Altla workshop

ALTA!

Achieving Learning Through Technology and Access

Michele Dawson

Two Day Agenda• Welcome and Overview

• Marzano’s Nine Strategies

• Technology Tools that enhance learning-Note taking Webspiration

• Quickie Wiki

• Ipod Touch: Literacy at your fingertips

• Connecting Strategies and Technology with Graphic Organizers

• Reflection Wiki

• Versatility of Google Docs

• Enhancing Learning with Voicethread.com

• Planning using Multiple Strategies

• Create Multimedia Project

• Sharing Project

• Posting to Authentic Audience

• Reflection Wiki

Full Agenda

Outcomes• Identify technologies that

support research based strategies

• Knowledge and use of a variety of digital tools to enhance instruction

• Create resources and best practices to share with colleagues

Introduction

In Your Pocket

Find something in your pocket or purse which represents your use of technology in classroom instruction

Marzano’s Nine Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

• Identifying Similarities and Differences • Nonlinguistic Representations• Summarizing and Note Taking • Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers• Cooperative Learning• Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback• Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition • Generating and Testing • Hypotheses• Homework and Practice 

Authentic

Collaboration

21st Century Learning

Personalization

Relevance

Why Technology

Why Technology• Real life learning that promotes inquiry and create

authentic learning experiences• Providing scaffolding and tools to enhance learning and

additional opportunities for feedback• Building global and local Communities• Individualize and differentiate instruction to meet student

learning styles• Access to Culturally Relevant Curriculum and Literature• Promote 21st century skills, including critical thinking,

problem solving and communication skills

Technology is just ONE

ToolforLearning

curriculum

drivestechnology

Web 2.0 Tools

Podcasts

Wikis

Blogs

Social Networks

Scratch

Scrapblog

Google Documents

Ipods, Cellphones

Voicethread-

Online Literacy Resources

Readwritethink

Many Tools to Create on line

Multimedia Projects

Quizzes and on-line activities

http://www.manythings.org

See wiki for additional Websites

Assistive TechnologyTalking Text • Helps students who struggle with reading or composing or

speaking grammatically correct academic English• Kidpix and Inspiration

Summarizing Text• Highlight text can focus on key words, themes,• readability of text and grade level for any document.• Graphic Cues

Graphic Organizers• incorporating both images and text for analysis; ex.

Compare/contrast• Resources : Inspiration , FREE CMAP, :

Student Centered Learning Examples

American Revolution Project

• eslconf\Presentations\RevolutionVocab_OCR_Gr5_U4.isf

American Revolution Project

Technology to use

– Imovie – Garageband– Photostory 3– MovieMaker 2– Audacity

Integrated Science and ELA

Integrated Science and ELA

• Technology Used

• Scratch • Ipod/Itunes• Inspiration

Hand Held Devices• Give the ability to access tools and data at anytime, anywhere. • Communicate • create essays -create spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations • -read an eBook -take pictures and videos -beam projects and

assignments to peers or teachers• Handhelds can also help students organize:

– allowing students to self-correct their work.– Using alarms to remind students to attend special classes or finish task.– Using calendars to help students organize andrecall assignment instructions and due dates.

Classroom Use

Anytime Anywhere Learning

Anytime Anywhere Learning

Assessment

• Quia Pre-assessment • E-Portfolios• Rubrics• http://rubistar.4teachers.org• http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/

ALTA! Wiki

http://altaalemeda.pbworks.com/