1-21-11

= Cohort Two  = = January 21, 2011  =

Homework!
**Preschool Technology Use** survey on Survey Monkey Click here to take survey

Complete a self assessment on your use of assistive technology Click here to take survey

Today's Objectives

 * Understand and build comfort with personal use of technology - Expand your ability to use technology in different ways (document, create materials, communicate)
 * Design instruction that utilizes technology to support all children - Proactively plan for diversity in the classroom and intentionally plan for technology use/access
 * Engineer the classroom environment with technology in mind - Ensure that all children have access to developmentally appropriate activities using technology

Reasons we started this project
Here is the link to watch Did You Know 3.0 on YouTube

Personal Use Focus Areas

 * Communicating with Others
 * Documenting Children's Learning
 * Creating Materials and Productivity

Communicating with Others

 * Sharing/Informing Information
 * Collaborating
 * Ongoing communication with families, coworkers

Technology Applications

 * Newsletter - Publisher, Word
 * Listserv/Email
 * Classroom website
 * Assistive Tech course website
 * Sample teacher website - Jackie Gerstein
 * Listing of sample Weebly sites
 * Blogging
 * Family Child Learning Center's blog
 * Greta's scrapbooking blog
 * Example blog from Miss Erin's preschool class
 * Photosharing sites
 * Patti's Shutterfly Share Site
 * Webcam

Documenting Children's Learning - a way to look at children's process and progress over time

 * Progress
 * Interests and preferences
 * Relationships
 * Effectiveness of strategies
 * Assessment
 * Experiences
 * Learning (classroom and individual)

Technology Applications

 * Word processing program - Microsoft Word - Creating checklists and organizing documentation
 * Digital Camera - For process and progress
 * Flip Video
 * Voice Recorder - Language samples, notes
 * VoiceThread
 * Here is a VoiceThread created by a kindergarten class
 * VoiceThread of an I Spy type story created by second graders

Here's an article titled "Documentation in a Lab School Setting: Teaching New Teachers to Document" from the The Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting

Creating Materials and Productivity

 * Creation of teaching materials, download
 * Using the documentation collected
 * Organizing and editing of information collected

Technology Applications

 * PowerPoint
 * Boardmaker
 * VoiceThread
 * Online self publishing sites

Here is the presentation for this section on Slideshare

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Online Timer

On the [|Resources]page there are a TON of links to Boardmaker and PowerPoint activities


 * Excellent series of PowerPoint Tutorials for PowerPoint 2007
 * Self Publishing Sites
 * Lulu
 * Blurb- has free software that you can download to layout your books
 * Illustory- kits to create individual books that are published in hardcover
 * Online Multimedia Shared Slideshow - [|Voicethread]
 * Here is a link to Patti's wiki where there are PowerPoint templates for classroom stories
 * Here is a link to Meghan Ellar's personal page where she shared more PowerPoint templates

All Kids
Article - What Should a Preschooler Know About Technology? - from Scholastic

Article - Young Children and Computers: Storytelling and Learning in a Digital Age from Teaching Exceptional Children (scroll down to June/July 2010)

Article - The Digital Camera: A Tool for Creative Teaching from Teaching Exceptional Children (scroll down to February 2008)

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Links
Good intro video on UDL from the National Center on UDL.

[|Cast YouTube Channel] A YouTube Channel that provides videos on UDL.

A one page graphic displaying the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines is attached at the bottom of this page

National Center on Universal Design for Learning. This is where you can find out more information on the UDL Guidelines.

[|NECTAC] is the national early childhood technical assistance center supported by the U.S. Department of Education's [|Office of Special Education Programs]. NECTAC serves all 50 states and 10 jurisdictions with an array of services and supports to improve service systems and outcomes for infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children with special needs and their families. This UDL link provides many other links to online books, tool kits, articles and National Centers related to Universal Design for Learning.

[|CAST] is a nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through Universal Design for Learning. Founded in 1984 as the Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST has earned international recognition for its innovative contributions to educational products, classroom practices, and policies. Its staff includes specialists in education research and policy, neuropsychology, clinical/school psychology, technology, engineering, curriculum development, K-12 professional development, and more.

Engineering The Classroom
Article - Meaningful Technology Integration in Early Learning Environments from NAEYC (scroll down for the link)

Access

 * Make things (technology, activities, materials) accessible to students as a matter of course
 * Three Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
 * How can children access technology of all kinds in different areas of the classroom
 * How do you introduce technology to children (digital cam, webcam, flip)
 * Six areas of access
 * physical/motor
 * sensory
 * cognitive
 * engagement/motivation
 * social/participation
 * communication

Here is the PowerPoint for this section on Slideshare

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Different types of "technology"
Digital voice recorder Request on Donors Choose.org for a digital voice recorder Digital Voice Recorders turn Students into Reporters

Creating with Media: Preschoolers from PBS Tape recorder Microphone CD player Headphones Digital camera Webcam Webcams link 3-year-old, her classmates

Flip video @http://www.pre-kpages.com/flip-video/

Leapster Overhead projector Amplification system Language Master AAC devices available at centers (Big Mack, Step-by-Step) Interactive white boards (e.g. SmartBoard, Promethean) @http://www.pre-kpages.com/activboard/

Computer Laptop iPod Touch @http://www.pre-kpages.com/ipods/

iPad []

Calculator PowerPoint @http://www.pre-kpages.com/powerpoint/ Document camera

Feedback
Click here to go to the Stixyboard that I created to gather feedback on today's session

Resources

 * Photo Sharing sites
 * [|Shutterfly] - can also create your own free share sites. Possibly a good choice for a classroom site. At Shutterfly you can share pictures so that people can download them, not just order prints. You can also create photo books.
 * [|Snapfish]
 * Picasa photo editing software - free download
 * Blogging Tools - sort of an online journal, possibly a place to share classroom news. Others can comment.
 * Blogger
 * Edblogs
 * Website Hosting - free places to put your classroom website
 * Google Sites
 * Weeblyor Weebly for Education
 * [|Voicethread] - Online multimedia shared slideshow. You can protect your VoiceThread so that only people who know the URL can see it. You can also choose to allow comments or not.
 * Self Publishing Sites - you can upload your book and order a printed copy in color or black and white and in hardcover or paperback
 * Lulu
 * Blurb
 * Online video sites - to post video or just watch it
 * Teacher Tube
 * YouTube
 * Flip video links
 * Video tutorials on the Flip from the Duke Center for Instructional Technology
 * Flipshare.com - a place to store and share your Flip videos
 * Video Chat - two free sites to let you connect with others using a web cam
 * Skype
 * Oovoo
 * Open Office - Word processing/presentation/spreadsheet suite similar to Microsoft Office but free! - Use for creating documentation, classroom stories, newsletters, etc.
 * Diigo social bookmarking
 * Here's a link to Patti's Diigo links