Engagement+Tools+for+the+Classroom

Grant Zimmerman - gzimmerman@knowledgenetworksolutions.com The National Paideia Center - gzimmerman@northcarolina.edu, gzimmerman52@msn.com


 * T.I.T.L.E. (Technology Integration for Teaching & Learning in Education**

Workbook is a self study book that we can take home and go through more indepth in order to understand and help develop a project for students.

Our challenge is to design student-centered projects in which students actively participate to produce products and artifacts within authentic, real world units of study.

Have to be cognizant of product and audience.

Projects to work on today:
 * Project Learning
 * Business Summit
 * Race to the Planets

[|12 Learner Centered Principles]: What words mean the most to us?
 * Discovering & Constructing Meaning
 * Authentic Learning Tasks

Think like an artist. Turn things upside down to give a differet view of things. Technology does not stand alone. Kids have fun at home with technology and not having fun at school.

Blooms Revised Taxonomy (must spend a greater time in the top three) **** [|**Revised link**] [|**Another Link**] [|**Third Link**]

Formula for Rigor

Using one piece of software is not technology integration. Doing a report in a word processor and printing it off is not technology use in a project.

Projects Need:
 * Collaborative Teams
 * Individual Work
 * Planning Grid
 * Tools such as Office, Zune, Movie Maker, Virtual (Bing) Earth, Photosynth

Macro Components: Micro Components:
 * Planning Process: **
 * Project Map
 * Product or Performance
 * Teacher Calendar
 * Assessment Tools
 * Student Calendar
 * Daily Lesson Plans (Need to know information...technology skills etc.)
 * Audience Description
 * Assessment

Have students assess their work. This will help them improve their work.
 * [[file:Flag and Pledge Seminar Plan.docx]]**
 * [[file:Flag and Pledge Seminar Plan.docx]]**