Planning+&+Preparation

=Planning and Preparation = Planning and preparation is imperative to ensure the success of students in the classroom. It is the responsibility of the classroom teacher to provide the framework of standards to be learned. This portion of my portfolio will demonstrate expertise in the following areas: As my current position evolves, I find myself doing a great deal of co-planning and co-teaching in the classroom setting. This partnership works out quite well because the classroom teacher is the master of the content, and I bring to the table the most effective way to teach that content using technology. We all need to be aware of the many different ways students learn and try to address those the best way we know how. Technology is an excellent way to accomplish this. It is also paramount that planning occur much in advance of the lesson in order for me to create accounts, prepare instruction sheets or videos, prepare procedures, or provide links. Preparing a classroom backup plan is vitally important when assembling a technology lesson. There are numerous issues that may surface while working with technology in the classroom, and being prepared for those before they happen is invaluable. I attempt to support over 600 teachers in my district and utilize my flexibility to meet with them during their planning time. Therefore, time outside the school day is necessary to meet the needs of the teachers, and ultimately, the students. Dedication, flexibility, and planning are all qualities of a quality educator and necessary to obtain success in the classroom.
 * Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy
 * Knowledge of Students
 * Setting Instructional Outcomes
 * Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources
 * Designing Coherent Instruction
 * Designing Student Assessments

=Lesson Plans: = //Lesson Description://  In the interest of creating something more meaningful for students, as well as, addressing different learning styles, I decided to try a digital book chat podcast assignment. Students will use GarageBand to create a book chat podcast that will require them to summarize and analyze a work of fiction. These podcasts will be uploaded to the web for others to listen to and see.



//Lesson Description: //  In an effort to design something that balances discovering printed poetry and original poetry, I have designed a WebQuest that will require students to work collaboratively, interactively, and creatively. This WebQuest will require students to use Internet resources that I’ve collected to develop an online poetry guide that will be posted for the world to see. Students will use Google Docs to collaborate and Mixbook.com to create their poetry guides.



Poetry WebQuest

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Lesson Description:// <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> In an effort to design a lesson that takes PowerPoint to the next level, I have designed a template for students to fill in with their endangered animal information. In addition, students will extract the audio from a Discovery Education video and record a persuasive piece over the original video with their own voice. They will then embed the video in the PowerPoint in order to convince the public to save the animal for which they provided information.

=<span style="color: #142a99; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Additional Instructional Materials: = <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//Resource Description:// <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> This is a sample lesson created in Easiteach to be used interactively with a Polyvision board. There are far too many of these lessons that have been created to load them all; this is merely one example. This particular unit was prepared for Multiplication and Division of Fractions.



//<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Resource Description: // <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is a sample of a PowerPoint that was created for an Internet Safety lesson to be used with iClickers (student response system).