Collaborative Project

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Finding the time to plan and implement technology integration efforts is often difficult. Read over the 'prepackaged' integration activities described below and think about how they could work in your classroom. Then, invite me in to your classroom to work with you to plan and deliver an integrated lesson or unit. We can approach this effort in a variety of ways. If you decide that you’d like me to model a lesson, you can feel free to participate as a student, learning at the same time as your students. Later, when you are comfortable with the new, integrated technology, I will return to assist you in delivering a lesson. If you participate in a project, as a bonus, it will count as your second coach/teacher meeting! Finally, if you have your own idea I'd be happy to assist in implementing it with you.

Project Progression:

Decide Curricular Content and Integration Component: You can email this to me or we can meet briefly. Based on your idea I will take care of most of the planning and preparation duties.
Lesson One: Either you deliver an integrated lesson while I assist or I can demo a lesson while you participate as student and/or assist in the instruction.
Lesson Two (if necessary): You deliver a lesson similar to Lesson One while I assist.
Follow-up Meeting: We will meet briefly to answer questions regarding the lesson and to develop a plan to use the newly-acquired integration component during the remainder of the school year.

Project Settings:

The project idea described below are only a sampling of possibilities and can be implemented in a variety of settings and involving various content. We want to economize on planning time by selecting efforts that are widely applicable. Different classroom settings are possible, as outlined below.

Interactive Group Lesson: Classroom setting - where students are not at individual computer workstations, rather the teacher delivers a lesson with one computer/projector station while students participate with the “teacher” during an interactive, guided lesson.
Computer Lab or Mobile Lab Activity: Classroom setting where students work in pairs or individually at computer workstations while the teacher guides students through activities.
Student Learning Station: Students work independently or in small groups on specific tasks while the teacher is busy with other students.

Integration Topic	Software	Setting	Project Choices
Productivity Software	Spreadsheet Software: To organize, compute, and present in charts and graphs numerical data.	Lab	Graphing Project (Science, Social Studies) Learn how to effectively use a spreadsheet, utilizing formulas and creating charts (pie, column, and line). Teachers will select any set of data for project and integration purposes: population, distance, temperature, research data…. Formulas Project (Math) Gain a general knowledge of spreadsheets and learn to effectively use spreadsheet formulas to perform calculations. Students will create calculators for purposes of solving problems they are faced with in their daily assignments. Calculation possibilities include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, area, perimeter, and time/distance.
	Presentation Software: To deliver student projects, including text, images, sound, movies, and animation.	Lab	Presentation Project (Any Subject): Gain a general understanding of multimedia presentation software. Students can research topics and learn to create basic AppleWorks, PowerPoint, or Keynote presentations or "slide shows." Presentations will include text, images, charts, and tables.
	Word-Processor Software: To organize research notes for research writing.	Lab	Word Processing Project (Language Arts: Writing): Gain a general understanding of word-processing and the use of word-processing outlining tools. Writing topics could include writing directions, sequencing, explanations, business letters, dialogue, essay, biography, news reports, short stories, personal narratives, friendly letters, announcements, poetry, and book reports.
	Database Software: To organize any collection of text, numbers, and pictures.	Lab	Database Project (Social Studies or Science): Gain a general knowledge of database software, learning to enter records and to manipulate and access data from a database. Students can research topic within a larger topic (such as Idaho with the larger topic of American states). Students then take their research notes and enter their data (research data in the form of text, numbers, and photos) into individual database files. The individual files are then combined to form large databases containing all of the student research.
	Draw Software: Creating and measuring points, lines, rays, and angles.	Lab	Draw Tools Project (Math: Geometry): Gain a general understanding for AppleWorks Draw software. Students can use draw tools to investigate points, lines, rays, and angles: measuring, creating, rotating, and defining.
Independent Workstation	Read, Write, Think Reading and writing interactive tools for independent work stations in the classroom.	All Settings	Read, Write, Think Project: Students and teachers will learn how to use creative writing tools at the Read, Write, Think site for purposes of independent or pairs work at an independent classroom workstation. After proper training on the use of these tools students should not require the assistance of the teacher. As an independent workstation students can work on assigned creative writing tasks with the help of interesting interactive tools. The tools include the following titles. Secondary: Bio Cube Persuasion Map Multi genre Mapper Elementary: Acrostic Poems Comic Creator Doodle Splash Riddle Interactive Shape Poems Story Maps Letter Generator
On-line Resources	United Streaming	All Settings	United Streaming Project: Learn the use of United Streaming, an online resource for on demand video presentation. Clips are organized by complete title or individual segments. Students will benefit from high-quality video learning experiences related to current curriculum requirements. Download and edit video clips into student-created 'documentaries,' utilizing the student voice as narrator.
On-line Resources	Grolier Online Resources	All Settings	Grolier On line Resources Project: Learn the use of the Grolier, a comprehensive, multimedia online resource, powerful for research. Some of the Grolier tools include the following. Multimedia Encyclopedia Book of Popular Science Book of International Lands and People Book of America the Beautiful Dictionary Atlas Photo Collections
Multimedia	iPhoto	All Settings	iPhoto Project: Learn to take digital photographs and present using iPhoto. Photographs can include examples of student work or student presentations, field trips... or pictures from other sources.
	iMovie	All Settings	iMovie Project: Learn to make digital movies and to present using iMovie or iDVD. Movies can include student-generated presentations such as pubic service announcements or activities such as class field trips, video yearbooks….
	Audio	All Settings	Audio Project: Learn to create and play student-generated or play professionally produced audio files. Content could include student news stories, poetry readings, interviews….
Digital Science Lab Activities w/Digital Microscopes, Handheld Microscopes, and Vernier Probe Hardware	Specialized Software	Classroom small-group (4) and Interactive Group Lesson	Science Lab Activity or Interactive Group Lesson: Learn to use digital microscopes, handheld microscopes, and Vernier probe hardware in small-group and interactive group settings in your classroom. The SPPS DMC has the necessary microscope and probeware hardware, including laptop computers, available for check-out to complete your project.
Remember, we can always complete a project that utilitzes other software that we have available including... Inspiration Urban Planet Garage Band...

Teachers, please complete the form below. Select a collaborative project topic that you'd be interested in pursuing. I will contact you to work out the details.