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Rana Powell

Digital Video Planning

FRIT 7230

I work in a school system that uses an online grading system and gradebook program. Ihave decided to create a staff development video that trains teachers to effectively usethe gradebook program. This will enable teachers to keep track of students grades pergrading period as well as publish grades for progress reports and report cards. Theprogram also allows teachers to have access to student and parent information andattendance.

NETS Standards:

1. 3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, andwork processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digitalsociety.

a. Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of currentknowledge to new technologies and situations.

b. Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members usingdigital tools and resources to support student success and innovation

c. Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents,and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats

d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools tolocate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research

and learning2. 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership Teachers continuously improve

their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in theirschool and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effectiveuse of digital tools and resources.

a. Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creativeapplications of technology to improve student learning

b. Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion,participating in shared decision making and community building, anddeveloping the leadership and technology skills of others

c. Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on aregular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools andresources in support of student learning

d. Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self renewal of the teachingprofession and of their school and community

Target Audience:

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1. Age: The faculty and staff at JCES range from age 22 and above.

2. Cultural Backgrounds: The faculty and staff at JCES include mainly Caucasianand African American backgrounds.

3. Educational Levels:The faculty and staff at JCES have a minimum of a bachelorsdegree and a T-4 certificate. Some faculty and staff involved may have higherdegrees and certification.

4. Specific Entry Skills: The faculty will understand the basic workings ofSchoolMax, the gradebook system. The faculty will be able to record and publishgrades of all students.

5. Learning Styles: The video will be developed mainly for visual and

auditory learners; however, all learning styles can benefit from the video.

6. Motivation:

Attention: The audience will appreciate this video and its benefits to theirvisual learners, and the actor will guide them through step-by-step instructionsfor recording grades into the online gradebook system.

Relevance: The audience will find this video meaningful and useful because itwill allow them to record their students grades, average the grades, andpublish them for progress reports and report cards.

Confidence: Easy to follow step-by-step instructions will be given so that theaudience can easily be successful in maintaining an online gradebook, whichwill allow them to keep track of their students grades and attendancethroughout the school year.

Satisfaction: The audience of faculty and staff will feel confident and satisfiedknowing that they can now efficiently maintain their students grades with littlemistakes. Teacher can update and modify grades with only a few clicks of amouse. The program will automatically calculate the student's grade based onthe grading system entered by the school. No longer do teachers have to readover messy paper grade books, which are potentially hard to read due to thesmall spaces allowed for writing, and calculating student's grades by hand.Also, the computer's calculations are more likely to be without error whencompared with persons calculations.

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Objectives:

o Given step-by-step instructions, teachers and staff members will be able to record

and enter students grades on a weekly basis into an online gradebook systemwith little or no assistance from other teachers or technology directors.