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=Welcome to the ACHS wiki that encourages teachers to begin taking small steps into the usage of using technology to improve instruction.=

I have broken this Wiki into Marzano's nine researched based strategies for effective instruction. Please post under one of the strategies how you can use technology to improve a current teaching strategy you use.


 * With the addition of Google docs to the school, this is an interesting wiki that gives numerous links to different things to do with Google docs. Take a minute to check it out: Google docs

=**1. Identifying Similarities and Differences:**=

=**2. Summarizing and Note Taking:**= I plan on students posting charts we have made in class, for example personal pronouns or a conjugated verb, along with ideas on what helps that particular student internalize the information for future use. kg

I will use the nettrekker search on the Kan-ed site to help Yearbook Design students to identify, understand and resolve ethical issues that we face in Yearbook Production. This site will allow us to get updated information and examples of ethical issues that have surfaced in other yearbook classes that we currently do not have. (Vaughan)

=3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition:= I have students practice short conversations covering the subject matter newly learned. This provides students to concentrate on pronunciation as well as properly using the new structures introduced. kg

Extra practice sheets for tested standards can be placed on googledocs for students who finish assignments early or need additional reinforcement in certain areas. These could also be viable extra credit opportunities. (Vaughan)

I use quia.com for reinforcement games for Spanish vocabulary and grammar created by other teachers. Students use computers from cart and I assign games on board. LC =4. Homework and Practice:= I plan to have all my students use googledocs to create, save, and turn in assignments.

Spanish IV students work independently making Powerpoint presentations on current events in Spanish such as gang violence on the border. These may be stored on Googledocs and then shown on my computer with the projector to the Spanish III class. LC

I will be able to use GoogleDocs as the Journal/Bell Work for students as they come into class, this way I will be able to see immediately who has completed the Journal.

=**5. Non-linguistic Representations:**= I use Youtube for visiting travel videos for Spanish speaking countries, also Spanish music videos, foreign film clips, cartoons in Spanish. I can access student made videos from other Spanish classes that are studying the same material we are and students can watch their adaptations of reading material. Maybe we can make an adaptation ourselves. I would like to film one of our Spanish fairy tales that we act out with props and post it on Youtube. LC

I plan on using online animations to demonstrate the process of cell division. During our discussion of genetics, students will virtually mate organisms to predict gene transfer. CS

=**6. Cooperative Learning:**= I have students work in small groups asking each other questions in Spanish and answering the questions. One student begins and calls on another to answer his/her question. This way all students have a chance to be involved instead of waiting to be called on if this exercise is done as a class. kg

Using googledocs for writing assignments would allow students to work in pairs or groups to constructively peer-edit papers for errors and problems. (Vaughan)

I could use the school fusion or googledocs capabilities to upload and post student PP/other Presentations since it should be able to be accessed by any computer with Internet. I can then have the class participate in feedback and discussion based on the material. (MG)

=**7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback**:= Kan-ed provides a program that allows teachers to customize grading rubrics to exactly match the assignment and expectations. This will allow teachers to easily adapt rubrics to modified assignments. (Vaughan)

=**8. Generating and Testing Hypotheses:**= I plan on using the Kan-ed physical education fitness standards for freshmen testing.

We will use Kan-ed to make test for XLT math.

=**9. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers:**=
 * I plan to use the Kan-ed test generator to pretest (mid-test) students to help group students by skill level for differentiated instruction.**