Presenter Ppt Intro - Tools for Engaging All Learners in the Clas

8/12/2019 Presenter Ppt Intro - Tools for Engaging All Learners in the Clas

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Prepare your students

for tomorrow.

Tools for EngagingAll Learners in theClassroom

Using Microsoft Education Application Solutions


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What Teachers Have Said About the ClassEngagement Tools for the Classroom

This course included an incredible amount of pertinent and useful technology

integration material. The environment was collaborative and the set-up was very

effective. The technology worked when we needed it to and support was excellent.

Love having a course in the New England area!

Cathy Brophy, Technology Integrator

SAU56, NH

Grant was an amazing and knowledgeable instructor. He was there to guide, teach,

and achieve with us. I believe this is the BEST educational workshop I have attended

and hope Microsoft creates more. . .

Jennifer Barreto, Technology Educator

Saint Charles School, Woburn, MA


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Setting the Stage

In a true collegial and collaborative workshop learninstructional strategies that improve student

achievement using Microsoft products.

Motivate learners both inside and outside the classroom;

Engage students in higher levels of thinking through real

world problem solving;

Assess learning through formative, summative, and self-

assessment tools.


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Engagement Tools for the ClassroomProject Learning at its Best

Secretary of State:

International BusinessSummit

Using the nationally recognized

social studies standards, each

student takes an active role intheir learning by designing a

campaign to promote the

business opportunities of their

state. Each student assumes the

role of an individual states

business ambassadorthe

Secretary of State.

Race to the Planets

Students ask questions that help

them understand the enormity of

our Solar System. The essentialquestion, How long would it take

to run to each of the planets?

provides the foundation for

inquiry that elevates each

students science literacy.


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Cross-curricular Units

International BusinessSummit

Math

Reading and writing

Social studies

Maps

Data collection

Data synthesis and

evaluation

Art

Science (and more!)

Race to the Planets

Astronomy

Math

Reading and writing

Physical education

Data collection

Data synthesis and

evaluation

Art

Music (and more!)


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Lean to seamlessly integrate new tools and new methods so that the

technology is transparent and integral to teaching the core curriculum andbeyond.

Communicate Think Apply Skills

In Each Class

Participants learn by

doing

Curricular relevant

activities

Leaders model

instructional strategies

Time for reflection andcollaboration

Continuous coaching


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Discuss How Project Planning WorksFive Dynamic Principles

Design Principle #5Manage the Process

Design Principle #1

Begin with the End in

Mind

Design Principle #4

Map the Process

Design Principle #3

Plan the Assessments

Design Principle #2

Develop the Driving

Question

Reach todays students with authentic, cross-curricular units built on rich ideas.

Motivate students to do their best plus a little bit more.


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Participants Create Organize Share

Windows

MS Word Office 2007

MS Excel Office 2007

MS PowerPoint Office2007

Microsoft MathMovie Maker

Sound RecorderZune

Windows Live IDLive Office Spaces

Live MeshSkyDrive

PhotosynthZune

Bing MapsWorldWide Telescope

Participants use both PC and Web based applications

with the active learning units:

Secretary of State andRace to the Planets.


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Each course book provides participant and sample files aligned with the

course content. The files allow student practice and creation to maximize

instructional time.

Engagement Tools for the ClassroomCourse Structure


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Course Structure

Hands-on activities align with standards.

Activities built around a seamless integration of technology within each unit.

Included are Test Your Knowledge, and Curriculum Connections sections.


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Engagement Tools for the ClassroomProject 1: An International Business Summit

North Carolinas Secretary of States mission statement reads:

Mission Statement: To serve and protect citizens, the business community and

governmental agencies by facilitating business activities, by providing accurate and timely

information and by preserving documents and records.

Welcome to the International Business

Summit. As the Conference convenes,

students collaboratively embark on a

technology-rich, project-based inquiry

incorporating multiple disciplines to

motivate and challenge their thinking.Each student becomes a states

Secretary of State.


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Connect to StandardsNational Council for the Social Studies

Coaching Skill Development

Students grow their intellectual and

social skills through the thinking

processes of:

Classifying

Interpreting

Analyzing

Summarizing

Synthesizing Evaluating

Creating

Three Strands of Essential Skills

Three strands of essential skills:

Acquiring information

Organizing and using information

Developing interpersonal

relationships and social

participation

Participants use the following tools in the Secretary of

Stateunit:Windows Vista

MS Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Zune

Movie Maker

Sound Recorder


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International Business SummitWhat Does the Student Do?

After completing the project rubric, each student presents theirresearch in a face-to-face, kiosk setting. Students engage the

Conference attendees about the attributes of their state. Along

with this dialogue, each kiosk includes:

A foam board display

Short PowerPoint for small group viewing

Video and audio to use with Microsoft Zune

Dialogue with Conference attendees about the attributes of

their state

Acting a their states ambassador, the Secretary of State, studentspersuade the Conference attendees (parents, local business

people) to begin a business in their state.


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Engagement Tools for the ClassroomProject 2: Race to the Planets

Use WorldWide Telescope and MS Excel Office 2007 tounderstand the great dimensions in space.

Practice using Microsoft

Excel and WorldWideTelescope

Build a planet

racecourse

Collect the data

Use Excel to answer

questions Visit the planets

Build a slide show of

your teams race


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Live Mesh

Learn to collaborate in the digital world using Live Mesh to synchronize your

devices. When using files in Live Mesh folders the data is updated

automatically to all devices that have been added to the Live Mesh network.

Live Mesh puts YOU at the center of your digital world!


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What Teachers and Students Use

Application Student UseMS Word Office 2007 The writing process, graphics, communication

MS Excel Office 2007 Data inquiry, collection, analysis, evaluation, charts

MS PowerPoint Office 2007 Presentation, graphics, communication, video, audio

Microsoft Math Arithmetic and mathematics assistance

Zune Video /audio study guides, lessons, and presentations

Photosynth Simulate 3-D images from photos

Movie Maker Create video and audio from photo and videos

Sound Recorder Create audio recordings to use in presentations

WorldWide Telescope Investigate the Universe with a virtual telescope

Bing Earth Create virtual tours of the world


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Tying It All Together

As an educator, you increasingly work with students of diverse

backgrounds, cultures, native languages, and ability levels. Project-

based learning provides a greater range of learning opportunities to

your students. Working on a project with others motivates learners byallowing them to work with content in the context of real-world

situations (Katz & Chard, 1989). Additionally, twenty years of research

has shown the motivation has a positive impact on achievement

(Brewster & Fager, 2000).


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Benefits of Academic Coaching

Project Based Learning Prepares children for the workplace;

Increases motivation;

Frequent, deliberate practice in thinking (Roberts & Billings,

2008);

Increases communication and social skills;

Practice presenting to an invested audience;

Increases problem solving skills;

Provides a practical, real world way to learn and use

technology. (Northwest Regional Educational Library, 2002)


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Final Words AboutEngagement Tools for the Classroom

Julie Maher, a participant in the SummerWorkshop, says,

This course was the best course Ive taken for

computer technology integration EVER!! Grant

(the instructor) modeled the teaching he

expected us to bring back to our teachers, gave

us time to produce a product, and then asked

for our reflection on how we would integratethe material into our own schools.

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