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Question 1 What do you know about using technology with students?

I know that using technology in my classroom motivates my students. When ever I have an activity where students can be involved in the learning, not just listening, they seem to be excited. In some of the tools that I have used they have showen more growth then I have seen in the past when I have not used technology. I like using technonogy as a whole group, for example using the smartboard to teach an activity, but I also think it is important to have the students work independtly as well. I work with first grade students and I recently team taught with our tech person and we taught them to log in the correct way into the computers. I never really thought this was mine to teach, but it was a goal in our district that they can learn to log in on their own by the time they leave first grade.

What do you want to know aobut using techoloogy with students?

 I want to know how to better use the smartboard. It is a wonderful tool for first grade to use as a model or to show examples, I would also like to learn to use it with small groups of students or a few students at a time. That way more students can get more practice. I would also like to learn more ways to use ipods or mp3 players to better enhance my teching of reading. Our first grade team has recieved grant money to purchase ipods or mp3 players. I can't wait to see how this all workds and if it betters the students learning.

Question 2 Look athe the Essential 21st Century Skills List - Select one skill and discuss how you already meet this skill via your current instruction. Select another Essential 21st Century Skill that you may NOT already touch upon and project how you might be able to meet that need in the future instruction.

Communication Skills - Understanding, managing, and creating efective oral, written, and multimedia communication in a variety of forms and contexts. In my first grade class I feel like I do a good job at the 21st century skill of communication. The students write daily in their journal. They are given oppertunities to share their stories infront of the class. I also encourage the students to use oral communication with each other when trying to solve a problem. I will listen as the teacher, but I really try to teach the students to communicate with each other when problems arise. I am still working on incorpating more multimedia communication with the first grade students.

Information and Media Literacy Skills - Analyzing, accessing, managing, integrating, evaluating, and creating information in a variety of forms and media.  I feel like I am good at intergrating different forms of media into my classroom, but I know that I need to allow the students to do more creating when it comes to technonogy. I also need to improve on allowing my students to access different forms of media. In an effort to improve this I recently had our tech helper work with me to teach all of my class to learn to log into the computer the correct way using their name and password. This was a huge step. Now I feel that I can bring students out to the world wide web and use some of the many rescorces out there to enhance my teaching. I also need to remember that some students are come with more and more skills regarding technology. They can do more then I think they can if I just give them a chance.

Activity 5 - Rubric Spelling Test Rubric

Positive:

Spelling Grade 4 - Advanced • All basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt correctly **AND** at least 4 of the 6 challenge/super challenge words are spelt correctly.

3 - Proficient • 5 or 6 of the basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt correctly.

2 - Basic • 2 or 4 of the basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt correctly..

1 - Minimal • 1 or less of the basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt correctly.

Less positive:

Spelling Grade 4 - Advanced • All basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt correctly **AND** at least 4 of the 6 challenge/super challenge words are spelt correctly.

3 - Proficient • 1 or less basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt incorrectly.

2 - Basic • 2 to 4 basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt incorrectly.

1 - Minimal • 5 or more basic words and words in the dictation sentence are spelt incorrectly.

Discussion Question 3

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These You Tube videos would be a great introduction for my first grade students regarding maps and the state they live in.

Chapter 5 is on Heather Folkman's Wiki page.

 The Gradebook below is for both Heather Folkman and myself.



Lesson Plans:

1. Learning about Wisconsin - KWL Chart and You Tube Video

D. 4.2 Use information, media and technology in a responsible manner. || ** Content Specific Standards: ** SS I The students will recognize and be able to use maps: Wisconsin and neighbors (MN, MI, IA IL) The United States and World || The students will identify the information that they think they already know about Wisconsin. They will then gain knowledge and add new information that they have learned about Wisconsin and maps.
 * ** Unit of Study: Social Studies Mapping and Wisconsin ** || ** Title of Lesson: Introduction to Mapping Unit in Social Studies ** |||| ** Lesson Duration: 30 minutes ** ||
 * Developed by: Jennifer Johnson ||
 * ** Subject Area(s):Social Studies ** |||| ** Grade Level(s): 1st Grade ** ||
 * ** Information Literacy Standards: **
 * ** Stated Objective(s): (Include the focused Instructional Strategy-see chart on page 13) **

Instructional Strategy: Cues, Questions, and advance organizers || The teacher will explain to the students that they will be learning about maps and Wisconsin. The teacher will use a KWL chart to find out the what the students feel that they already know about Wisconsin and maps. We will also brainstorm questions of things that we want to know about maps and Wisconsin. The teacher will then have the students watch the You Tube Video called Exploring Wisconsin Our Home : A Place Called Wisconsin. After the video the students will look back at the KWL chart and change any information that was incorrect. They will look at the questions to see if they can answer any of them. They will also then fill in the Learn column. || The KWL chart will be the assessment tool. It will also guide the lessons in for the rest of the Unit. ||
 * ** Materials: Projector, computer, **[] – you tube video address, Chart paper, markers, (KWL) chart ||
 * ** Explanation of Lesson: **
 * ** Student Assessment: **

A. 4.3 Use a computer and productivity software to organize and create information
 * ** Unit of Study: Social Studies: Wisconsin and its Neighboring States ** || ** Title of Lesson: Wisconsin and its Neighboring States ** |||| ** Lesson Duration: 45 minutes ** ||
 * Developed by: Jennifer Johnson ||
 * ** Subject Area(s):Social Studies ** |||| ** Grade Level(s): 1st Grade ** ||
 * ** Information Literacy Standards: **

A. 4.5 Use media and technology to create and present information

D. 4.2 Use information, media and technology in a responsible manner. || ** Content Specific Standards: ** SS I The students will recognize and be able to use maps: Wisconsin and neighbors (MN, MI, IA IL) The United States and World || The students will view Wisconsin and some of the important landmarks in Wisconsin. They will also view the four surrounding states including Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, and Illinois. They will also learn some of the important landmarks for each state.
 * ** Stated Objective(s): (Include the focused Instructional Strategy-see chart on page 13) **

Instructional Strategy: Nonlinguistic Representation || The teacher will explain to the students that they will be learning about Wisconsin and its surrounding neighbors. The teacher will use the program Google Earth (with pin points already on it.) The students will go on a virtual tour of Wisconsin and the surrounding states. The teacher will be the travel guide to take them to a variety of places within each state. The students will be able to connect the different places to their own life if they have been there by sharing stories. || The students will be asked to take a quiz. They will be asked to identify the Wisconsin and states around Wisconsin. ||
 * ** Materials: ** Projector, computer**,** Google  Earth (Pin points already created before lesson) ||
 * ** Explanation of Lesson: **
 * ** Student Assessment: **

Activity 16 Mail Merge

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Claymation Movie: I will email this to you. Heather Folkman and I worked on it.

Activity 20: Discussion Question 4 What have you learned from the readings, activities and discussions from this course about using technology with your students?

I have learned technology is a major motivator for students. They really enjoy using and looking at technology. It is very important for my 1st grade students to see things in a visual form. When I was able to use a YouTube video the students were exctied and it seemed to hold their interest. When I asked them what they remembered they were able to reacll facts or connect to some of the video from experiences in their own lives. I also was reminded about the seriousness of cyber bullying. I hear about it with texting lately, but I guess it does not directly impact me yet. I will recall the video we watched about the middle school boy and his choice to end his own life. Espically as my son begins to use all of the different types of technology. This class also gave me a few new tools to use in my room. One of my goals for next year is to try to use technology sometime during every unit that I teach.