Integrating Technology Tools for Secondary Classroom

ESE Assistant Principals

ObjectivesAwareness and increased knowledge of:• Millennials• Standards & Laws• Student Learning• Digital text• Technology resources

Millennials and Future

Podcasts Moodles

Blogs Wikis

Interactive whiteboards

“User-centric” Online curriculum

Web 2.0

Through the integration of technology, ensure students and staff are effective

users of ideas and information.

GOAL

ESE Assistant PrincipalsOverview of Recommended

Path for Integrating Technology Tools (RPITT)

INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

Digital Text Awareness training for ESE APs

School based initial training

Specific (software) Training Options

Implementation Evaluation/Analysis District Follow-Up

Law & Terminology• NCLB• IDEIA 2004

– Accommodations– AT – Assistive Technology– NIMAS – National Instructional Materials UDL/UD –

Universal Design for Learning• Accessibility Standard Code

– Differentiated Instruction• Flexible Accessible Materials• Digital Text

Digital text or Digital MaterialsDigital text or Digital Materials are any electronic versions of the curriculum materials that are used in the classroom.

Includes: Word documents, internet, pdfs, email

Other Terms: digital books, text transformations, modified texts, electronic text, wav, mp3, audio, daisy, synthetic speech, text-to-speech, text-to-audio

Printed Text – Barriers

• May impede access & progress in general curriculum

• Cannot be easily edited or modified

• Can be lost (transportation)

Benefits of Digital Text• Searched & rearranged• Read aloud by a computer• Customized for individual learners• Visual display can be varied - larger, etc.• Auditory display - good for pre-reading• Allows embedding learning supports in content• Allows students to copy/paste, or otherwise

manipulate the text, to indicate comprehension

Data Warehouse

Accommodations & FCAT• Presentation

– enlarged text, braille, masking, color, text-to-speech, visual cues

• Responding– speech-to-text, technology (word processor) for writing

assessments or extended response without accessing spell or grammar check

• Sample of “text-to-speech” online Spring Math FCAT

Accommodations

• Successful (data from trials)

• Currently being used in classroom

• Documented on the IEP

Current Tools• Hey, Can I try that?

– Screen Readers– Text-to-Speech– Speech-to-Text– Graphic Organizers

Scaffolding Reading/Writing

Four Planning Questions1. What will students learn?

2. Which strategies will provide evidence of student learning?

3. Which strategies will help students acquire and integrate learning?

4. Which strategies will help students practice, review, and apply learning?

Planning for Technology“Using technology for technology’s sake isn’t a

good application of instructional time or funding, and it is unlikely to improve student achievement. It is essential that teachers design a quality lesson plan first and then select the most appropriate technologies to support that lesson.”

Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn, Kim Malenoski, ASCD, McREL 2007