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(1) Record Keeping: Teachers have a professional responsibility to monitor, record and communicate student progress. Many schools and districts have adopted networked grading systems, and some publish grades on secure websites.

Use your school's grade book program to develop a report for a real or hypothetical class of ten or more students who are assessed on five or more assignments. Submit a printout of your grade book and the detailed report card (progress report) for an individual student. If you do not have access to such a program, you may use Grade keeper or download a sample shareware "grade book" program.

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(2) Assessment: Teachers must regularly assess student progress. Many textbook publishers make test construction easier by providing test generators, software which allows the teacher to quickly compose tests and keys from question databases. Test generators allow the teacher to input questions, and often provide databases of questions the teacher can select from. *TPE-tip A well-structured exam may be used as an artifact for TPE3, Interpretation and Use of Assessments.

Use a test generator to construct an exam composed of questions you have selected from existing question banks.

Software such as Examview allows teachers to develop tests and post them on the Internet. Take this short physics quiz generated with the Examview, or this geology quiz made with Quizmaker. Include a screen capture of your score (actual score is inconsequential) and discuss the benefits and problems associated with online testing.

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(3) Communication: Students benefit when teachers clearly state their expectations in written form. When these expectations are available on the Internet, all students and parents can benefit, particularly students who have been absent. A variety of commercial resources exists with which teachers can post calendars, homework assignments, and other important documents.

Put your class assignments on the web at Yourhomework , SchoolNotes or similar service. Include a screen capture of your published assignment schedule.

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(4) Presentations: Presentation software provides teachers the opportunity to display text and graphics in a slide show fashion. PowerPoint and Keynote are two of the most popular presentation tools. Teachers and professors make extensive use of presentations, but many are concerned about the potentially negative effects such presentations can have on instruction. *TPE-tip A well developed educational presentation can serve as an artifact for TPE 4, Making Content Accessible, or TPE 10, Instructional Time, if used with presenter tools.

After reading the articles on the educational use and abuse of presentation software, summarize how presentations should be constructed and delivered to maximize learning and minimize abuse.

Locate and download one or more PowerPoint presentations relevant to your teaching needs. Include the URL of the location from which you obtained them and summarize the PowerPoint and where in your curriculum you will use it.

Make a PowerPoint presentation to teach a lesson in your subject area, keeping in mind the principles you have outlined above and the guidelines provided (see tutorial). Your presentation should include numerous graphics and be at least 10 slides in length. (a) Provide an electronic copy of your presentation (ppt format) on your website. (b) Embed screen captures of your presentation in the template. Make sure the content is easy to read.

Using iPhoto (Mac), Picasa (Windows), or similar slide viewer software, create a photo library for your discipline. You should include photos you have taken plus ones retrieved from a graphic search engine. Create two or three slide shows from the library. Include a screen shot of the slide sorter window for one of your shows. Create a photo page for your website.

PowerPoint Presentation: Proper Usage

When power point is used correctly, it has the potential of enhancing the teaching and learning experience for students. It provides encouragement and support by structuring the presentation in a professional manner. A presentation can appeal to a number of different learning styles and be made more stimulating. I believe that is the most important reason of all.

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Power Point Presentation: School Board Presentation for Music Advocacyhttp://www.vh1.com/partners/save_the_music/text/advocacy/powerpoint/SchBdPres.ppt

This is a wonderful tool to present to school boards. You can format it to your personal needs (website provides permission).

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Presentation to develop local advocacy for Music Educationhttp://www.vh1.com/partners/save_the_music/text/advocacy/powerpoint/TheAdvocatesPlan.ppt

This presentation is designed to help you become a more effective advocate for your children and your community. It will show you the importance of organizing a community coalition for saving and building the music program in your school district. The information and materials contained in this presentation have been used by him and those under his mentorship to save over $44,000,000 in music programs that were targeted for cuts.

PowerPoint Presentation: The Baroque Era

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Picasa Photos

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(5) Other resources: Complete three of the following, using content related to your curriculum whenever possible.

Use Timeliner to create a timeline relevant to the curriculum you teach. Develop an educational digital video. Construct a professional resume using Word. Develop a concept map with graphics and text. Create a crossword puzzle or other puzzle relevant to your class. Create and conduct an on-line survey form for one of your classes. (a) Find the lowest cost of a specific piece of equipment (projector, computer,

digital camera, etc.) for your classroom, (b) identify the next national conference for your discipline, AND (c) determine the best airfare to attend the conference.

Music Instructor Resume

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C:\Documents and Settings\Claudia Zuniga.CLAUDIA\My Documents\CSUN\SED 525MU\Music_Instructor Resume.doc

Lowest Cost for piece of equipment

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Music Stands$ 36.95

Next National Conference

Best Airfare to attend Conference:United Airlines $222 round trip

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(6) DVD: Develop a lesson using a computer-based DVD-player that includes bookmarks and video clips to access specific scenes.

Identify the DVD and explain why you chose this for a lesson.

Include a screen capture showing your catalog of bookmarks and video clips.

Describe how the scan fast, scan slow, step, mute, bookmark, video clip, and screen size features can be used to enhance your lesson.

This is a DVD of a jam session at the Las Cruces, New Mexico International Mariachi Conference. It is wonderful to know that music brings people together, as you can see in the video clips. These kids have never met each other, until the conference, and they get together every night of the conference and jam.

The tools can be of great benefit for my lesson. They can enlarge the visual, making it available for all students to observe. Scan fast can forward to the important part, scan slow can allow me more time to explain that clip. Mute allows me to speak at ease while still providing the visual (movie) as a tool.

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C:\Documents and Settings\Claudia Zuniga.CLAUDIA\My Documents\My Videos\Las Cruces Mariachi El Cascabel.wmv

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