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Summary:
__Technology Standards Adddress:__

1. Information Access, Evaluation, Processing and Application - Access, evaluate, process and apply information efficient;ly and effectively. Indicators: 2. Evaluate information critically and competently for a specific purpose. 3. Organize, categorize and store information for efficient retrieval 4. Apply information accurately in order to solve a problem or answer a question.

II, Communication . Communication A. Use technology effectivley and appropriately to interact electronically. a. Use Techecommunications to collaborate with peers, parents, colleagues, administrators and/or experts in the field. B. Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats. 1. Select appropriate techologies for a particularr communications goal. 2. Use productivity tools to publish information 3. Use multiple digital sources to communciate information online.

V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction Design, implement and assess learning experience that incorporate use of technology in a curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquire, problem solving, communication and/or collaboration 1. Assess students' learning/instructional needs to identiry the appropriate technology for instruction. 2. Evaluate technology materials and media to determine their most appropriate instructional use. 3. Select and apply research-based practices for integrating technolgy into instruction. 4. Use appropriate instructional strategies for integrating technology into instruction. 5. Select and use appropriate technology to support content-specfic student learning outcomes. 6. Develop an appropriate assessment for measuring student outcomes through the use of technology 7. Manage a technology-enhanced environment to maximize student learning. === = __Description__ Parkdale has an Advisory class once a month. Lesson plans are distributed. The lesson plan for the month of March was on Time Management. Two handouts were distributed. One was titled : "Managing Time." It asked students to "take a moment to think about what you need to accomplish by this time tomorrow. It may be helpful to creat a "To Do" List.". The handout listed every hour for 24 hours with a blank space next to it. The other side of the handout was called "Tracking Time". It instructed students to 'Use the chart below to track how youv'e spent the past 24 hours or so." It also listed 24 hours in the day and had categories to record their activites. The list included a place to tally their time for: sleeping, studying, in class, on the phone, with friends, with family working and other. Then, it asked students how they would change their schedule for the next 24 hours in order to accomplish what they needed to get done.The second handout was an article from a book. We used Chapter 2 of the book. We read page 61 with a section titled" You've got the time". It gave students tips about managing their time. Page 70 of the book was titled "The ABC of daily to-do list: One of the most effective ways to stay on track and actually get things done is to use a daily to-do list. While the Time Monitor/Time Plan gives you a general picture to the week, your daily-to-do list itemizes specific tasks you want to complete within the next 24 hours." The article discussed the 5 steps of the ABC daily to do list. = ===
 * 1) Brainstorm Tasks
 * 2) Estimate time
 * 3) Rate each task by priority
 * 4) Cross off tasks
 * 5) Evaluate

What you see demonstrated is what students wanted to portray regarding the importance to time management. It was to reflect what they learned from reading the article and completing the handouts. __Reflection__ I gave the students the camera and asked them to take the pictures and another student provided the voice. The students liked working with the camera, however they resisted reading the article. I had to write the script for the voice over commentary. I had to use my advisory students since I don't see a class on a regular basis. If I did see the same set of students, I think I could have got them to read the article and write their own script. The student who provided the voice over thought the project was a lot of fun and wanted to do it in her class. We both agreed that whatever subject was discussed, the students who never forgot it. I think that is the point of everything we do. Get students to remember and apply knowledge.

**Teacher Directed Lesson- How to self check your work for possible plagiarism.

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Technology Standards Addressed

II. Communication A. Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically. 1. Use telecommunications to collaborate with peers, parents,colleagues, administrators or experts in the field. B. Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats. 1. Select appropriate technologies for a particular communication goal. 2. Use productivity tools to publish information. 3. Use Multiple digital sources to communicate information on-line.

V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in the curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem-solving, communication or collaboration. 1. Assess students' learning/ instructional needs to identify the appropriate technology for instruction. 2. Evaluate technology materials and media to determine their most appropriate instructional use. 3. Select and apply research-based practices for integrating technology into instruction. 4. Use appropriate instructional strategies for integrating technology into instruction. 5. Select and use appropriate technology to support content-specific student learning outcomes. 6. Develop an appropriate assessment for measuring student outcomes through the use of technology. 7. Manage a technology-enhanced environment to maximize student learning.

Parkdale has purchased Turnitin software to detect plagerism in student writing. This software allows teachers to check student work for plagiarism and to look for proper citation. The classroom teacher needs to create an account from their students and give them an access code. Not many teachers create an account for students.. An International Baccalaureate students wanted to check his paper to make sure he would not be accused of plagiarism. IB students write papers that are read outside of the county. His IB teacher has not created a website for the class, so I created the website so students could check their own work. Twenty students signed up and verified 70 papers. I am so proud of them. I hope they all pass their IB exams. This presention instructs students on how to use Turnitin.com. The students shared this information among themselves and none asked me any questions about how to use it. That was the best part!
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I am happy that students took it upon themselves to verify their papers against accusations of plagiarism. I think Photo Story is a wonderful software program. I think students like it because they can learn at their own pace. I like it because I can create a lesson that only has to be taught once.
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