Instructional Technology

Nashoba Regional High School - Where curriculum drives technology

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." 
                                                                             --Alvin Toffler, American futurist

NEWS:
June 2007 - ISTE Announces new NETS at NECC Conference - New NETS
View a pdf of the most recent draft of the NETS•S Profiles:
Grades P-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12. NETS•S Profiles Draft 2007  
Standards See NETS•S 2007  
·                 creativity and innovation;
·                 communication and collaboration;
·                 research and information fluency;
·                 critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making;
·                 digital citizenship; and technology operations and concepts

MA DOE
Draft of Revised Recommended K-12 Technology Literacy Standards    
The Department of Education and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MTLC) have worked with a group of educators and business partners to revise our K-12 Instructional Standards. These standards incorporate the ISTE NETS and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills into three broad standards, which are broken down by grade level.

Educational Technology Advisory Council (ETAC) more information on staffing models, etc to advise the Department on issues relating to the use of technology in schools. ETAC developed the School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart to illustrate the "complex set of interactions of people, materials and dimensions" that are involved in using technology effectively in schools.

Browsing by Standards

• ITS Frameworks -  [Full Text]
• Smart Standards
• ITSjob decrip. 

May 07 - Check out some of our Best Practices for our DI Fair.

• Sept/06 - Nashoba selected to partcipate in U.S. Innovative Teachers Forum at Microsoft corporate campus in Redmond, Washington, September 21-22, 2006. Proposal  Discovery NE Den Blog highlighting the features of the trip.
• 4/06 - Microsoft selects NRSD as Showcase School of the Month (March 2006) [pdf] and LiveMeeting 2/14/06 
• Marotta Instructional Technology Specialist has been chosen to receive a Pathfinder 2006 award by MassCUE (Massachusetts Computer Using Educators, Inc.) the voice of education professionals on Massachusetts education technology issues (November 2006) Pathfinder Award
• March 2006 - Microsoft selects NRSD as Showcase School [pdf] watch SharePoint LiveMeeting!

Instructional Technology involves the use of computers and other technology in support of student learning, accommodating the full range of learning styles and fully integrating technology with the curriculum. Technology is used to organize data, promote collaborative problem solving, encourage learning and communication in a global context, develop models, conduct research, and support the creative process.

Listed below are some ideas and links about integrating technology and the internet into the curriculum.

Professional Development videos for technology.  A great way to jump start a PD Session!   Mark your calendar for the K-12 Online Conference next October! K-12 Online 2007 in October!

Tablet Page

• Tablet PC/ Microsoft Technology
• Windows XP Tablet PC  / Microsoft OneNote 
• Smartboard and SynchronEyes
• Espon wired projector and NEC LT245 Wireless Projector and studies
• Creating PDF files use PDF Creator info and download - suggested to for uploading in SharePoint 
• Microsoft Laptop Training Anytime Anywhere Learning
• Altiris - Lab Imaging Software

Blogs to read
- Wesley Fryer blog
- David Warlick blog
- Will Richardson blog (presentation wiki, pbwiki and pageflakes)
- Alan November blog
- Darren Kurpatwa blog
- Marc Prensky blog

New Tools - Web 2.0 Tools
- Blogs (Blogger, Edublogs other tools wordpress, typepad  and movabletype)
- RSS RSS in Plain English (Common Craft) more on RSS, the Oprah way
- Aggregators/Readers for RSS (Google Reader, Bloglines and more)
- Skype, Audacity and Royalty Free Music.  Rubrics MultiMedia rubrics
 
- Wikis Wikis in Plain English pbwiki / tour or wikispaces / tour
   More on wikis in the classroom - Integrating Technology into the Classroom wiki
  Class Wikis http://technologypd.pbwiki.com/FrontPage and Twlight wiki
- TeacherTube and YouTube
- Google documents  and Tour (sample class Integration Technology and the Internet and emerging technologies) Google Maps
- Tinyurl - tinyurl
- Social Bookmarking in plain english (Common Craft) using del.icio.us

Personal aggregators
- Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content  tour 
- iGoogle personalize a page, add news, photos, weather,  etc
- Bloglines a free service that makes it easy to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds.


Other Tools and Terms
- Podcasts Definition, VodCast PoducateME extensive guide to podcasting
- iTunes 
- SlideShare - a place to host and share presntations.  
- Flickr - online photo management and sharing application.
- SnapFish, Shutterfly, Community Webshots, RockYou
- Survey Tools (Zoomerang, SurveyMonkey, zoho polls)
- Zoho offers a suite of online web applications
- PageFlakes your personalized start page with news readers, RSS feeds and more>  
  Using PageFlakes as a student portal
- Netvibes Personal news aggregator
- Suprglu  Do you already use sites liet del.icio.us, flickr, blogger, etc?  SuprGlu is a new 
  way to gathher all your content from these sites.
- Furl allows you to save anything you view on the web.
- MP3 creation and publishing tools: Audacity, Podomatic, GCast, Podbean and Odeo
- Video MovieMaker, PhotoStory, JumpCut and Flixn
- Screencasts using SmartRecorder, Windows Media Encoder, Camtasia by Tech Smith
- Screencasts for Student Feedback

The Interactive Classroom
- e-instruction and training videos and Tim Fahlberg (Math by topic and grade level)
- Smartboards (educational resources) and the Senteo interactive response system
- GPS Globe / Teacher Guide and GPS

21st Century Learning 
Digital Learning Environment e-book. » View the HP K-12 e-book now (PDF2.9 MB).
Integration Matrix with Video Lessons

Create a multimedia presentation - tools and ideas

• Web66
• Department Of Education - Profiles
• Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School
• Acton Boxborough, MA
• Andover Public Schools
• N. Andover Public Schools
• Apponequet Regional High School
  *Play of the Week Web Foot (Video Streaming)
• Arlington, MA  (benchmarks)
• Bancroft
• Boston Public Schools
• Concord-Carlisle High School
• Clinton, MA *
• Fitchburg, MA
• Hudson, MA
• Lunenburg and High School, MA
• Leominster, MA * (good web design)
• Lexington, MA
• Littleton, MA
• Nashoba Regional School District
• Nashua, NH (north and south)
• Needham, MA
• Newton North, MA - new
• Plymouth, MA
• Shrewsbury, MA * (good web design) note listserv and  calendar link
• Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, MA
• Virtual High School, Concord, MA
• Wachusett Regional High School
• Westborough Dist and High School classrooms (schoolcenter)
• Westford Academy
• Weston, MA
• Worcester Public Schools

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