotes and make a connection about how the quotes can be applied in

• ur lives.

After School Workshop Technology Opportunities

• PowerPoint Workshop
• SMART Notebook Workshop
• Let’s Get Technical Workshop
• Digital Photography
• Computer Learning Games

Think Central

• 21st Century Skills

 Online Learning  Problem Solving  Initiative

• Available to students 24/7
• GO Math and Journeys student books available online for

all students-Online versions have bonuses such as audio, highlighter and notes tools, and digital links to interactive lesson-specific support material

• Professional development during school day as well as after

school through our Teacher Center

• Enrichment optional assignments
• Incentives-Give incentive to students who pre-read story and build fluency

using Journeys Student ebook.

• Teach Family- “Teach” a family member the math concept of the day using

some of Think Central’s tools.

• Differentiated assignments to enrich, intervene or front-load instruction.
• Soar to Success used for math intervention
• Post links to external resources
• Pilot use of online tests in Think Central and debrief regarding benefits

and solutions to challenges encountered

Expanding Learning Opportunities through Think Central

Celebrate Students’ Initiative

Celebrate students when they show initiative using Think Central. Examples:

• A third grader proudly announces, “I jump on Think Central if I am

ready for school early rather than watching TV.”

• A second grader shares, “I used the Animated Math Models to

teach my mom how math is done.”

• “I go on GO Math and play with something I never heard of to learn

something new.”

• “I like to peek at tomorrow’s math lesson.”
• “ I logged in Think Central while waiting for my plane to Mexico at

the airport.”

Read Across America Day

• Primary and intermediate

assemblies

• Teachers create grade level

literacy questions which are used in a PowerPoint Jeopardy game during assembly

• Contestants chosen randomly
• Day themed with literacy

activities such as secret reader

Teacher Center Role in Technology Training

• Provides workshops by teachers for teachers in the area of

technology.

• Training workshops include:

– Using Think Central – Using Smartboards – Incorporating 21st Century Skills in the Classroom – Instructional use of Ipads

• Training for Parents at Parent University on digital citizenship.

Questions?