CO-PBST7

Technology can be used in a variety of ways to improve students retention of the material. Every child learns differently and being creative with lesson plans can make it easier for each student to be successful. Providing students with tools that enhance their visual, hearing and cooperative learning to interpret, apply, comprehend and analyze material will give students the confidence to want to achieve. Most often, there are various level of students in the classroom. Technology is a great way to allow each student to learn at their own pace. There are activities that will challenge the most advance student, while other activities may break things down for a child who needs extra time or steps to learn the material. Technology is a way for teachers and students to use their creativity to create messages and provide knowledge. It is essential for students to learn through technology since that is the direction our world is going in. It is imperative to stay organized as a teacher and I feel that the less paper that is used, the better. I hope to have most of my information about my students and their grades organized in folders on my computer. I know students will still turn in homework and assignments on paper, but I hope to use as little as possible. Students should be able to communicate with me or show me their work through email. If I get my students in the habit of sending and receiving information via computer, then I will have more time to plan creative and interesting lessons for the class. Students in my classroom will use technology for a variety of lessons. Students will work in groups to research topics and create presentations for the class using technology applications. Students will use web quests, smartboard, visual literacy and annotated resources in my history or civics classes to either find research for themselves or to create applications showing what they know. Students will have a rubric of what is expected of them for most assignments. In technology based assignments I will make sure they look at what is expected of them before they begin. Students will be given a lesson prior to assignments on how to use a certain application for an assignment or project. Basic technology skills are essential to being successful in school, as well as personally and professionally.
 * 7.1 Apply technology to the delivery of standards-based instruction.**
 * 7.2 Use technology to increase student achievement.**
 * 7.3 Utilize technology to manage and communicate information.**
 * 7.4 Apply technology to data-driven assessments of learning.**
 * 7.5 Instruct students in basic technology skills.**