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1. Welcome! • Please sign in and pick up the handouts • While you are waiting, complete the activity “Name That Technology.”

2. Okay, so you’ve just attended a teacher training session that taught you how to integrate technology in the classroom

3. You’re really excited about the educational possibilities of all this new technology

4. No more overhead projector

6. Say goodbye to the Dark Ages

7. But there’s a problem

8. 1 You only have one computer in your classroom

9. And the computer lab is booked for the next few years

10. What should you do?

11. Integrating Technology with Limited Resources Jennifer Weaver jweaver@bcps.org

12. Our Workshop Goals • Participants will increase skills in the use and integration of technology in classroom instruction. • Participants will create a plan for maximizing the use of limited technology in their classrooms.

13. bcpsoitpd.pbworks.com

14. Name that Technology • 1980- Computers • 1856- Stereoscope • 1911- Film Projector • 1841- Globes • 1941- Radio • 1947- Television • 1840- The Chalkboard • 1855- Teacher & Blackboard

15. "While platforms shift and new technologies emerge... the message... essentially remains intact: start with your educational goals and let the technology serve them." (p2)"It severely undervalues and under uses the technology to think of it as an addition to the curriculum rather than as a tool to help you cover the curriculum you're already covering.” (p74)

16. What technology do you have access to? • Teacher Computer • Your own projector • TV attached to your computer • Elmo/ document camera • Two or more student computers • One student computer • Flip/ video camera • Digital still camera • Webcam • Ability to sign up for a lab • Response systems (votes/ clickers) • Interactive White Board

17. Three strategies for integrating limited technology: Use it to support differentiated instruction for specific groups of learners Incorporate it as a center or station for individuals or partners Use it as a teaching station for whole group instruction

18. Group Instruction Strategy • Break class into small homogeneous groups to maximize technology to user ratio • Technology is used by one group with or without teacher guidance based on their needs and learning goals • Other groups have chances throughout the year or within the lesson or unit • Students have an opportunity to learn from peers and engage with others

19. Stations/Centers Strategy • Centers that support the lesson objectives include the use of technology as well as other activities and complement what's happening at other stations around the room • Schedules and/or timers keep students moving • Stations should not be used only for reward, drill-and-kill, etc. • Station activities can be rotated within a one day lesson or over a series of lessons

20. Teacher Station Strategy • Engage in higher-level thinking activities (instead of a presentation to students, have a presentation that elicits from them) • Allow students to take turns interacting with the teacher station to give them practice with basic computer skills • Allow students to be the teacher • Get the students involved in the creation of content… group writing, dynamic presentations, students choose actions, etc.

21. Lets look at some ideas of how to use those three strategies

22. Lesson Implementation • Choose one of the two lessons posted on the wiki. • With a partner, look at it and decide which of the three strategies would be best to enhance the lesson with technology.

23. What is a self-sustaining environment, in terms of technology use in the classroom?

24. Discuss the best way(s) to: • Schedule computer use for equitable access; • Select appropriate configurations of individuals or groups; • Select the appropriate technology tool; • Pre- and post-assess student skills; • Provide modeling, guided practice, and student directions; • Use management strategies to maximize time-on-task, engagement and success; • Differentiate technology-integrated activities to provide appropriate levels of support in order to foster both achievement and independence achievement and independence

25. Lets look at some management strategies

26. Can one computer be a good thing? • The technology will be used in the classroom: "For the computer to help fulfill your goals, it must live where you live: in the classroom." (p14)

27. F.A.Q.s • How do I set up my room? • What’s the best and cheapest technology I can purchase that will impact technology use in my classroom? • Can I use my personal equipment? Can my students?

28. Integration Plan Exit Ticket

29. Bibliography • Dockterman, David. Great Teaching in the One-Computer Classroom. Tom Snyder Productions, Inc. 1998.