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http://lutzintegrate.wikispaces.com/pma

=Tuesday June 9th = **DO NOW:** Look at http://www.khanacademy.org/  and find a video you would use in your classroom.

http://edu.glogster.com/
 * Glogster EDU: MS. STATEN **


 * Blooms Taxonomy- Integration **

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=Tuesday May 24th = **DO NOW:** Look on your Mac Laptop and find a program you have never opened, open it and check it out.

**Objective:** After looking at all the programs the on the MacBook, teachers will be able to suggest some programs they can use to engage their students to differentiate their learning.

**Guided Practice:** Teacher and the students will go through the programs on the laptop and talk about possible project and lessons that can be taught using those programs.

**Independent Practice:** Students will pick on programs and think of ways they can use it on their classroom.

What did we learn today? What would you like to learn in the future?
 * Close: **

= = = Tuesday May 10th =


 * DO NOW: ** Click here to take PATI Survey! @http://tinyurl.com/FelsPati

**Access Code:** 7812-04-TE

>>>> Do NOT COPY and PASTE the access key into the Access field cell. TYPE the Access Key into the Access field cell instead. Success!
 * 1) Click the link to go to the login page [|MetiriSurveys Login]
 * 2) Click the link to create an account
 * 3) Note: Usernames must be unique and at least 6 characters long
 * 4) Complete the form, using the appropriate [|School Access Key] when asked
 * 5) Hint - Access Key
 * 1) Login to the system using the newly created account
 * 2) Look under the category "Take or Revise a Survey."
 * 3) Confirm your school information and role
 * 4) Click the button to enter the survey

Yoo Star Link! = = = = = Thursday April 14th =

**Do Now:** Click on the links below and read about QR codes and their uses in the classroom.

http://www.slideshare.net/altucker/qr-codes-in-the-classroom-pete-c



http://itcboisestate.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/10-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-your-classroom/




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http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/body.html
 * Google Body- Human Anatomy **

http://www.aviary.com/
 * Aviary- Free online collaboration tools **

http://www.pearltrees.com
 * Pearl Trees - Visual Social Bookmarking: **

= = = = = = = Tuesday April 5th =

Do Now:
Go to PDESAS.org and find some type of resource to use in your classroom based on the needs of your students.

** Objective: **
By looking at the Assessment Anchor coding teachers will understand how to read standards.

Best Practice/Direct Instruction
Looking at a standard in Math we will break down that standard and talk about each part of it.

Download Videos from any web site to use in PowerPoint or ActivInspire
 * 1) Open Firefox
 * 2) Go to tools, then addons
 * 3) In get add-ons search from Video
 * 4) Download video download helper
 * 5) Restart Firefox and look for little [[image:lutzintegrate_-_pma_-_Edit-1.jpg]]
 * 6) Find a video you would like to download and press arrow next to [[image:lutzintegrate_-_pma_-_Edit-1.jpg]]
 * 7) Click on file name and it will download

Guided Practice:
**Independent Practice:**

Close:
= Tuesday March 29th =

Do Now:
Log into SchoolNet and look at your classes Predictive Data, select one weak area and stay on the standard page.

** Objective: **
By analyzing benchmark Data, the teachers will be able to look at that data and connect it to their lessons in the coming weeks.

Best Practice/Direct Instruction
Dan McMonagle will show teachers how he access his bench mark data using school net.

Guided Practice:
Look at eligible content in schoolnet and SAS **Independent Practice:** Find a resource that you can use with your class

Close:
Questions about data

** Do Now: **
Create a Gmail account if you do not have one, by clicking here. Then log into google docs and create a document.

** Objective: **
By analyzing benchmark Data, the teachers will be able to look at that data and connect it to their lessons in the coming weeks.

Best Practice/Direct Instruction
Dan McMonagle will show teachers how he access his bench mark data using school net.

Guided Practice:
Together will look at the PST and try to make connection to weak standards.

**Independent Practice:** Teachers will find one or two lessons in the PST

Close:
Any questions about Google Docs to looking at data. = = = = = = = Tuesday February 8th  =

** Do Now: **
Please take the PMA PD survey if you didn't take it last week, download this word file if you would like to work on this sheet online.

** Objective: **
After showing the teachers access and review Benchmark data, teachers will be able to find the weakest standards for each class and list those classes from strongest to weakest.

Best Practice:
Follow up from last session, Mr. Gordon will demonstrate best practice for using the Activslate for lessons in the classroom, using 1 slate and using two.

Guided Practice:
Review how to access Benchmark data using SchoolNet and go over how to to fill in the form you downloaded in the do now.

Close:
What did we learn today? What would you like to learn in the future?

= Tuesday February 1st  =

** Do Now: **
Log into PDESAS.org and explore the available resources to enhance your lessons and the areas your students are struggling as a class.

** Objective: **
After showing the teachers how to connect the ActivSlate to their computers and use them, they will be able to use them in the their classrooms.

** Guided Practice: **
Show the teacher how to connect their ActivSlates, and use them with them to interact with their computers and projectors. - Connect ActivHub into the computer - Open up ActivInspire - Click on Voting browser - Click on device registration - Click on ActivSlate and register device

ActivSlate User Guide

** Independent: **
Practice using the Activslate or continue using SAS to find resources

** Close: **
Offer to meet with teacher independently to continue training on ActivSlate and SAS.

= Tuesday January 25th =

Do Now:
Log into SchoolNet and look at your students benchmark data, try to find three weakest standards. If you do not have a class that takes benchmark, see if you can still see your students Benchmark data.

Objective:
After showing the teachers how to aggregate the Benchmark data, teachers will be able to find resources to re-teach the three weakest standards their classes had trouble with.

Review:
Last week we went into schoolnet and accessed student data via schoolnet... 1. Log into SchoolNet 2. Click on align or My Classroom 3. Click on Item Analysis 4. Click on Standard Performance 5. Click on item number of the weak standard, should be in order of weakest to greatest 6. View the question and see the distractor, or incorrect question selected most often 7. Scroll down and copy the standard, then click on the {M} to see the standard 8. Scroll down and find the anchor that is highlighted in blue 9. Click the number on the far right, to see available resources 10. Click on SAS resource that pertains to your class 11. Under content, click on the SAS link

Guided Practice:
Walk teachers through access data links connected to SAS and how to find assessments, constructed response, web content, and Lessons Unit Plans Show how to dis-aggregate Data to be specific to that anchor

Independent:
Using SAS teachers will find content to help them reteach weak standards/Anchors to their classes

= = = Tuesday January 18th =

Do Now
Turn on your computer and log into Schoolnet and start looking at your students Benchmark data.

Study Island Overview
Mr. Delarge 10 min.

Looking at Benchmark Data
Go over how to access benchmark data and look at weak areas for your classroom.

= = = = = Tuesday January 4th =

Do Now
Please click on the link and take a quick survey about Common Planning time at PMA http://tinyurl.com/pmamidsurvey

Survey Results
= Tuesday December 21st =

**Web 2.0 Tools Day!**
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Prezi - http://prezi.com/ Google Voice - https://www.google.com/voice/ Triptico - http://www.triptico.co.uk/ Live Binders - http://livebinders.com/ Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/

= Tuesday December 14th =

Do Now
Open ActivInspire and bring up a blank flipchart.

** Objective: **
After showing teachers how to create a magic slider, teachers will be able to create a magic slider to use in their classrooms.

** Review: **
Questions about creating questions in ActivInspire

Creating a Magic Slider:
= = = Tuesday December 7th =

Do Now
Go to //** PDE SAS **//  and check out resources to use use on your classroom.

PDE Released Items:
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SAS Instruction Videos for teachers:
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Places to Look for Resources and Lesson Ideas
[] //** National Council of Teachers of English **// [] //** National Council of Teachers of Mathematics **// [] //** Promethean Planet **// [] //** Read/Write/Think **// [] //** PDE SAS **// [] //** SchoolTube **// [] //** Smart Exchange **// [] //** Teacher Tube **// [] [] //**Thinkfinity**// []
 * // Discovery Education (Philadelphia Teachers Log in Portal to Access Discovery Ed.) //**
 * // TED //**

How to create question in ActivInspire:
Click here for guided notes

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= = = **Tuesday November 23rd** = = =

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Do Now:
Take an ActivExpression student response system, and turn it on. Log into your computer and go to ActivInspire. Wait for instructions.

** Objective: **
After teaching showing teachers the different types of questions and how to create them, teachers will be able to create questions in ActivInspire to use with the ActivExpressions.

How to create a question on ActivInspire:
ActivInspire ---> Insert ---> Questions

= = = **Tuesday November 16th** = = =

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Do Now:
Log into schoolNet and go into Discovery Education --->

** Objective: **
After teaching how to access discovery education and download videos, teachers will be able to download one movie and insert it into ActivInspire and/or Powerpoint by guided practice.


 * How to download videos from Discovery Ed.
 * Short videos to enhance your curriculum
 * Try to add a short video into your lessons plans in the next two weeks, the video can fit in step 4 of your lesson plans.

Inspire Moment
Guided Notes: ActivInspire: Insert Media
 * // How to insert Media into your flipchart: //**

//** How to Insert Into PowerPoint: **// Guided Notes: = = =Tuesday November 9th= = =
 * 1) Open PowerPoint
 * 2) Go to page you would like to insert video in.
 * 3) In menu bar, select Insert ---> Movie ---> select movie file
 * 4) Press Choose
 * 5) Select when to start movie
 * 6) Resize and you are ready to play!

Objective:
Teachers will be able to find their students Benchmark data online and find ways to reteach weak standards.

Do Now:
Log into Schoolnet and stay on the MySchoolNet Page.

** How to Access Benchmark Data **
You will see the question, answers & rationale for the problem. You will also see the section frequency that will show you why the students chose the wrong answer. Below you will see the standard, where you can click on the [M] to see resources or search the standard for ideas to reteach.
 * Log into SchoolNet
 * Scroll down to "My Benchmark Tests" (See Below)
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 * You can view how your students scored by looking at the color coded boxes[[image:http://img.skitch.com/20101108-jgxs6dqyjymyt2ui9gde4gby1r.jpg]]
 * Now click on Item Analysis
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 * This will allow you to see the Benchmark test, look at the percentages of the question numbers. Look for the lowest percentages and click on the number to see the question so you can re-teach that skill.

** Now You Crunch Your Students Benchmark Data **

 * 1) Pick a class and go to Item Analysis for the current Benchmark
 * 2) Look at the "Section Summary" and find the questions your students did the worst on and click on the question number.
 * 3) You can now read the question and see what mistakes your students made, write this down.
 * 4) Now scroll down and look at the standard.
 * 5) You have two choices...

you can click on the little [M] to got to the standards page and click on the number to see instructional resources in the planning and schedule time line. There you can scroll down and find example PSSA assessment questions, or the 21st century skills for examples.

Or Do an Internet search for the standard your students had trouble with to find resources to reteach this week. Collaborate with colleagues to create strategies to reteach the weak standard.

=Oct. 26th 2010= = = Teacher will be able to locate flipcharts in promethean planet and download resource packs into ActivInspire.
 * Objectives: **

5 Minutes 1st - Open a new flipchart 2nd - Create a ticker tape for your objective 3rd - Set your class timer to 5 minutes 4th - Create a Venn Diagram or T-Chart labeled with titles
 * Do Now: **

Go to Promethean Planet and log in or create an account if you don't have one.
 * Promethean Planet Click Here **

How to install resource packs
 * Guided Notes: **

=Oct. 19th 2010=


 * Do Now: **
 * Open ActivInspire and practice creating a T-chart & Venn diagram, then lock them into place.


 * Review from last week: **
 * Plug computer in...
 * Calibrate the board
 * T- chart
 * Venn Diagram
 * Lock the the object
 * Hand writing recognition
 * Ticker Tape
 * Clock


 * Review the tool bar: **
 * What the different tools do
 * Basics Flipchart Continued (@http://drop.io/pma)


 * New skill: **
 * Drag a copy

@http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/ Download Resource Packs in Inspire
 * Promethean Planet **
 * Guided Note:**

=Oct. 12th 2010=

@http://drop.io/pma
 * Documents to download **


 * Hands On Activity **
 * Activities:**
 * Create a T Chart
 * Create a Venn Diagram
 * Save documents as PDF's
 * Import a PDF into a flipchart

Import a Power Point into ActivInspire
 * Guided Note:**

=Oct. 5th 2010=


 * AvctivInspire Basics **

Today's Document to follow along @http://drop.io/pma


 * Questions and Answers **

Import a Power Point into ActivInspire
 * Guided Notes: **