One+to+one+classroom

= First Week in a 1 to 1 Classroom = This course prepares teachers to start using laptops in the classroom. The first section focuses on the special classroom management issues and strategies related to laptops. The second section focuses on specific instructional strategies to effectively use laptops in classroom instruction. Thirdly, participants create an instructional plan, using a resource from this course, to integrate technology effectively and seamlessly into their classroom instruction. Finally, participants learn the importance of digital literacy in the 21st century. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: =Evidence of Learning= =ISTE NETS standards addressed= In completing this workshop, teachers will: =Resources= Instructional Plan Worksheet (Word) Laptop Expectations Rubric (PDF) =Workshop Agenda=
 * ||  || =Workshop Objectives:=
 * Understand specific management issues that come with laptops and how to implement strategies that can make their classes an ideal laptop environment.
 * Understand some basic elements of laptop integration including WebQuests, PowerPoint software, online activities, e-mail, and other forms of communication.
 * Create an instructional plan, using a resource from this course, to integrate technology effectively and seamlessly into their classroom instruction.
 * Learn the importance of digital literacy in the 21st century.
 * Participants will create laptop expectations for their class.
 * Participants will select a resource from this workshop to integrate into their classroom and create a plan to do so.
 * III. C. Apply technology to develop students' higher-order skills and creativity.
 * II. D. Plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
 * V. A. Use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning.
 * V. B. Continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning.

Introductions
> Introducing the Course > Hook Activity: What could possibly go wrong? =What could possibly go wrong?=
 * Imagine that this is your first day having laptops in your classrooms, that your students have just received the laptops, and that they are beginning their first real activity.
 * Picture that first activity with everything going wrong. Picture their worst possible fear about a one-to-one classroom coming true, whether it is a technical problem, a student spilling water onto a laptop, students accessing inappropriate sites, and so on.
 * Next, write a short description in your Participant Workbook of what you think could happen, and be prepared to share your worst-case scenarios with the group.

Classroom Management
> Activity: Laptops and Classroom Management Article • Read the online article, "Student Laptops and Classroom Management." • As you read the article, use page 7 of your Participant Workbook to note two or three tips that you found most helpful and that you plan to integrate into your classroom. • Pair up and share your tips with a partner. • Think about if any of the strategies from the article address the worst-case scenario that you imagined at the beginning of the workshop.

> Activity: Laptop Expectations and Rules =Laptop Expectations and Rules= You are now going to create a draft set of classroom rules that you will institute from the first day you have laptops in your classrooms to help manage laptop use. Write your bulleted list on the laptop first. That way, it can be used for posting to a Web page or a Blog, e-mailed, or printed out to give to students to take home to their parents. Your rules need to be enforceable and have consequences, because managing expectations for students' behavior will help move your classrooms to an ideal environment. Issues and procedures related to laptop use and care need to be considered before students start using laptops in the classroom, because once poor expectations and behaviors are established, they are very difficult to adjust.

=Instructional Activities= **WebQuests**

Bernie Dodge's WebQuest site (hosted by San Diego University): @http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ WebQuests at TechTrekers @http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/ Kathy Schrock's WebQuest Guide @http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html Best WebQuests @http://bestwebquests.com/

**PowerPoint Jeopardy** [|Jeopardy.ppt]

**Online Activities**

Learn to Read at Starfall @http://www.starfall.com/ NCTM Illuminations Math Resources @http://illuminations.nctm.org/ AOL@school @http://www.aolatschool.com/ PBS Teacher Source @http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ Science NetLinks @http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ Thinkfinity from the Verizon Education Foundation @http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

**E-Mail and Other Forms of Communication** E-Mail > http://www.gaggle.net/ (free) > http://www.think.com/ (free) > http://www.epals.com/ (free) > http://www.allexperts.com/ (free) Surveys > http://info.zoomerang.com/ (free) Online assessments > http://www.quia.com/ (pay) > http://www.plato.com/products.asp?cat=Assessment&ID=83 (pay) Whiteboards > http://www.writeboard.com/ (free) Learning Management Systems > http://moodle.org/ (free) > http://www.blackboard.com/ (pay) > http://angellearning.com/ (pay)

Creating an Instructional Plan
=Creating an Instructional Plan= • ReadNow you will work individually or in pairs to create an instructional plan using a resource from this workshop. • Start with objectives and/or standards you and students will be addressing during your first week in a 1-to-1 classroom. This will help ensure that technology is being used wisely to enrich and extend learning. This also helps place the hardware and software in the category of "tools"-just like a chalkboard, a VCR, or an overhead projector. In this way, the laptops become less intimidating and become just another "tool" in your instructional toolbox. • The Create an Instructional Plan worksheet can be found on page 9 of your Participant Workbook. Click here for a Word version to create your plan for uploading to the Exchange. • When you are finished, don't forget to upload your Instructional Plan to the Exchange to ensure you receive credit for this session. =Final Thoughts= The 21st Century Literacies is the outcome of a $1 million gift to UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies in 2001. The two-year project is evaluating the meaning of literacy in an age characterized by an abundance of information and growing diversity. The Blurb @http://guysread.typepad.com/theblurb/ The Blurb is a daily, weekly, or sometimes monthly news show created and maintained by some seriously motivated middle-school students living in cyberspace! Radio WillowWeb @http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html Radio WillowWeb is produced by K-5 students and teachers at Willowdale Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska. Education Podcast Network @http://epnweb.org/index.php?request_id=123&openpod=18 A multicast society of speakers and listeners, listeners and speakers, teaching and learning in a life and time of change (all grade levels). You will need QuickTime to hear The Blurb Podcasts. Click here for a free download.Wikipedia @http://www.wikipedia.org/ Examples of Wikis in K-12 Classrooms @http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wiki_in_a_K-12_classroom Wikis in the Classroom @http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/wikis/ ||
 * Video link:** 21st Century Literacies (@http://www.kn.sbc.com/media/ucla.html)