technology made to order
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Technology Made to Order. Differentiated Strategies Using Technology www.frco.k12.va.us. Instructional Resource Teachers Jami Wasilewski [email protected] Slone Lang [email protected]. Franklin County Public Schools. Invitation to Lunch. Choosing a Restaurant. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Technology Made to Order
Differentiated Strategies Using Technologywww.frco.k12.va.us
Instructional Resource Teachers
Jami Wasilewski [email protected]
Slone Lang
Franklin County Public Schools
Invitation to Lunch
Choosing a Restaurant
Provide a way to use computers in class
more effectively Offer teachers opportunities to meet
students’ individual needs Allow multiple projects to be in progress
Learning Menus
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Adapted from Susan Winebrenner’s extensionmenus
Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom
Promote differentiation Provide
Independent activities Extensions and enrichment of curriculum Opportunities for student choice
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Appetizer
Early Learning Menus Writing activities using paper and pencil Word processing
Microsoft Word
Activities used previously in classroom Venn diagram Journal entries
Websites Used in computer lab and by teacher
Learning Menu for Patricia Polacco Book
Tic—Tac—Toe
Email Samples
Dear Daddy,
I read a Patricia Polacco book called Uncle Vova’s Tree today. I liked it because it talked about Christmas. I can’t wait for Christmas to get here. I also liked it because it had good pictures and good describing words about what was going on…One thing I would like to change about it is that the characters’ names would be different.
Ethan
Dear Ian Hodges,
This is your big brother in third grade and you are my favorite brother. You also make me happy. I read a book called The Bee Tree and I liked the part when they catch the bees…In the story they catch three bees, but I would change the three bees to seven bees.
Love,
Big Brother
P.S. I also liked it when the bee led them to the tree.
Main Course
Current Learning Menus More technology
Kidspiration 2, PowerPoint Internet
Web quests ReadWriteThink
Digital cameras and camcorders
Wider range of difficulty Good for individuals and/or whole class
Customer Service
ITRTs and Instructional Resource Teachers (IRTs)
Model technology included on
learning menus
Work withlab managers
to assistteachers
and students
Provide technology assistance
cards
Work with students
Literacy Menu for Charlotte’s Web1. Electronic Diary
Pretend you are Charlotte. Using
Microsoft Word, write two diary
Entries about events in the story
that explain Charlotte’s thoughts
and feelings. Include things
Charlotte liked and did not like.
Write a complete paragraph for
each entry.
2. Construct a Triorama
Construct a model of a scene from the story. Include the setting, at least one character, and one important symbol from the story.
3. Teachnology Venn Diagram
Fill in the Venn diagram template
comparing and contrasting the
two different settings (the farm
and the fair). Include at least three
items in each section. Use the
Teachnology Venn diagram
tool to complete this menu choice.
4. Write a Song
Write a song that shares the feelings and thoughts of a character from Charlotte’s Web. Be prepared to share the song with the class.
Free Choice 6. Spider Web Fact and Fiction
Draw a spider web that fills the page. Create 10 flies to place on the web. Five flies should tell a fact from the story about spiders; five flies should tell fantasy details about spiders that are in the book. Use complete sentences.
7. Newspaper Article
Visit http://www.readwritethink.org
Click on the Printing Press link. Pretend you are a news reporter. Write an article detailing what happens when Mr. Zuckerman finds words in the web.
8. Alphabet PowerPoint
Create a PowerPoint presentation containing 26 slides. Write a letter from the alphabet in the corner of each slide. Type an important word from Charlotte’s Web that represents each letter. Include a graphic to go along with the word.
9. Create a Sequence of Pictures
Choose three scenes in the book and draw a picture for each scene. Each picture should have a one sentence summary of the scene that you illustrate. Share your pictures in the order they happened in the book.
My Side of the Mountain
3. Research Catskill Mountains
Do some research on the Catskill
Mountains. Include interesting facts:
location, size, part of what mountain
chain, etc. Present your findings in a
PowerPoint presentation.
By: Brittany Caya
• A mountain chain found in the southeastern New York state
• In the counties of Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schocharie, Sullivan, and Ulster
• The Catskills are often nicknamed “America’s first wilderness”
• Why do you think the Catskills are nicknamed “ America’s first Wilderness”?
• The Catskill mountains take up 300,000 acres of public forest preserve.
• The mountains also provide a portion of New York’s drinking water supply.
Think Dots Strategy
Websites to Support Think Dot Options
http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/doodle/index.html
http://www.m-w.com
Learning Menu for FractionsMath SOLs 3.5, 3.6, and 3.11
Naming Fractions
3.5 a
-http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
-click on the cell labeled 3 – 5
-scroll down to Fractions - Visualizing
Naming Fractions
3.5 b
-http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
-click on the cell labeled 3 – 5
-scroll down to Fractions - Naming
Comparing Fractions
3.5 b, 3.6
Create six problems that compare two fractions.
-open Kidspiration
-click on Picture
-type Comparing Fractions in main idea circle
-scroll through pictures until + Math Tools
-use fraction toolschange colors to create
your fractions
Comparing Fractions
3.5 b, 3.6
Locate fractions in the classroom and list them. Create one dozen (twelve) equations to be compared; only three may be equal.
-open Microscoft PowerPoint
-create title slide
-click on InsertNew Slide
-type one equation on slide
-type answer on next slide
Microsoft PowerPoint.lnk
Learning Menu for Investigating Environments
Science SOL 3.6
Water-related Environments
Create a chart that describes water-related
environments. Include examples of plants and
animals that live in each environment.
Brochure
Choose an environment. Pretend you own a
campground in that environment. Design a
brochure to persuade people to stay at your
campground.
Habitats
Complete the Habitats graphic organizer in
Kidspiration Change one of the dry-land
environments to river or ocean.
Population vs. Community
Use pictures and words to describe population
and community.
Microsoft Word.lnk
Microsoft Word.lnk
Microsoft Word.lnk
Learning Menu for Investigating EnvironmentsScience SOL 3.6
Technology Assistance Card (TAC)
Water-related Environments
Microsoft Word.lnk
Dry-land Environments Habitats
-open Word-click on Table-click on InsertTable-Number of columns: 2-Number of rows: 2-click OK-begin typing (boxes will expand as you work)
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-open Kidspiration-click on Picture-type title in main idea circle (can change to box)-insert two text boxes (one for plants and one for animals)-follow directions on learning menu
-open Kidspiration-click on Science-scroll down to Habitats-double-click to open activity-follow directions on learning menu
Assessment
Rubrics http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php County writing rubric
Checklists
Dessert
Teachers Students are on task Computers used more effectively Technology and core area SOLs are met
Students Have choices
Showcase products
Ownership in
learning
More proficient with
technology
Check, Please!
Tip with Technology
• http://district.ausd.net/docs/extension_menus.ppt
PowerPoint on extension menus• http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/curriculum/GATE/emenu.htm
has a list of menus• http://susanwinebrenner.com/Handouts.htm
has two menus