Final Project 214

Teaching and Learning with Technology
Dean LaMar Allen Elementary

December 2nd, 2015
Briana Ochoa
I am writing to you to express my feelings towards integrating technology in the

classroom. I understand that although there has been major budget cuts and increasing
pressure from National, State, and Local Education Agencies, there is still an essential
need for the students to be exposed to technology at a young age in the classroom. Its a
huge part of the learning experience for both the student and teachers. The point of this
letter is to reconsider your actions of abandoning use of technology in the school
curricular. I would like to make some very important points that I hope will help you
reconsider.
Taking away teaching and learning in the classroom can create problems for the
students down the road. Technology is moving at a rapid pace and the students need to
become prepared for what is ahead of them, rather than walking in blindly. Its our jobs as
educators, to help them prepare for this technology induced future. Technology involves a
series of steps that become more complex each day. As stated by Author Boni Hamilton,
The evidence that convinced me about the effectiveness of technology integration was
data analysis at Lenski. When I looked at data concerning students academic growth,
based on state, national, and school-based assessments, I found that students academic
growth was significantly higher in classes where teachers used technology widely. Other
factors such as teacher skill, student mix, and parental participation may have also
influenced achievement in these classes, but students cited the frequent use of technology
as a motivator in their classes.
In 1996, Strathem and Torell reviewed 10 meta-analyses on how technology
impacts students learning: Students from computer-rich classrooms show better
behavior, lower school absentee rates, lower drop-out rates, earn more college
scholarships, and attend college in greater numbers than do students from non-computer
classrooms. (Stratham & Torell, 1996.) This is just one of the many positive outcomes of
teaching and learning with technology. Technology can take a task students often dislike
and turn it into a fun endeavor. If a student is to be excited about anything in school
besides recess, its going to be technology. They have fun with it while it helps them
move forward with higher level thinking activities. Rather than giving up on the
technology to due financial issues and other reasonings, schools should begin the process
of making changes to help these issues. Invite others would feel that technology in school
curricular is important to help make a change and stop the abandoning the use of
technology in the classroom.
Technology has become such a common element in childrens lives beginning at a
young age. This is something that we need to embrace in the school system with how fast
it is growing. It will keep not only the students up to date, but the teachers as well. Its
our jobs to prepare them for the future of technology that is ahead of them.
Technology Standards
Technology standards at the local school District, State of Nevada,
and National level all vary from grade level. In 5th grade, for a student to meet the
computer and technology education standards they must individually select a research
topic or define a problem giving a possible outcome and listing available technology
tools to be used, generate a list of keywords to conduct an electronic search, explore
hyperlinks, identify organizational tools, identify source and content of information
collected, Collaboratively lists sources used, with teacher or media specialist assistance
summarize the research process and evaluate its outcome.
The Department of Education states, Educational Technology plays a critical role
in Nevadas Classrooms. The transformative power of technology promotes engagement,
and develops 21st century skills in students. Nevada Department of Education works
toward ensuring all educators have access to high quality professional development, all
Nevada schools have robust connectivity, and all students have access to classroom
technologies and standards- aligned digital content. In doing so, we ensure Nevada is
ready for the future.
The ISTE Standards for students include a list of 4: Creativity and Innovation,
where students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop
innovative products and processes using technology. Research and information fluency,
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Communication and
Collaboration, students use digital media and environments to communicate and work
collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to
the learning of others. Lastly, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision thinking,
students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve
problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
All of these standards are very similar yet they all do vary. Depending on grade
level, they all have the same concept, and that concept is that teaching and learning with
Technology is important subject that need to be included in the students curriculum.
These all have a set standard that the student must have.
Lesson Plan
Name of lesson: Our Culture Project
Grade Level Appropriateness: 5th
Technology Content Standard Addressed: ISTE Standards #1 Creativity and
Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop
innovative products and processes using technology.
Other Content Standard Addressed: Content Standard 2.0 Productivity Tools:
Students use appropriate productivity tools including but not limited to word processing,
spreadsheet, database, multimedia and telecommunications.
Objective: The student will become familiar with power point and using graphics from
the Internet and power point clipart. The project will also give the students opportunity to
have a better understanding of their class-mates background.
Materials needed to facilitate the lesson: We will be using the computers outside of
our classroom after lunch to work on this. The project will be created using Microsoft
Powerpoint or word.
Suggested group size: This will not be a group project this will be worked on
individually, however when working on it during class time students may talk quietly
amongst themselves regarding the project they theyre working on.
Procedures: In this project the students are to create a powerpoint or word document
from 1-2 pages. I will not take away any points if it is on single page as long as they have
all the instructions I require. In the powerpoint or Microsoft word document, they are to
write a paragraph somewhere about their heritage. In this paragraph they are open to
write about anything relating to their culture including food, language, celebrations, etc.
After they have completed their paragraph, they can begin adding graphics. The graphics
can be personal ones from home, or copied from the Internet expressing their culture.
They MUST complete the paragraph before adding graphics. If I see any students
beginning with graphics first they will get points deducted. This project is worth 30
points total and on the due date I will have the projector screen up where the students will
present their powerpoint page and read their paragraph while standing in front of the
class. Students names will be called randomly from the Popsicle sticks in order of who
will be presenting next. The presentation should be colorful and decorative showing that
they experimented using different tools.
Paragraph on culture
15pts
Graphics
10pts
Due on time
5pts

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