Success Is Just A Click Away

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Success Is Just A Click Away

• Differentiation With Technology

Darlene Letourneau and Jacqueline Hamann
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Where Do You Begin?To Create a lesson that

• Aligns with your state learning results
• Fits your local citys targets

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Make A List

• Software in your classroom

• Hardware available to you in your classroom or
  building

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My Available Software and Hardware

• Software
• __________
• __________
• __________
• __________

• Hardware
• __________
• __________
• __________
• __________

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• Ultimate Writing Creativity Center
• Kidspiration2
• Clicker 5/Clicker Paint
• Cloze Pro
• Type To Learn
• Fast Math
• Appleworks
• Image Blender
• Emotions
• Office
• CPS/Einstein units
• Internet/ Marvel, Scott Foresman (math)

• Quickpads
• I-books / carts
• Smartboard
• PCs
• Intel Microscope
• Camcorder
• Digital camera
• I-pod
• Printers/ black white, color
• Einstein Units (Little blue clickers)
• Overhead projector

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Overhead Projector

• Overhead projectors are technology

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Evaluate Your Knowledge Of The Software

• How well do you know the software available to
  you?
• Have you tried using/playing with the software
  before having students use it?
• If students encounter issues, can you resolve
  those problems?
• Are there resources available to you if you
  encounter issues? Manuals, 1-800 number, other
  people in your building.
• Do you know your technology directors?

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Software Title_________________________________
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Create Your Lesson

• Select the software that is most appropriate
• Make a template of a lesson
• Try the lesson yourself
• Find the issues before you implement the lesson
• Model the lesson
• Now create 3 similar lessons always using the
  same criteria modifying the levels of difficulty
  to accommodate students needs and abilities

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K.I.S.S.

• Keep
• It
• Super
• Simple

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Model

• Model how to use the software
• Model how to do the assignment
• Have students give directions on how to do the
  assignment
• Have several students demonstrate how to do the
  assignment
• Do a minimal of three similar lessons with the
  same software

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Smartboard
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CPS and Smartboard

• Students 100 engaged
• Pretest, lesson evaluation, test
• Just for fun

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• Quickpads, beam, and print!

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Ultimate Writing Creativity Center

• Language Textbook

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Directions Change each singular noun in ( ) in
the sentences below to the possessive form.
Write each sentence correctly. Example Mrs.
Cohen read the ____ letter. ( teacher ) Mrs.
Cohen read the teachers letter. 1. Tonight___
school had an open house. ( Martha) 2. ______
parents got a letter too. (Joe ) 3. ______
father went to school early. (Kathy ) 4. He
stopped at the ____ office. ( principal
) 5. Ms. Willis met _____ mother. ( Robin ) 6.
Mr. DiSilva found ______ room. (Maria ) 7.
_____ class drew posters. (Kim ) 8. The
teacher showed each _____ art work. (
child) 9. He drew a picture of his ______ farm.
( cousin ) 10. A pet show was held in ______
room. ( Rosa ) 11. On one table was ______ fish
tank. ( Paul ) 12. All the parents saw the
______ cage . ( hamster ) 13. They laughed at the
_____ funny hop. ( rabbit ) 14. _____ canary was
sleeping. (Roberto ) 15. _____ class had a
science fair. ( John)
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Directions Change each singular noun in ( ) in
the sentences below to the possessive form.
Write each sentence correctly. Example Mrs.
Cohen read the ____ letter. ( teacher ) Mrs.
Cohen read the teachers letter. 1. Tonight___
school had an open house. ( Martha ) 2. ______
parents got a letter too. (Joe ) 3. ______
father went to school early. (Kathy ) 4. He
stopped at the ____ office. ( principal
) 5. Ms. Willis met _____ mother. ( Robin ) 6.
Mr. DiSilva found ______ room. (Maria ) 7.
_____ class drew posters. (Kim ) 8. The
teacher showed each _____ art work. (
child) 9. He drew a picture of his ______ farm.
( cousin ) 10. A pet show was held in ______
room. ( Rosa )
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• Student write a first draft and then edit with a
  peer group

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Type to Learn

• Keyboarding skills

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i-pod

• Podcasting
• Encourages students
• Improves fluency
• Great for students self esteem!

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Use technology with as many subjects as possible.
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Math

• Scott Foresman On-line Resources for Teachers.
• Cloze Pro Software
• Vocabulary modified lesson
• Vocabulary and concepts
• Kidspiration2

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Social Studies

• Clicker 5
• Student use of traditions
• Monument Project
• Test Review with Jeopardy

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Spelling

• Rebecca Sitton Spelling
• Quarterly ClozPro Common Words

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Science

• Kidspiration2
• Photosynthesis
• Animal Habitats

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Reading and Writing

• Clicker 5
• Appleworks
• Kidspiration2

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Student use technology to

• Practicing keyboarding skills
• Learning math facts
• Spelling test with dictation for students who
  need repeated prompts, as well as a visual prompt
  for those students who need those modifications.
• Software programs all help with editing, Spell
  Check and Thesaurus use should always be
  encouraged
• Research paper accommodations for text to speech
  and to gather images.
• Less threatening!

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Used by teacher to

• Write lesson plans (easier, neater to modify)
• Create individual rubrics
• Novel lesson plans with/without internet
• Create review games for various content
  areas.(Jeopardy)
• Create Spelling practice lessons (text to speech
  software)
• Graphic organizers for variety of lessons
• Smartboard exercises to provide ability to move
  and practice particular skills, see visual
  objects.
• To locate Brain Gym songs and activities

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Remember

• Save all your creations in a teacher folder
• Save on a disk
• Save on a USB flash drive

• Do one on subject at a time
• Start slow dont over do..
• Be consistent

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Web pageMrs. Letourneaus Classroomhttp//www.le
wiston.k12.me.us/dletourneau/classroom/