1. ALTA!
Achieving Learning Through Technology
and Access
Michele Dawson

2. Two Day Agenda
• Welcome and Overview • Versatility of Google Docs
• Marzano’s Nine Strategies • Enhancing Learning with
Voicethread.com
• Technology Tools that enhance
learning-Note taking Webspiration • Planning using Multiple Strategies
• Quickie Wiki • Create Multimedia Project
• Ipod Touch: Literacy at your • Sharing Project
fingertips
• Posting to Authentic Audience
• Connecting Strategies and
Technology with Graphic • Reflection Wiki
Organizers
• Reflection Wiki
Full Agenda

3. Outcomes
• Identify technologies that
support research based
strategies
• Knowledge and use of a
variety of digital tools to
enhance instruction
• Create resources and best
practices to share with
colleagues

4. Introduction
In Your Pocket
Find something in your pocket or purse
which represents your use of technology in
classroom instruction

5. Marzano’s Nine Research Based Strategies for
Increasing Student Achievement
• Identifying Similarities and Differences
• Nonlinguistic Representations
• Summarizing and Note Taking
• Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers
• Cooperative Learning
• Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
• Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
• Generating and Testing
• Hypotheses
• Homework and Practice

6. Why Technology
Collaboration
21st Century Learning
Authentic
Personalization
Relevance

7. Why Technology
• Real life learning that promotes inquiry and create
authentic learning experiences
• Providing scaffolding and tools to enhance learning and
additional opportunities for feedback
• Building global and local Communities
• Individualize and differentiate instruction to meet student
learning styles
• Access to Culturally Relevant Curriculum and Literature
• Promote 21st century skills, including critical
thinking, problem solving and communication skills

8. Technology is just ONE
ToolforLearning

9. curriculum
drives
technology

10. Web 2.0 Tools
Podcasts Scratch
Wikis Scrapblog
Blogs Google Documents
Social Networks Ipods, Cellphones
Voicethread-

11. Online Literacy Resources
Readwritethink
Many Tools to Create on line
Multimedia Projects
Quizzes and on-line activities
http://www.manythings.org
See wiki for additional Websites

12. Assistive Technology
Talking Text
• Helps students who struggle with reading or composing or
speaking grammatically correct academic English
• Kidpix and Inspiration
Summarizing Text
• Highlight text can focus on key words, themes,
• readability of text and grade level for any document.
• Graphic Cues
Graphic Organizers
• incorporating both images and text for analysis; ex.
Compare/contrast
• Resources : Inspiration , FREE CMAP, :

13. Student Centered Learning
Examples

14. American Revolution Project
• eslconfPresentationsRevolutionVocab_O
CR_Gr5_U4.isf

15. American Revolution Project
Technology to use
– Imovie
– Garageband
– Photostory 3
– MovieMaker 2
– Audacity

16. Integrated Science and ELA

17. Integrated Science and ELA
• Technology Used
• Scratch
• Ipod/Itunes
• Inspiration

18. Hand Held Devices
• Give the ability to access tools and data at anytime, anywhere.
• Communicate
• create essays -create spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations
• -read an eBook -take pictures and videos -beam projects and
assignments to peers or teachers
• Handhelds can also help students organize:
– allowing students to self-correct their work.
– Using alarms to remind students to attend
special classes or finish task.
– Using calendars to help students organize and
recall assignment instructions and due dates.

19. Classroom Use

20. Anytime Anywhere Learning

21. Anytime Anywhere Learning

22. Assessment
• Quia Pre-assessment
• E-Portfolios
• Rubrics
• http://rubistar.4teachers.org
• http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/

25. ALTA! Wiki
http://altaalemeda.pbworks.com/