1	Examples & Vision of Technology Integration at Norwood School
2	1. Writing, Revising, Sharing While completing in-class assignments, students compose, revise, and share their work electronically.
3	Norwood subscribes to several Internet research sites which provide students with age-appropriate, ad-free content. Media literacy is a critical part of any approach to technology.
4	3. Creativity & Multimedia
5	4. Assignments Posted Online
6	5. Email With Parents
7	The following slides offer examples of integration which are more individual in nature. There are examples for each grade level.
8	With the “Green Globs” program from Sunburst, students enter an equation which the program then graphs (shown in red). The students are trying to hit the green dots.
9	The Algebra class uses a CD to accompany their text book. It allows them to review, practice, and extend the skills they learn in class.
10	This teacher-created document scaffolds the unit of study. It includes text, images, audio, and hyperlinks. Being able to create one’s own materials allows teachers to customize content-delivery based on curricular needs.
11	Students in 7^th grade history created their own CD reference for a unit of study on the 1920s. Groups of students each prepared a PowerPoint presentation on a unique topic. The teacher linked all the files together and burned a copy of the CD for each student. Instead of taking class time to sit through everyone’s PowerPoint, the students were responsible for reviewing them all at home, prior to the unit test.
12	Teaching With Tablets Tablets offer teachers and students new ways to interact with content. Students can write on any type of file or simply takes electronic notes.
13	Teachers can easily display any source of material using the mounted projectors. While studying the 1960s, students listen to music from that decade. The teacher imported the songs into PowerPoint and displayed the song lyrics (cued to the music) using his classroom projector. Being able to read the lyrics while listening to the song, aided students’ understanding.
14	Submitting Assignments Electronically Some teachers allow students to submit written work in electronic format, saving time & paper during the editing process. One teacher told us how his students had submitted assignments one evening, and he was able to email the papers back to the students with revisions the next morning, so that the students had the papers for their very next class meeting. Feedback on homework assignments can be similarly accelerated.
15	Editing Assignments Electronically Using “Commenting” and “Track Changes” features in Microsoft Word lets teachers or peer reviewers comment electronically on writing, without altering the original. The author can then choose to accept or reject each revision, and can view the comments.
16	Integrating Multiple Tech Skills
17	Teachers can review content with students the night before a test using a chat room. Students and teachers who are comfortable with instant-messaging often communicate about assignments or projects.
18	Quizzing with Quia The Quia.com website allows teachers to create online interactive content.
19	The newspaper committee uses InDesign to layout the pages. Student photographers contribute digital photos. The finished file is uploaded to a publisher for printing.
20	The yearbook committee uses PhotoShop and InDesign to scan and layout the yearbook. 8^th grade students may submit their “senior page” in electronic format.
21	Digital Scrapbooks
22	The 7^th & 8^th grade math classes use Excel to analyze data sets and do graphing projects.
23	7th grade science students access web sites for online labs. Students viewed web-cams of bacteria reproducing, saw online demonstrations of atomic structure, simulated density experiments, and classified onion cells going through mitosis. They also access the internet to read up-to-the-minute stories about current events having to do with the environment.
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25	In this stock market project 7th grade students worked in pairs to research a company and create a presentation to persuade potential investors to buy the stock of that company. Students chose a company to research, gathered data from the web, analyzed their company's fundamentals with Excel, and synthesized the data to create a presentation.
26	Foreign Language classes use a variety of software including Bienvenue to review and practice vocabulary & pronunciation. They use Atajo and Systeme D as writing assistants.
27	Foreign Language Software
28	As part of an email pen-pal project with students in a Spanish-speaking country, participants printed digital photos of themselves for a greeting card they snail-mailed to their e-pals.
29	Assistive Technologies
30	The chorus teacher’s web site lets students hear (and practice) their parts. It contains the sheet music and it plays midi sequences with the Internet plug-in “Scorch.” In a music composition class, students connect their laptops to midi keyboards to create and play their compositions.
31	Video editing is offered as an elective or independent study to 7th & 8th graders. Students use Pinnacle Studio software to edit their movies, adding titles, effects, and soundtracks.
32	During their study of art history, 7th & 8th graders view paintings on museum web sites for comparison and discussion.
33	Digital photography students create composite self-portraits using PhotoShop.
34	The 7th & 8th grade digital graphics class used PhotoShop to create images which they printed onto transparencies, creating an effect like stained glass. It allowed them to experiment with color, line, and design in this unique medium.
35	The art department has a wide body printer for printing digital art creations. Students in the digital graphics class created posters to advertise upcoming drama productions
36	The librarian took digital photos of students with the books that they wrote book reviews about.
37	At the middle school spelling bee, the contestant's attempts are projected onto the screen for the audience to observe. There is another screen behind the audience, which the contestants can see.
38	Flex-arm document cameras are used throughout the grades, in each classroom that has a projector
39	In 6th grade each student gives a presentation sometime during the year at morning chapel. Many students choose to create a PowerPoint to accompany their oral presentation.
40	During their study of a Mark Twain novel each 6th grade reading group created a short skit or presentation for the other groups. One group created a silent video of their skit to give the effect of an old style movie.
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42	One use of the projectors is to display lecture notes during class lecture/discussion periods, so that the teacher doesn’t need to take time to write them on the board (with his back to the class). During the lecture/discussion, the teacher can use these
43	6^th Graders create an electronic travel brochure during their study of South America. They research flights, hotels, and attractions (within a fixed budget) then create a presentation for their destination.
44	Primary source documents on the Internet are extensive and easily accessible. These web sites enrich the 6^th grade units on the Civil War and the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
45	This teacher-created Geometer’s Sketchpad exercise allows students to manipulate the triangle sides, while displaying the area.
46	An intersession offering in the middle school is Lego Robotics. Students build a Lego creation and then program it on the computer. Their programs can get input from touch sensors and light sensors, and they can program motors to turn on and off based upon this input.
47	5th graders who need it get a typing refresher class for two weeks in the fall term.
48	Middle school students use the “Prime Time Math” series from Tom Snyder Software which offers a variety of interactive simulations that emphasize problem solving in cooperative learning groups. The students watch and gather data from a video segment on the CD, then work in groups to solve the problems. "Fizz & Martina's Math Adventures" is a similar product used in the lower grades.
49	In their study of medieval history, 5^th grade students view the Bayeux tapestry web site, and work in pairs to document the story it depicts.
50	In their study of Roman cities, teams of 5^th grade students use an Excel spreadsheet to track expenses, Neighborhood MapMachine to layout their city, and email accounts for diplomats communication.
51	This program lets students experiment with creating and tessellating shapes.
52	Internet safety and online ethics are discussed and reinforced at every grade level.
53	In science class, students use IntelPlay microscopes which connect to a computer and display the image on the computer screen. Students can save and edit the images, use them for study purposes, or in presentations. These easy-to-use microscopes have magnification levels up to 200x. They can view slides or objects.
54	Various types of Probes are used in science class. They connect to the computers and download data directly to Excel.
55	4th Graders working on a solar system unit each researched a planet using teacher-selected web sites. Then each student used a PowerPoint template created by the teacher. Students presented their finished projects to the class.
56	4th Graders studying Mesopotamia test their knowledge by arranging labels and symbols on a map template.
57	This 3^rd grade class used the “Classroom Performance System” to allow all students to respond to a teacher’s questions. The software lets the teacher instantly know what percentage of students have answered the question correctly.
58	Students take digital photos of their science experiments over time as a data collection documentation tool.
59	In this third grade classroom the teacher is displaying a concept map created with "Inspiration" software. The mounted classroom projectors enable teachers to display a variety of materials very easily.
60	Teachers also project onto the dry erase board, and can write on the image with the regular markers.
61	Touch-typing is taught in 3^rd grade with “Type to Learn.” Students go through a series of self-paced lessons.
62	2nd grade students study Kente cloth quilt designs from Africa. The students create two quilt blocks on the computer and then make a pattern.
63	2^nd Grade Stamp Project
64	Kindergarten and first grade students are introduced to computers as a creative tool. They use KidPix painting to create pictures.
65	Kindergarten and first grade students use the following programs to practice basic skills: JumpStart Phonics, ClockShop, MathBlaster, SplishSplash Math, ReadingBlaster, and SpellingBlaster.
66	Net-op Teacher is a software product that lets the teacher view screens remotely. The teacher can lock screens, chat, remote control, distribute files, and more.
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