This document discusses innovative teaching with technology. It provides quotes about the importance of technology in education from various experts. It then contrasts using technology versus integrating it and defines an innovative teacher as a thoughtful planner, user of data, adventurer, and learner. Various online tools are presented for planning lessons, collecting assessment data, trying new strategies, and connecting with other educators. The document encourages teachers to find the right tools and people to support innovative teaching with technology.

1. Heather B. Askea
Instructional Technology
Coordinator/Instructor
The University of Virginia’s College At
Wise
Center for Teaching Excellence

2. THESE ARE
NOT THE
DROIDS
YOU’RE
LOOKING FOR. .
.

4. “ANY TEACHER THAT CAN BE REPLACED WITH A
COMPUTER, DESERVES TO BE.” – DAVID
THORNBURG

5. “THERE CAN BE INFINITE USES OF THE COMPUTER
AND OF NEW AGE TECHNOLOGY, BUT IF TEACHERS
THEMSELVES ARE NOT ABLE TO BRING IT INTO THE
CLASSROOM AND MAKE IT WORK, THEN IT FAILS.” -
NANCY KASSEBAUM

6. “WE NEED TECHNOLOGY IN EVERY CLASSROOM
AND IN EVERY STUDENT AND TEACHER’S HAND,
BECAUSE IT IS THE PEN AND PAPER OF OUR TIME,
AND IT IS THE LENS THROUGH WHICH WE
EXPERIENCE MUCH OF OUR WORLD.” – DAVID
WARLICK

7. THEN VS. NOW

8. USING
TECHNOLOGY
VS.
TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION

9. LEARNING AND INNOVATION GO HAND IN
HAND. THE ARROGANCE OF SUCCESS IS TO
THINK THAT WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY WILL
BE SUFFICIENT FOR TOMORROW.
WILLIAM POLLARD

10. WHAT IS AN
INNOVATIVE
TEACHER ?

11. A THOUGHTFUL PLANNER
o Uses pacing and curriculum guides
o Thinks through the lesson design process
o Turns the classroom into a learning laboratory

12. SOME TOOLS FOR PLANNING
Academic Planners - templates in MS Word or MS Excel
Assign-A-Day - Teachers create calendars for their classes and add assignments for
the students to view
Classroom Set-up Tool - Create your classroom environment without moving a chair!
Classroom Set up - Architect - Outline Your Classroom Floor Plan.
Classroom Set up -Seating Chart Maker - Quickest and easiest way to make yourself
a seating chart for your classroom. All you need to do is make a class list, drag
and drop students desks wherever you want, then print.
Do the Research! Worksheets - A variety of activities for getting students engaged in
the research process.
Student Grouping Tool - Easily group your students randomly with this tool.
FreeRubric Makers - from Teach-nology (scroll down)
Time Line Maker - from Teach-nology (scroll down)
Weekly Assignment Sheet Generator - great for weekly homework assignments
Weekly Multi-Subject Assignment - from Teach-nology (scroll down)
Weekly Planning Tool - Calendar help for planning
Weekly Assignment Sheet Generator - from Teach-nology (scroll down)

13. USER OF DATA
o Uses data effectively
o Gathers a wide variety of data
o Uses technology to gather data efficiently

14. SOME TOOLS FOR DATA COLLECTION
Easy Test Maker - free online test generator to create your tests
Guidelines for Appropriate Assessment - How can I ensure the integrity of my
assessments? (A checklist of assessment procedures)
HotPotatoes - The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create
interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword,
matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web
Online Resources for Assessment - Adopting, adapting, or developing an aligned
assessment for your lesson
QuizMaker JavaScript Wizard - Make tests easily.
Quizlet: Make tests and study materials
Quiz Star - Create quizzes for students to take and review online.
Rubrics
 Project Based Learning Checklists from 4Teachers.org
 Rubric Builder - a free service of the Landmark project
 Rubric Generators from Teach-nology - The generators will allow you to make several types of
grading rubrics by filling out a simple form. The materials are made instantly and can be printed
directly from your computer (scroll down)
 Rubric Help - an extensive list of rubrics and rubric development sites
 RubiStar - a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to
develop them from scratch.
Self-Grading Quiz Creator - create any one of several types of self-grading JavaScript
quizzes, store them on your personal computer for later use, or publish them to your
personal or commercial web site
PollEverywhere: Create on the fly questions and see real time feedback

15. AN ADVENTURER
o Willing to try new strategies and tools
o Allow students to take the lead
o Looks for the “best of the new”

16. FIND THE RIGHT TOOLS

17. A LEARNER
o Shares what “works” with others
o Stays connected
o Participates in Professional Development

18. FIND YOUR “PEOPLE”

20. ACCORDING TO THE 2013 SPEAK UP SURVEY

22. I CHALLENGE YOU!
Heather B. Askea
Instructional Technology
Coordinator/Instructor
The University of Virginia’s College At
Wise
Center for Teaching Excellence
Resources for this presentation at found at:
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