Standard V

Instruction that Incorporates Technology

Know how to plan, organize, deliver, and evaluate instruction for all students that incorporates the effective use of current technology for teaching and integrating the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) into the curriculum.

During the TATC modules we have created several lesson plans using current technology that integrates the TA TEKS. Even though I've taught for many years, I've learned so much about structuring technology lessons, using rubrics so that students know what they'll be evaluated on, providing opportunities for collaboration and team work, and planning parts of the lessons so that they contribute to the success of the students. The knowledge and skills I've learned will be useful to me as I train teachers how to integrate technology effectively.

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Indicators: Standard V, TA TEKS: 7.20s, 7.4s, 7.19s, 8.4s, 8.11s, 8.22s, 8.26s, 8.27s, 8.29s, 8.30s, 8.31s, 8.33s, 8.35s, 8.42s, 8.43s, 8.45s, 8.47s, 9.6s, 9.13s, 9.20s, 9.24s, 9.30s, 9.40s, 10.28s, 11.11s, 11.20s

Artifact #8

Descriptors: Lesson plan, Digital graphics, vocabulary, web page, animation, multimedia, technical documentation, color theories, color themes

Title: Digital Graphics Lesson: Generations

Course: 101 Digital Graphics & Animation

Date Created: October 22, 2002

Source: Adobe GoLive 6.0, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Internet tutorial & reference resources

Media: Digital Graphics & Animation, Web page, Multimedia presentation

Description: We created a website to display an entire unit lesson plan that included vocabulary, sample of finished product, digital graphic or animation activity, lecture notes & handouts, a homepage, step by step instructions and a credits page showing links to helpful & information sites. Presentation & web page documents were to be universally accessible.

Rationale: This lesson gives students the opportunity to learn and use photo editing software and skills. I got this idea to do this from the PhotoSuite manual and decided to try it! Students would learn about editing graphics, reading technical documentation, and using appropriate editing tools. Design elements & principles, color schemes and themes would also be used in this project.

Implications for future: I would use this lesson as a final project after students had been introduced to, and had time to practice the skills and concepts. I think this would be a fun lesson for students because some of what students see on TV and on the computer isn't real. Technology has helped to make it look realistic! I think they would enjoy not only using family photographs, but trying to achieve a believable product! By "tweaking" this lesson plan, I would also be able to use it as a collaborative project so that students would work on parts of the final project, and then put them together.

Reviewer Comments: "The great thing about this is that we can all "tweak" these lessons for our own needs. I am really thinking about using your lesson as an icebreaker...."

Reviewer Name: Paul Laux

Title: TATC Classmate

Date Reviewed: 11/6/02

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Caption 14

Indicators: Standard I, Standard II, Standard III, Standard IV, Standard V, TA TEKS: 7.1s, 7.2s, 7.3s, 7.4s, 7.7s, 7.8s, 7.9s, 7.10s, 7.13s, 7.14s, 7.15s, 7.16s, 7.17s, 7.18s, 7.19s, 7.20s, 7.21s, 7.22s, 7.25s, 7.26s, 7.30s, 7.32s, 7.33s, 7.34s, 7.35s, 7.36s, 7.37s, 7.38s, 7.39s, 7.41s, 7.43s, 7.44s, 7.45s, 7.46s, 7.48s, 7.49s, 8.1s, 8.21s, 8.22s, 8.24s, 8.25s, 8.27s, 8.31s, 8.34s, 8.36s, 8.37s, 8.41s, 8.43s, 8.44s, 8.45s, 9.36s, 11.3s, 11.4s, 11.7s, 11.9s, 11.10s, 11.11s, 11.14s, 11.19s, 11.21s, 11.23s, 11.24s, 11.25s, 11.26s, 11.27s, 11.33s, 11.35s

Artifact #14

Descriptors: Desktop publishing, busines card, Proximity, Repetition, Alignment, Contrast, Typography, historical figure, principles & elements of desktop publishing

Title: Desktop Publishing Lesson - Business Card

Course: 105 Desktop Publishing

Date Created: February 5, 2003

Source: Microsoft Publisher, Adobe GoLive 6.0

Media: Desktop publishing - Business Card, Web page

Description: Using the TEKS for desktop publishing, you are going to create a unit/lesson plan for one of the following studies: Newsletter, Envelope, Brochure. Invitation, Letterhead, Business Card, Flyer, Announcement, Greeting Card, Reports, or Manuscripts. You must model what you teach in all of your handouts and examples. Every lesson needs headlines, contrast, typography, etc.

Your product requirements are: 1. Objective of the unit or lesson, 2. Teacher tools and supplies list, 3. Concepts and TEKS applications, 4. Sample product of lesson, 5. Terms utilized in lesson, 6. Procedures used in instruction, 7. Assessment tool (application assessment is suggested; however, an objective assessment tool will be acceptable also)

Your finished lesson plan should have appropriate notation of the following: 1. Sources used, 2. Software requirements, 3. Hardware requirements, 4. Classroom instruction time for the unit, 5. Classroom lab time for student work, 6. Auxiliary applications for modifications, G/T students, etc. Your sample desktop publishing produce should be a universally assessable file and published as a wb page.

Rationale: This lesson plan is one of the best I've done because it included everything that would be necessary to teach the lesson, including student checklists for project management, and evaluation. This would be a fun way for students to learn about any historical or famous person, so it could be a way to integrate technology into any subject that required this topic.

Implications for future: I would use this as a way to evaluate student's progress in a desktop publishing class or as a way for them to learn new DtP concepts.

Reviewer Comments: "Excellent presentation; thorough coverage of sources, and easy to understand."

Reviewer Name: Beverly Sweeney

Title: TATC Classmate

Date Reviewed: February 5, 2003

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