Integrating technology and unit develop will encourage a curriculum that is both challenging and meaningful for students. This process also will create a coherent, workable framework for teacher instruction. In order to integrate technology into the curriculum, the school must follow six essential steps: selecting content standards, establishing purpose, developing learning tasks, defining methods of assessment, identifying technology tools and applying technology integration. The final step in the process is to submit all technology- based learning units to the steering committee. These units will be made available to teachers in all subject areas once the technology equipment is installed.

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4. The units the teachers develop will be evidence of what happens when technology steps Into the CLASSROOM Out of the COMPUTER LAB and The Unit Developer

6. Selecting Content Standards Establishing Purpose Defining Methods of Assessment Developing Learning Tasks Integrating Hyper-Linking Technology Identifying Technology Tools Unit Development Model

10. Choose A Subject Language Arts Math Social Science P.E. Arts Others Choosing Proficiencies: What content standards does this unit address? CHOOSE A UNIT TITLE: “ Black History Month” List all content standards below that this unit will address: Use aspects of technology to produce an original work. Incorporate multimedia into student presentations. Choose multimedia most appropriate for specific purpose. Draw Conclusions and make generalizations based on research findings. Explain the purpose of the research. Defend a conclusion based on the research findings. Demonstrate an understanding of value systems from cultures reflected in literature. Compare/contrast daily experiences, customs and beliefs of diverse cultures. Defend a conclusion based on the research findings .

13. Define your instructional purpose in terms of relevance to real life application. The purpose of this unit is to require students to write news releases, a skill that will probably be needed in their professional lives. The unit will require students to work cooperatively and to evaluate their own and each other’s work. In order to write a news release, they will have to gather pertinent information from various Internet sources, compile the information, and communicate it using proper conventions of the English language. Through these units, students will explore influential African Americans and their contributions to history. Students will use resources provided through various web links designed by the instructor for conducting their research. The unit will feature a writing webpage for students to submit their work online.

16. Identify Learning Activity Conceptual Learning Problem Solving Object & Document Analysis Data Gather & Synthesis Case Studies Virtual Labs & Field Trips Presentations Collaborative Learning Authentic Inquiry Identify the learning task that the students will experience. The 5 Ws of News Reporting Who, What, When, Where & Why The Components of an Expository Paragraph The Conventions of Properly Written English The Writing Process Cooperative Learning Strategies Evaluating and Proofing Techniques At the end of the unit, students will work in small groups to write a news article, which will report their findings about an influential African American leader

19. Identify Methods of Assessment Writing Rubric Portfolio Observation Identify the performance assessment content standards that are measured . 1. The ability to explain a process in writing 2. The ability to compose a news release in an expository writing mode 3. The ability to work cooperatively to perform a task

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