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Teacher Evaluation & Technology Carol Almarez Elementary ITRT Fall 2012 How can technology help? • Meet Performance Standards • Help provide multiple data sources • Track student progress • Be part of a strategy to improve student learning Performance Standards & Sample Performance Indicators 3. Instructional Delivery o 3.3 Differentiate instruction o 3.5 Use a variety of instructional strategies o 3.6 Use instructional technology to enhance learning Instructional Delivery with Technology o Math Magic/ Word Magic apps: each iTouch set to the level of the student using it o Use Smartboard lessons to appeal to visual and kinetic learners • Ready-made lessons at http://exchange.smarttech.com o iPod Touch apps Story Kit or Puppet Pals: students are authors of a story, which can be recorded and/or illustrated, and shared in various ways o Smartboard lessons keep students engaged and active • If no Smartboard, use eBeam or Mimio Instructional Delivery with Technology • Use regular whiteboards or Smartboards for projection of : o Interactive websites (can get some from Pacing Guides) o K Science K.4 1st 6 weeks: Packing for the Park K.4 2nd 6 weeks: Sound & Hearing (BBC interactive) o 4th grade math 4.4: Estimating Quotients (Aha Math) Instructional Delivery with Technology • Tools from Math and Language Arts textbooks: o Journeys: http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do • Online Projectables o EnVision Math: www.pearsonsuccess.net • Home tab:Open Teacher Edition, click eTools or Teacher Resources (Hatchin Fractions), • or Content Tab Assessment with Technology • Performance Standard 4: Assessment of and for student learning o Uses assessment tools for both formative and summative purposes to guide student learning • Clickers for formative assessment o Ready-made lessons available for all grades o ExamView quizzes for Virginia SOLs grades 3-5 • Tools from Math & Language Arts textbooks o Journeys: online assessment (from Resources) o enVision Math: set up classes, lessons, assignments, get scores/reports Multiple Data Sources to Monitor Student Progress • Teacher Documentation Log o Instructional Planning: evidence of using data about student learning to guide planning & instruction o Differentiation in Lesson planning: using iPod Touches/Smartboard, etc. Student Progress & Technology Instructional Delivery: no evidence required but can include annotated photos of class activities, handouts, sample work, video/audio samples of instructional units Portfolio items or Artifacts • Saved Smart Notebook lessons or recordings • Document Camera (Elmo) recordings • Records of progress in iPod apps such as Math Bingo Strategies to Improve Student Learning • Demonstration lessons • Service delivery by colleagues, curriculum specialists, teacher mentors Buddy Teacher program • Collaborative Teaching o Websites to use for collaborating with other teachers o Online collaborative projects o Collaborative apps & online tools What I Can Do • Assist you with learning new technologies or new features of technologies you’ve worked with • Interactive websites for instruction & collaboration • Create/locate clicker lessons; working with clickers • Apps and use of iPod Touches/iPads in classrooms • Willing to meet with team leaders to schedule times when I can visit classes as a Tech Buddy Teacher, • if you want to see a demo of how the material you’re teaching can be taught using one or more of the available technologies • Webpage: http://www.alleghanycountyschools.us/TRT_elem/