Technology Integration for the Arts Internet and Beyond Steve Spengler [email_address] Coordinator of Educational Technology Colonial Intermediate Unit 20

A Little Humor First… A wise schoolteacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home." Little Johnny had finished his summer vacation and gone back to school. Two days later his teacher phoned his mother to tell her that he was misbehaving. "Wait a minute," she said. "I had Johnny with me for three months and I never called you once when he misbehaved." Teacher: Where is your homework? Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school

Evaluating Online Resources Exercise Go to http://www.novemberlearning.com/ Click on “Resources” Click on “Archive of Articles” Click on “Featured Articles.” Select “Teaching Zach to Think.” Read the article. Share your thoughts Cyberguide for Content Evaluation

Go to http://www.novemberlearning.com/

Click on “Resources”

Click on “Archive of Articles”

Click on “Featured Articles.”

Select “Teaching Zach to Think.”

Read the article.

Share your thoughts

Cyberguide for Content Evaluation

The New Face of Learning http://www.edutopia.org/1648

Online Automatic Citations http://citationmachine.net Hayes, Steven J. &quot;Basic Jokes for Teachers.&quot; Basic Jokes . 10 Oct. 2005 <http://www.basicjokes.com/dtitles.php?cid=154>.

Topics Internet-based learning applications Strategies for Internet integration in the secondary classroom Technologies other than the Internet Putting it all together “ Working the Web for Education” and “What’s on the Web” by Tom March “ The Internet Connection: Exploring the Power of the Web as a Teaching Tool” by Educational Research Corporation

Internet-based learning applications

Strategies for Internet integration in the secondary classroom

Technologies other than the Internet

Putting it all together

Internet-based learning applications

Learning Applications Springboards Lessons/online Tutorials Tools Reference resources Information resources Projects Activities

Springboards

Lessons/online Tutorials

Tools

Reference resources

Information resources

Projects

Activities

Springboards Use media from the Internet as springboards to further discussion or lesson integration Similar to cartoon on the overhead or beginning a lesson with a story Discussion/lesson starters Scenarios Writing prompts [PSSA]

Use media from the Internet as springboards to further discussion or lesson integration

Similar to cartoon on the overhead or beginning a lesson with a story

Discussion/lesson starters

Scenarios

Writing prompts [PSSA]

What thought went into this piece? Who is this artist? Name the piece www.unitedstreaming.com

They say that music is memorable…how does a song such as this help to remember the four oceans? Are there any other songs that help you to remember things? www.unitedstreaming.com

www.wlvt.org

UnitedStreaming.com www.unitedstreaming.com Art – Art Tango: Looking at Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa – Grades 3 - 5

UnitedStreaming.com www.unitedstreaming.com Music – Every Note Counts: Instruments of the Orchestra – Grades 6 - 8

UnitedStreaming.com www.unitedstreaming.com Lesson Plan Library – Writing Prompt Builder – Thematic Foci

Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.sree.net/stories/feline.html

Feline Reactions to Bearded Men (UPDATED) http:// www.sree.net/stories/feline.html

UnitedStreaming.com www.unitedstreaming.com Go to www.unitedstreaming.com Enter the username and password. Passcodes – allow you to create an account on your own Search via all different means! Stream or Download Let’s explore UnitedStreaming

Go to www.unitedstreaming.com

Enter the username and password.

Passcodes – allow you to create an account on your own

Search via all different means!

Stream or Download

Find a springboard for you! Use www.UnitedStreaming.com An image that can be used as a lesson starter Scenario that can be used to kick-off your lesson Either print it out or save it in your bookmarks

Use www.UnitedStreaming.com

An image that can be used as a lesson starter

Scenario that can be used to kick-off your lesson

Either print it out or save it in your bookmarks

Lessons/Online Tutorials Target specific learner outcomes Guide a user through instructional steps May have feedback or checkpoints Technically hard to create Newer technologies allow for more

Target specific learner outcomes

Guide a user through instructional steps

May have feedback or checkpoints

Technically hard to create

Newer technologies allow for more

The Artist’s Toolkit http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/

A Dancer’s Journal http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/marthagraham/index.htm

Playing with Shadows http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html

Musical Timelines and Instruction http://www.emplive.org/exhibits/index.asp?categoryID=129

Corridos sin Fronteras http://www.corridos.org/

What types of tutorials or lessons are you looking for? Go to www.nettrekker.com Do a search for a keyword Filter it down via Lesson Plans Learning Exercises Learning Games Print them out or save them in your bookmarks

Go to www.nettrekker.com

Do a search for a keyword

Filter it down via

Lesson Plans

Learning Exercises

Learning Games

Print them out or save them in your bookmarks

Tools Require student input used to quickly generate output Search engine is most used tool Online databases Teacher tools Curricular tools

Require student input used to quickly generate output

Search engine is most used tool

Online databases

Teacher tools

Curricular tools

K12 Teaching & Learning Center http://www.uen.org

Make a Flake (timely) http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/

K12 Teaching & Learning Center http://www.k12tlc.org

Classical Archives http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com

Songs for Teaching http://www.songsforteaching.com/

Smithsonian Research http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/saam.htm

Kids Click! http://www.kidsclick.org/

Biography Web Site http://www.biography.com

PBS American Masters http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/

About.com: Musicians http://musicians.about.com/

What types of tutorials or lessons are you looking for? Go to www.nettrekker.com Do a search for a keyword Filter it down via Lesson Plans Learning Exercises Learning Games Print them out or save them in your bookmarks

Go to www.nettrekker.com

Do a search for a keyword

Filter it down via

Lesson Plans

Learning Exercises

Learning Games

Print them out or save them in your bookmarks

Search via Standard…

Information Resources Collections of information Experiences Virtual fieldtrips

Collections of information

Experiences

Virtual fieldtrips

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

THE Journal Educator’s Web Roadmap http://www.thejournal.com/highlights/roadmap/

Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts http://web-jpn.org/museum/menu.html

Virtual Fieldtrips for Kids http://www.virtual-field-trips.com/

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/

Microsoft Virtual Tours http://www.microsoft.com/education/inteachersvct.mspx

The Lost Museum http://www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu

Grotian Interactive Pianolina http://www.grotrian.de/spiel/e/info.html

Smart Museum of Art - Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/first.html

Internet2 Activities and Videoconferencing

Projects Long-term interdisciplinary Research Reading Writing Long-term Web projects GlobalSchool.net KidLink

Long-term interdisciplinary

Research

Reading

Writing

Long-term Web projects

GlobalSchool.net

KidLink

Children of Dreams http://www.gsn.org/programs/dreams/lessonplan.html

KidLink.org http://www.kidlink.org

Activities Online activities WebQuests Ideas/topic searches Offline activities Discussions Debates

Online activities

WebQuests

Ideas/topic searches

Offline activities

Discussions

Debates

WebQuests Internet inquiry-based activities “Online lesson plans” Provide challenging task, scenario, or problem to solve Provide resources for students Summarizing activity is meant to synthesize prior learning

Internet inquiry-based activities

“Online lesson plans”

Provide challenging task, scenario, or problem to solve

Provide resources for students

Summarizing activity is meant to synthesize prior learning

The WebQuest Page http:// webquest.sdsu.edu /

TechTrekkers WebQuests http:// www.techtrekers.com/webquests

Kathy Schrock’s WebQuests http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

Best WebQuests http://bestwebquests.com/

Strategies for Internet Integration

Identify the Goal Link to Web sites that you find useful Create a page with the links Students can use your list for guidance Post your list on the Web to bookmark sites Create a classroom page with favorite sites

Link to Web sites that you find useful

Create a page with the links

Students can use your list for guidance

Post your list on the Web to bookmark sites

Create a classroom page with favorite sites

BackFlip http://www.backflip.com/

Bookmark Tracker http:// www.bookmarktracker.com /

Multimedia Scrapbook Internet links to media Students can discover artifacts on a topic Students can download the items to be used in presentations

Internet links to media

Students can discover artifacts on a topic

Students can download the items to be used in presentations

Filamentality http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html

Mathematics Hotlist http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathmr48.html

Exploring China http://www.filamentality.com/wired/China/scrapbook.html

Treasure Hunts Find Web sites that hold information Pose one key question per page to define scope of topic Include a culminating higher order thinking skills activity

Find Web sites that hold information

Pose one key question per page to define scope of topic

Include a culminating higher order thinking skills activity

Black History Treasure Hunt http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hunt_quiz.html

Subject Sampler Prepare smaller variety of Web sites organized around a topic Choose intriguing sites Students are asked about their perspectives on topics, comparisons, etc.

Prepare smaller variety of Web sites organized around a topic

Choose intriguing sites

Students are asked about their perspectives on topics, comparisons, etc.

American Revolution Sampler http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/samplers/revolution.html

NASA: Centennial of Flight http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/aero/centennial/sampler.html

Some Additional Stuff…

Podcasts: How to… http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com

Web 2.0

Web 2.0

Putting it Together

How do I start? With the end in mind What is the intention? What do I want the end result to be? Focus on technology skills or production? What end results will I facilitate? Kelly, Deidre, “The Year Ahead”, Classroom Connect, September 2000, p. 16.

With the end in mind

What is the intention?

What do I want the end result to be?

Focus on technology skills or production?

What end results will I facilitate?

How do I start? Set goals for you and your students Teacher Goals: I want to feel confident when my students speak about the Internet. I want to learn how to use the Internet to find teacher materials. I want to integrate the Internet into my curriculum. Kelly, Deidre, “The Year Ahead”, Classroom Connect, September 2000, p. 16.

Set goals for you and your students

Teacher Goals:

I want to feel confident when my students speak about the Internet.

I want to learn how to use the Internet to find teacher materials.

I want to integrate the Internet into my curriculum.

How do I start? Set goals for you and your students Student Goals: I want my students to treat the Internet as a tool, not a toy. I want my students to learn how to use the Internet as a publishing tool. I want my students to learn how to use the Internet as a research tool. Kelly, Deidre, “The Year Ahead”, Classroom Connect, September 2000, p. 16.

Set goals for you and your students

Student Goals:

I want my students to treat the Internet as a tool, not a toy.

I want my students to learn how to use the Internet as a publishing tool.

I want my students to learn how to use the Internet as a research tool.

How do I start? Look at current curriculum with an eye towards where it may be lacking Do learners come out of the unit knowing enough information? Are the students actively engaged? Do they pursue higher-level thinking? Create a Web-based activity for the learning aspect that you would revise anyway (WebQuest, Treasure Hunt…)

Look at current curriculum with an eye towards where it may be lacking

Do learners come out of the unit knowing enough information?

Are the students actively engaged?

Do they pursue higher-level thinking?

Create a Web-based activity for the learning aspect that you would revise anyway (WebQuest, Treasure Hunt…)

How do I start? Once you feel comfortable with the tools, you change YOUR way of thinking Become creative and internalize the use of the tools NETS ( http://cnets.iste.org ) National Educational Technology Standards for teachers and students

Once you feel comfortable with the tools, you change YOUR way of thinking

Become creative and internalize the use of the tools

NETS ( http://cnets.iste.org )

National Educational Technology Standards for teachers and students

Teaching and Learning Carefully guided and structured Learners are engaged Students must understand exploration ( not playing around ) Students are investigating, asking questions, writing, etc. Developing reading, writing, and thinking skills.

Carefully guided and structured

Learners are engaged

Students must understand exploration ( not playing around )

Students are investigating, asking questions, writing, etc.

Developing reading, writing, and thinking skills.

Other Online Tools PuzzleMaker: online puzzles http://www.puzzlemaker.com TrackStar: online lesson format http://trackstar.hprtec.org/ QuizStar: online quizzes http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ eBoard: easy posting of information http://www3.eboard.com/ Filamentatility: creating activities http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html

PuzzleMaker: online puzzles

http://www.puzzlemaker.com

TrackStar: online lesson format

http://trackstar.hprtec.org/

QuizStar: online quizzes

http://quizstar.4teachers.org/

eBoard: easy posting of information

http://www3.eboard.com/

Filamentatility: creating activities

http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html

Technology Integration for the Arts Internet and Beyond Steve Spengler [email_address] Coordinator of Educational Technology Colonial Intermediate Unit 20