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Zan's Curriculum using SMART Board
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I will be using the SMART Board for different kinds of instruction.
I will use it for curriculum where the students will participate in whole
group situations. I will use it for assessment where I will model
for the students the use of rubrics and checklists. I will use it
as a showcase for the students' work when parents and visitors are in the
school. Please click on each of the sections to see more detailed
plans.
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Curriculum
I will be using the SMART Board for
whole group instruction. I will be modeling the use of the internet,
Word, PowerPoint, and email. I will also be modeling the use of email
and saving files to disk.
Each of the students at my school
are expected to complete training in certain technology skills. These
will be much easier to explain and show to my students with the SMART Board.
The students also have a disk that they keep as an electronic portfolio.
They will be saving a sample of their work each month. It is necessary
for me to review how to save files to this disk each year. The students
also email their teachers examples of their work for their classroom portfolios.
That needs to be reviewed each month, also.
For more information on my curriculum,
please check my learning
center pages.
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Assessment
I will incorporate
the SMART Board in my student assessment each week. The students
have the rubrics and checklists on their disks. I will model how to fill
them out and, most importantly, how to plan on making improvements in their
learning. These rubrics and checklists are found at this link.
The technology rubric will be created as a group project during the month
of September. All the students need to feel ownership of this rubric.
The SMART Board will be a great way to this as a group!
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Showcase
The students
need to feel proud of their work. One great way to do this is to
share it others. My students do this by publishing their work each
Friday. They speak on stage to the rest of the group in a real life
presentation. The SMART Board will again be a great way for them
to share their electronic work along with any other projects they may wish
to share. To see how I have planned my daily schedule, please go
to this link.
The students can also share their work at Open House and during parent
conferences using the SMART Board.
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Standards
The Illinois State Standards that
I use for each month are found at this site.
Although the SMART Board will not help me specifically in presenting these
standards. It will certainly be evident in each day's instruction
and active learning activities. I could use the state site to show
the students the standards, but fortunately the district has made posters
showing them that are already hanging in my classroom.
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