Post on 27-Mar-2015
Comprehensive Curriculum+ Technology
= a Pur-r-r-fect Combination
LACUESpring, 2006
Rapides Parish
Instructional Technology Facilitators
Terri CarpenterDavid CoxMary Cox
Cherry McNeaseMary Moore
“We must open the doors to opportunity. But we must also equip our
people to walk through those doors.”
…Lyndon B. Johnson
Effective integration of technology is achieved when students are able to select technology tools to help them
obtain information in a timely manner, analyze and synthesize the
information, and present it professionally. The technology
should become an integral part of how the classroom functions -- as accessible as all other classroom
tools.
National Educational Technology Standards for StudentsInternational Society for Technology in Education
Technology Integration is…
How to Integrate Technology?
Comprehensive Curriculum+ Technology
•Pur-r-r-fect together
GLE 1. Model, read, and write place values for numbers through 999 in word, standard, and expanded form (N-1-E)
Use appropriate software (e.g. KidPix, Tux Paint, Draw, PowerPoint) to type number in digit form, represent the number with pictures, and type expanded notation.
Grade 2 MathematicsUnit 1: Numbers, Numerals, and Data
GLE 4: Count and write the value of amounts of money up to $1.00 using ¢ and $ (N-2-E) (N-6-E) (M-1-E) (M-5-E)
Grade 2 MathematicsUnit 3: Money, Time, and Estimation
Students can use the free program Tux Paint to show different ways to make specific money amounts.
Download fromhttp://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/download/
GLE 40a.Tell and retell stories with sequential order, including setting, character, and simple plot (ELA-4-E3)
Use PowerPoint, KidPix, etc. to retell a story read in class.
The Three Little Pigs
Grade 2 English Language ArtsUnit 1: Let’s Read
GLE 45. Use manipulatives to discuss the probability of an event (e.g., number cubes, spinners to determine what is most likely or least likely) (D-5-E)
Probability http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/fish.html
Using Tux Paint, KidPix, PowerPoint set up a scene that illustrates a teacher mandated scenario. Students generate their own ideas of combination.
Grade 3 MathematicsUnit 1: Graphs, Growth, and Patterns
Grade 4 ScienceUnit 1: Measuring and Comparing
In this unit, various investigations require accurate measuring using a variety of tools and units of measure. Measuring and comparing are two skills that are required and practiced throughout the science units and across the curriculum.
GLE 27. Describe how the amount of force needed to cause an object to change its motion depends on the mass of the object (PS-E-B4)
Interactive Web-sites can be used to extend the understanding of force. Combine the Web-sites with charts to record data.
Frictionhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/friction.shtml
Forces in Actionhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action.shtml
Grade 4 ScienceUnit 1: Measuring and Comparing
Observing the Water Cycle (GLEs: 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 24, 25)
Water Science for Schools http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/US Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site! They offer information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.
Grade 4 ScienceUnit 1: Measuring and Comparing
1st GradeReading
Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
Reading
Unit 4: Reading Essentials
GLE 29a : Independently write a variety of grade-appropriate compositions, including simple letters, notes, and stories (ELA-2-E4)
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/characters/index.htm
English Language Arts
Unit 3: Let’s Read—Poems, Fairy Tales, and Fables
GLE: 03. Use pictures and context clues to confirm meaning of unfamiliar words (ELA-1-E1)
PowerPoint
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cake
Math
Unit 2: Patterns, Relations and Functions
GLE 36: Explain patterns created with concrete objects, numbers, shapes, and colors (P-2-E)http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/nook_new.html?game=141&
Science
Unit 3: Science as an Inquiry
GLE: 8. Express data in a variety of ways by constructing illustrations, graphs, charts, tables, concept maps, and oral and written explanations as appropriate (SI-E-A5) (SI-E-B4)
The Graph Club or http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Social Studies
Unit 4: Community Helpers
GLE: 8. : Identify simple descriptions of the work people do and the names of related jobs in the community (E-1A-E4)
Kidspiration
How Do I Begin?
• Start small• Don’t re-invent the wheel• Go prepared, do the activity ahead of
time• Have a plan B• Plan to teach and teach with a plan
– Teach your students all skills required to complete the activity in advance.
• Picard’s Letter• http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/Tech_Reso
urces/index.html