Group+Assessment+Assignment

Participants will understand that technology can be used for collecting, organizing, creating, communicating, and presenting information.

What is important to know and do? Participants will be able to use this Enduring Understanding to integrate technology seamlessly into everyday instruction.

What is worth being familiar with that pertains to the topic? Participants will become familiar with technology tools such as Excel, Kidspiration, Inspiration, Webspiration, PowerPoint, KeyNote, Wikis, and Google Docs to use with their students and colleagues to display, collect, organize, create, communicate, and present information.

What are the desired results? || || Participants will reflect on their own progress and growth during the course by submitting reflections and discussion posts describing their perspectives and uses of technology in the classrooms and lessons. Students will continue to read journal articles, blogs etc. to learn of new applications that can be adapted to the classroom.After the lessons are used for instruction, the participants will evaluate effectiveness of the lesson process and the lesson outcomes, and refine for future use. ||
 * Explain || Students will create a wiki in order to collaborate about applications that can be used for collecting, organizing, creating, communicating and presenting information. ||
 * Interpret || Students will determine how technology tools can be seamlessly integrated into instruction. Participants select a technology tool that they have learned to use and develop a lesson that utilizes that application. Participants will design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in the curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem-solving, communication or collaboration. To demonstrate their understanding of tools and resources, participants will list ways tools and resources can be used in various lessons and adapt their current plans to include the use of these tools and resources. Participants will understand how each can improve upon the lesson and concepts being taught. ||
 * Apply || Participants will use the applications they learned about to communicate, organize, create, present, etc. and apply it to be used in a classroom setting.Participants can demonstrate their application of these new technologies by explaining how these new skills be applied to create new knowledge and understanding. Participants will create lessons and activities that integrate various educational technology tools and resources across multiple subjects and/or content areas.
 * Empathize || Participants will gain first hand experience using each of the technology tools and will consider any potential issues with the technology to empathize with others who may not be at the same skill level. To prepare for this issue, participants will create a survey to keep track of the difficulty level of the projects and adjust their lessons accordingly.  Participants can also create help or "how to" guides for each tool to assist with technological issues that may arise. ||
 * Perspective || Participants will collect data on student achievement and then determine what factors might influence these scores. Participants will see and hear students and peers reflect on the role that technology plays in their personal and professional lives.
 * Self-Knowledge ||


 * Formative Assessments:** Discussion responses, basic mastery of podcasting, Google Earth, iMovie, and Inspiration etc., reflection posts, scores on interim assignments, appropriate questioning


 * Summative Assessments:** Participants will create and maintain digital portfolios of lessons developed. They will write reflections for each entry.