The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen

12 Successful Technology Projects

Teela WatsonDecatur ISD

Instructional Technology Coordinator

Technology Infrastructure

Current State of the Union

Transitioning from PC to Mac

Implementing 1:1 at HS during 2010-2011

Increased access at grades 3-8

JUMP

DISD Staff Development Opportunity - 3 Day Immersion in Web2.0 Tools

Move from Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered

Philosphy: Teachers don’t need to be experts with the tools, they just need to be willing to put them in the hands of students.

Kool Aid Dilemma

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The Ultimate Gift MS Book Study

Project was completed outside of all classwork on a volunteer basis

Students met 3 times during reading of the book with a facilitator for discussion

Students used the ASK process to create questions for the author

Students had a one hour Author Visit with Mr. Jim Stovall

The Ultimate Gift

TAKS Writing

Teachers met over DL to discuss “how it would look”

Teachers shared prompt, rubric and student expectations for peer conferences with classes

Students simulated TAKS Writing Test

Teachers numbered the papers and shared them with the other class

Students scored peer paper using TAKS Writing Rubric

Students peer conferenced through DL equipment

HS Spanish Video Project

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TAKS & Instructional Videos

Created to improve parent involvement

TAKS Videos

Instructional Videos for Students and Parents

Chamber of Commerce

School District asked to do Bond Presentation at Chamber Meeting

Team of five 5th graders interviewed and videotaped Chamber members as they came into meeting

While meeting was going on students created and edited a podcast about what the Chamber of Commerce does

Bond Passed!

Visit to North Pole1st Grade students wrote persuasive letters to Santa

Not just what they want but WHY they deserve it

Hooked up two classes at a time

Santa & Mrs. Clause were at North Pole (DHS)

Sing 2 songs

Santa pulls letters out of a mailbox and reads “selected” ones

Santa reads the name of every child and announces they are all on the “nice list”

Visit to the North Pole

Lions Club

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Iditarod Project

Iditarod

Science Days

Student Podcasts

LBJ National Grasslands PSA

Sharing & comparing Communities

3rd Grade Classrooms

Hooked up with schools from:

New York

New Jersey

Arizona

Nebraska

Indiana

Earth Day

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The Projects Were Brought to you by the following

Mrs. Carrillo’s 3rd & 4th Bilingual Class

DMS Language Arts Department

Mrs. Lemieux’s 7th Grade Language Arts Class

Mrs. Lemons 7th Grade Math Class

Coach Jordan’s 6th Grade Math Class

DIS 5th Grade Math Teachers (Hawkins, Scroggins, McCain)

Selected 5th Grade Students & Decatur Chamber of Commerce

DISD 1st Grade Teachers and Classes

Selected 5th Grade Students & Decatur Lions Club Members

Mrs. Somerhaulder’s Spanish Class

DIS Entire Staff

3rd Grade Classrooms

Rann Elem 1st & 2nd Bilingual