Lecture- Administration

Technology uses:
memos, letters reports budgets
make sure students meet standards

1. lesson plans
meet all standards
track lessons for next time
revise --> improve
submit lesson plans
graphing assessment
tools: curriki- includes lesson plans with videos

2. Learning management systems
HotChalk- similar to oncourse, lessons, assignments
Moodle- discussion boards, resources, quizzes
IQuity

3. Data driven decisions
Information to improve teaching
NCLB- data required on every student
hard data provides objective view on how/what to improve

Technological devices:
PDA to track students with emergency info, behavior reports, grades, photos, etc
Electronic Gradebook
Student IDs
Skills based report cards
MyGradebook

--Side Notes--

I find it freaky that a teacher could have an exobident amount of information about any student at the end of his/her fingertips. I also think that the PDA just sets teachers up to profile kids and not actually get to know them. 1984! BIG BROTHER

Lecture- Assessment

True False
Advantages- Short, grading is easy
Limitations- Rote memorization

Matching
L- Process of elimination, recognize rather than recall
A- Associations, quick

Fill in the Blank
L- harder to measure higher thinking skills
A- guessing decreased, explore more content

Multiple Choice
L- difficult to write/plan distracters, more than one best answer
A- students must be able to recognize "best" answer, confront misconceptions

Essay
L- bluffing, time consuming
A- expand on knowledge

Portfolio

Open Ended Experiences
L- many correct answers, difficult to grade
A- novel situations, judged by students responses
examples: mock trials, debates, simulated experiences

Long Term Projects

Use Assessment by following up on results!

Rubrics available online through Rubistar and similar programs

K/W/L chart

formative- assessment during lesson to make sure students understand and grasp concepts
summative- assessment at the end of the lesson to see what the students learned

lab

professional standards- how I will be evaluated

Integrate standards into justifications
link in resources sections

homework:
find academic standards area, start reading and gain familiarity with way things are phrased.

each artifact should IDEALLY address a standard-- go through standards and think about how the things we've done in class could be one way to get at what the standard is asking of us.

Lecture

Data Collection/Analysis tool- form of learning whereby students use technology to gather and synthesize information
examples: electronic gradebook
student managment systems
graphs
Spreadsheet tools- organize, input, edit, chart data
examples: formulas/functions
templates/macros
Database management tools- customized records, retrieve targeted records, update/edit info
examples: sort data/query database
record interviews

Specific Tools- Excel, Google Spreadsheets, Inspirdata, Timeliner, OpenOffice.org Calc, Num Sum, Edit Grid

In class activities:
motion detector, automatically inserted in to chart
thermometer, automatically inserted in to chart
M&M experiment