Syllabus

Using 21st Century Technologies to Enhance K-2 Mathematics Instruction = = =Instructor Information = 10am-7pm || =General Information =
 * Instructor || Email || Online Days and Hours ||
 * Elizabeth Jackson || esmith94@student.umuc.edu || Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Description
The five day, Using 21st Century Technologies to Enhance K-2 Mathematics Instruction, workshop support wiki, gives elementary mathematics teachers examples of ways to utilize 21st Technologies to encourage student interactivity and collaboration, and enhance teacher formative assessment strategies. At the end of this workshop, participants would have successfully used ActivInspire software, virtual manipulatives, Schoology, audio-visual resources, Google Spreadsheet, and iPad hardware and applications.

Expectations and Course Objectives/Goals
The workshop takes place over five days. Each day, your personal goal should be to evaluate personal technology competencies in order to inform and reflect on workshop and personal practices. At the end of this workshop, all participants should have: = = =Course Materials =
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Applied graphing principles to develop classroom relevant bar graphs for their student population using the ActivInspire software.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analyzed a graph to identify important patterns found in data.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Used Schoology to collaborate about audio-visual technology.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identified ways to use audio-visual resources in ActivInspire software.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Integrated mathematics into another subject area and use group discussion to enhance student learning.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Located virtual manipulatives and identify ways to use them during mathematics classes to problem solve and think critically.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Promoted discussion and collaboration, despite the independent use of virtual manipulatives.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Created a class bookmark list of virtual manipulatives, using the online site, diigo.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Used iPad application to gather formative student assessment data.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analyzed formative assessment data to identify patterns found in the data and students who require reteaching.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Required Materials

 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laptop or desktop computer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ActivInspire software (Click here for 30 Day Free Trial)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wi-Fi Access
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Microphone and/or video camera
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Google Drive
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iPad
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iTunes account

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Optional Materials
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Promethean Board <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ActivVotes = = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Course Schedule = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Descriptions = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grading Information =
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Topic |||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Projects ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interactive ActivInspire Graphs || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creation of Interactive Bar Graphs ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audio-Visual Enhancements || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Schoology Discussion; Audio-Visual ActivInspire Lesson ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discussion Groups || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Food Plate Pie Chart ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Virtual Manipulatives || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Class diigo Bookmarks; Virtual Manipulative Lesson ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Formative Assessments || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Strategies ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Description ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creation of Interactive Bar Graphs || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will gather survey data and organize it into a self-created interactive ActivInspire bar graph. Students record a presentation analyzing the data represented in their graphs that they would share with an appropriate audience. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audio-Visual ActivInspire Lesson || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students create audio-visual lesson enhancements using ActivInspire and audio-visual tools. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Food Plate Pie Chart || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students identify foods they have eaten in the last 24 hours. Students use foods to create a pie chart of food choices. Classroom pie charts are compared to My Plate diagram in online discussion blog at Schoology.com. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Class diigo Bookmarks || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will use diigo to collaborate with classmates to create and archive a virtual manipulatives bookmarks page. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Virtual Manipulative Lesson || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will identify two problems students can solve using virtual manipulatives. Student design lesson plans to describe how virtual manipulatives can be used in their instruction. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Strategies || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students explore iPad assessment options and choose applications that could be used to assist with reteaching struggling students. ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pass/Fail Grading Policy
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This workshop is graded according to a pass/fail policy. Each day work samples, class participation credit, and anecdotal observations will be taken to determine student individual progress towards meeting mastery goals of the workshop. A grade of Pass will be earned by students who have shown mastery of course content, indicated by course evaluation tools throughout the workshop.