DATE OF MEETING: 5/17/07
TIME: 3:10 – 4:30 p.m.
LOCATION: MS/HS Media Center
Technology literacy is the
ability of individuals to responsibly use appropriate technology tools to:
access, manage, integrate and evaluate information; construct new knowledge;
and communicate with others to improve learning and acquire lifelong knowledge
and skills.
A
technology literate student is deemed to be proficient in the following areas:
basic operations and concepts, ethical, social and human issues, technology
productivity, technology communication, technology research and technology as a
problem-solving and decision-making tool.
On April 25, 2007 the Model
Schools Site Administers met with Morristown Central School Principal Mark
Wills and Teacher Bill Van Vleet to discuss and share the 8th Grade
technology assessment piloted at their school. The assessment was a combination
of a knowledge based and a performance based test. The LEA must be able to
document the technology literacy proficiency level of each eighth grade student
at the completion of each school year. Part 1
of the test consisted of 70 multiple-choice questions given to all 8th grade
students using the CPS Clicker System. Part 11 of the test is the •ISTE's NETS Online Technology Assessment
–ISTE lists a variety
of fee-based assessment services
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Web
pages of interest: The following Tools are from
WEB2.0 wiki stand for "What I Know
Is..." Now, you can create a page on the web without knowing anything
about HTML code! Make it your class page, a personal page, or a collaborative
page. Click here to download a step-by-step tutorial in MS Word
format. Wikispaces is a Web 2.0 tool that makes it easy and fun to have a
place on the web! ToonDoo is a site that lets you
create customized cartoons that can tell a story or explain a complicated
concept. Digital storytelling with cartoons! Your students will love it as a
new way to show understanding of concepts. They've seen PowerPoint, but now
it's time for ToonDoo ! Polldaddy lets your create custom
polls (one question surveys) that can be embedded directly into your
class/web page or blog. Takes less than 5 minutes and it's easy! mySchoolog is a site that students
can use to organize their lives at school. Setup notes, schedules,
assignments, and other neat stuff. Created by other teen students from
Turkey. If it loads in Turkish, just click the US flag in the upper right
corner of the site and you'll instantly see the English version. Wish they
had this when I was a teen! Zamzar is a site that lets you
upload a file, convert it, and then download the file back to yourself in the
new file format. So you have a movie, picture, or document and it's not quite
right? ZAMZAR! Your file is right and it was easier than flying a kite! tabblo is a site that lets you
store photos that tell a story. Got pics? Got words? Tell your story on
tabblo.com! Opening Doors to
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